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The Age of Synthesis of Opposites - The Counter-Revolution #5
in Spirituality
This is the path the Shamballah Kings have prescribed for the followers of the Diamond Path. Learn it well.
The path of the Sun and Moon conjoined as one, the Kalachakra Tantra which contains the dharmas of both the path of the two nadis, pingala and ida, the two truths, relative and absolute, the two natures, animus and anima, and conjoins them in a unique synthesis to create what Dao calls "Taiji" or the "Great Pole", this then leads to the union of emptiness & bliss..
Martyn Stewart from NatureSound.org
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Show time is at 8:00 PM PDT with Martyn Stewart sound recordist from Naturesound.org will be the first guest of our first show. Martyn will be speaking about his recent trip to the "Secret Garden" located in Las Vegas. His many trips to Taiji, Japan. This show should be a very interesting one.
Martyn has been a long time advocate for not only dolphins but also for elephants, wild ponies, bears.
Please make sure you tune in to this wonderful new show. You don't want to miss it.
Don't forget to follow us on Facebook: Dolphin Talk Radio and on Twitter: @Dolphin_Radio
Our phone lines will be opened for a question and answer too!
Nganga Nfundishi Tolo Naa & Secret Yang Family Taiji Quan
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Join Dr. Gabriel & K.T. The Arch Degree Every Sunday Evening from 8 pm - 10 pm To Discuss Fasting, Eating Light, Chi Kung, Dis-Ease Reversal Current Events in Medicine, & Much More Join us Sunday July 28th as we invite special guest Nganga Nfundishi Tolo Naa To Discuss his life, mission, his new book, upcoming event & His Secret Yang Family Taiji Quan http://wholisticuniversity.co and please save and share the most advanced and controversial food list available to mankind....... http://www.moorishsciencetemple.org/#!moorish-american-food/cjzm ........................Eat Light!
Worldmeets.US Radio News: Whale Wars and Cultural Conservation
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Join us on Friday night at 11pm EST for a conversation about whaling, the environmental group Sea Shepherd, and whale conservation, with cinematographer and Wakayama University scholar Simon Wearne. Mr. Wearne, who filmed the first season of the acclaimed Whale Wars program, is now a scholar studying traditional Japanese whaling. We will ask Mr. Wearne about his journey from Sea Shepherd to Wakayama University, and how he walks the line between activists who want to protect whales from being hunted, and those who wish to preserve Japan's ancient whaling heritage.
Sankei Shimbun, Japan: 'Japan Should Continue Whaling'
Sankei Shimbun, Japan: Whaling Advocate Wants Obama Served Whale Meat
Blogos, Japan: 'Research' Whaling: It's Time for Us Japanese to Move On
Nishinippon Shimbun, Japan: Whale Hunting Protects Marine Life - and Japanese Culture
The Age, Australia: Sea Shepherd 'Vindicated' after International Court Upholds Japan Whaling Ban
Mainichi Shimbun: U.N. Court's Ruling Worries Japan's Whalers
Worldmeets.US is a non-profit media project aimed at better educating the American people and creating relationships between Americans and people from other nations.
Ric O'Barry gears up for WAZA demo in Switzerland.
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On March 28, 2014 Save the Blood Dolphins and dolphin advocates from all over the world, including Ric O'Barry star of "The Cove" and Director of the Ric O'Barry Dolphin Project, are planning a huge demonstration at The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) headquarters in Switzerland. The demonstrators are demanding WAZA end their silence and cut ties with the cruel dolphin drive fisheries in Taiji, Japan, and the captive industry that cannot sustain itself without the infusion of wild dolphins: "The number of dolphins bred in captivity does not replace the number that die. They suffer from high mortality rates, low breeding success and often endure physical and psychological disorders. Cetacea are frequently captured from the wild and sold into captivity."
Interview With Activist Sage Ashcroft
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Sage Ashcroft is an animal activist, environmentalist, and human rights advocate. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies focusing on sustainable land use management, overpopulation issues and environmental policies. Sage is actively involved in the Las Vegas Valley hosting fundraisers for local non-profit animal organizations by combining art, music and educational resources. She's currently involved with the global campaign to educate people about the link between the brutal dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan and organizations like SeaWorld and the Miami Seaquarium.
Sage has been a voice for animal's rights from a very young age; the older she becomes, the louder her voice is! And with age comes wisdom, because she now advocates for human rights as well. She understands that there's an intricate link between animal's and human's rights, with a deep understanding of all species sharing this planet, as well as the need to care for our planet. She hopes that through positive education people will not only open their minds, but open their hearts as well so together, we can become a more humbled, compassionate world.
Interview With Activist Barbara Napoles
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Barbara Napoles is a resident of Florida and considers herself a marine mammal advocate.
She is an avid sailor, navigator and captain of her own ship. Barbara speaks up for the dolphins. Her advocacy started after helping out at a rough-tooth stranding in the Florida Keys back in 2005. She's participated in a couple of strandings.
After watching The Cove and episodes of Blood Dolphins she knew that she needed to do something for the wonderful beings that she's met while sailing the oceans. She has joined forces with Ric O'Barry from Dolphin Project but will help out any organization that needs her. She's created many petitions with Change.org. some with over a 100,00 signatures.
Barbara has personally delivered the signatures from her petitions to several Washington DC Embassies. While in DC she participated in the NOAA public hearing to ban the import of Belugas. She has two yearly events in Miami Florida at the Japanese Consulate and attends protests at the Miami Seaquarium and SeaWorld. She is also an avid spokesperson for Lolita.
Find Barbara on Twitter: @DolphinRescuer
Facebook page: Save the Blood Dolphins
Her blog is called: Dolphinelle .wordpress.com.
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World Renowned Animal Communicator, Laura Lassiter Talks About Dolphin Crisis
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The Taiji dolphin slaughter has created a global outrage. In this special evening edition of The Organic View Radio Show, host, June Stoyer will talk to world renowned animal communicator, Laura Lassiter about her experiences with the dolphins and will discuss the following question: What is the real motive behind the Taiji dolphin hunts? Dolphins have been granted rights as non-humans in India. As such, this raises an ethical question-should they be hunted at all? Does the hunt violate legislation in Japan (Act on welfare and management of animals, 10/1/73) that prohibits the Inhumane treatment of animals? Is Taiji out of spirit of this law-a cultural consideration of animal welfare? What is the moral or cultural justification for this cruel and wasteful slaughter of these sentient beings? What are the messages from the dolphins regarding these hunts? Where is our responsibility for the manmade devastating effects that the dolphins are paying for with their lives? What are we teaching our children by supporting the captive industry? What can we do to help speak, support the dolphins and end this barbaric practice? Live calls will be taken from our listeners who wish to share their feelings about this horror as we hope to end this barbaric act of cruelty upon the dolphin, whale and other marine beings. Today's show is sponsored by Eden Foods the most trusted name in certified organic clean food! Shop online at EdenFoods.com and enter the coupon code "ORGVIEW" when prompted during checkout to receive 20% OFF any regularly priced items (excluding cases). For other promotional offers or if you are not receiving our most recent interviews, please re-subscribe to our new official RSS feed by going to www.TheOrganicView.com. ©2014 All Rights Reserved.
Animal Advocate, Jon Soeder, Speaks Out Against The Dolphin Slaughter
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The world has been outraged due to the massive slaughter of dolphin beings in Taiji, Japan. Is this a necessary cultural practice? Do humans truly benefit from dolphin meat? What benefits do marine parks gain? In this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, host, June Stoyer talks to animal communicator, Jon Soeder, best-selling author of True Tails, about his exciting work with marine life and how people can get involved. Stay tuned!
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Gaia Consciousness - The Whales and Dolphins of Taiji
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This is the first of a new show, held fortnightly, a call to all Lightworkers who feel compelled to focus their considerable light Consciousness and intentions to make changes in Gaia's world, in particular the impact that damaged humanity has on the natural world.
This is the first show and it focuses on the Whales and Dolphins of Taiji, Japan. Just today, (when written) 50 of these pilot whales and dolphins were killed and this is not a new phenomena.
My name is Daniella Breen and I work with a system of Teams of Lightbeings including several teams of Matrix (Universe) Technicians. Together with a powerful group of Lightworkers, we can turn our attention to the travesties of the world and create shifts into High Vibrational State.
All we need to do is focus our intention on the desired outcome, hold the space with clear thought, and the technicians will do the rest.
If you are a Lightworker that is really craving to do more powerful Lightwork, then join us in this show and we will get the light pumping!
It's time to reclaim the world to 100% Light!
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Please enjoy watching the video interviews with select Qigong and Tai Chi masters at www.QigongMasters.com.
Justin Meehan has spent 50 years in the Martial Arts, and more than 45 years studying Tai Chi and Chinese Kung Fu (Siu Lum, Hung Gar, Wing Chun, Praying Mantis, etc.). He is an attorney practicing in St. Louis, and serves as the President of the Chinese Internal Arts Association and St. Louis Taoist Research and Resource Forum. He was the first person to introduce and teach Chinese Kung Fu in the state of Missouri.
He was a member of the first U.S. Sports Delegation invited to study the original Chen style of Tai Chi in Beijing, under Master Feng Zhiqiang in 1981. He also brought a number of his students to China in January of 2007 to celebrate Master Feng's 80th birthday and to participate in the First International Hun Yuan Conference marking the inauguration of the first system that incorporated Tai Chi and Qigong together.
In addition to teaching Tai Chi, Sifu Justin is a well-known author on the subject of Martial Arts with over 50 articles printed in the leading Tai Chi and Martial Arts Magazines and the book The Ultimate Guide to Tai Chi. He is included in GrandMaster Liang Shou Yu's book, Kung Fu Elements and is featured in the 2008 International Directory, Extraordinary Chinese Martial Artists of the World.
In addition to Tai Chi, Sifu Justin also teaches Qigong, which he has studied for over 30 years. He has studied Buddhist, Taoist, Er Mei, Esoteric Chan Mi, Health Maintanance, and Hun Yuan systems. He currently teaches the system of Master Feng Zhiqiang also referred to as Xin Yi Hun Yuan (which combines Chen Taiji, Xin Yi, Traditional Chinese Medical theory, and Taoist Qigong). His award-winning website is www.StLTaiji.com.
Modern Combat Masters: Benefits of Tai Chi Practice
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Join GM Darrell Sarjeant and Sifu Restita DeJesus as they welcome Tai Chi practitioners to call in and share the benefits they've experienced through the practice of Tai Chi.
Sifu Restita, a Tai Chi instructor, will share the benefits of her own practice and how it acted as a form of physical therapy after a back injury that resulted in painful nerve damage. We will also discuss medical studies that show how tai chi helps in medical conditions.
We welcome anyone who has practiced or is currently practicing Tai Chi, to share their own experiences.
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Dirty Fan Male, the hit Edinburgh show set to tour New York and Australia, is here for the first time – this collection of genuine letters and the remarkable story of how one man (and his mum) came to run his porn star sister's successful fan club.
This is the true story behind the acclaimed stage show which enjoyed terrific reviews at the 2004 Edinburgh Festival. Jonny Trunk describes how he came to run his sister's fan club. A job that brought him into contact with her fan base through their letters. Before long he started to collect the more unusual correspondence that came in. There are obscene letters and lots of them, and absurd ones too. And then there were all the kinky ones. And of course the really really strange ones. He found these letters strangely addictive. He'd never read anything quite like them before in his life. So he collects more and more…
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I love putting your geek arts cred to the test — not only have I asked you to name that geeky TV show, but today you'll be asked to match the plot of a feature film to its title. Think you can handle it? Find out in this fun quiz!
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:D I consider me personally to be relatively effectively educated in the most recent generation of social network site games like The game of farmville, Mafia Wars, FrontierVille and such. That is why when I started to discover these CityVille guides gulping down up all over the place I was form of surprised. I mean, I can tell why people may need some tips to progress in games such as Mafia Wars, but CityVille? Now though I we had not actually played the video game, but I really didn't think it could be most that complicated. I figured I would give it a shot though, so that I could say My partner and i knew what I ended up being talking about. And I was set for a rather big shock. In no time, I was from coins and cash and got no goods to make. I have to admit, right now there way more to this video game than I had predicted. I eventually was able to dig myself beyond my CityVille Guide original hole and out from the red, but My partner and i still wasn't creating all that much improvement. I started to believe that maybe I needed to find out what these instructions were all about. My partner and i wasn't really planning on much, but since We hadn't done so properly on my own sometimes, I figured it was really worth a shot. So I chosen up a guide called CityVille Secrets, and had been pleasantly surprised by the ideas I found in it. Would you think there were countless ways you could mess up a virtual city, nevertheless believe me, you can. I became still stumbling together at level Sixteen when I got the actual guide after 2 weeks involving playing regularly. Now i am the proud who owns a fabulous city and at degree 46. And I even now look back in my guide from time to time. If you're having difficulty getting into the swing involving things in CityVille, this specific guide is not a bad expense.
danakscully64 4 years
7/15, not bad considering the only one of those movies I've seen is Gattaca.
mistwolf 4 years
Question 13 is kinda vauge and could apply to three of the answers. It's the only one I got wrong, really, because I didn't consider your answer to be sci-fi, really. ><
mistwolf 4 years
Question 13 is kinda vauge and could apply to three of the answers. It's the only one I got wrong, really, because I didn't consider your answer to be sci-fi, really. ><
Yesi-Jukebox 4 years
I give up, I suck at these geeky quizzes lol. By the way - Coneheads = one of my favorite movies!
RoaringSilence 4 years
Good questions! :)
RoaringSilence 4 years
Good questions! :)
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Hotel Finlandia
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Excellent location – rated 9.1/10! (score from 555 reviews)
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It was very clean and comfortable. Good sized rooms and a great shower.
Breakfast not great but not really a complaint.
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Restaurant not fully stocked, and breakfast didn't vary much.
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One of the noisiest hotels I've ever stayed at. The weekends are better, but during the week the business users are so noisy, so late in to the night. The walls must be made of paper. Much time spent waiting for the one lift. Didn't think much of the restaurant food, but there is a wide choice close by.
The location is perfect, and in general good value for money.
I stayed in two rooms, an interior one with a window towards a patio, and an exterior one, facing an office building. Both (but specially the first one) share the same problem: you could either roll down the blinds and live in the dark, or you should be exposed to people looking at you from the corridors or the office building. I was also delivered a dirty towel once.
Rethink twice if you want to have a good night sleep: people make noise during the night in the corridors, the TV of neigbours can be heard and guests stomp on the floors at night.
The bathrooms were not confortable The lights in the bathroom were really poor no hair dryer
It is very clean,the food is awsome and the personal are very kind and helpfull.The localization of this amazing hotel is the best you can find,close to all the most important places in Quito.
Maybe it Could be a little sheaper.
Location was good, breakfast buffet very good, staff very helpful especially Christian, Wi-Fi worked well
Room was not well lighted, shower stall small, buffet not replenished well, cleaning staff very noisy.
It was an excellent hotel. Thanks for everything!!
Great breakfast
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I loved how close this hotel is to every place I wanted to go, the meals at the restaurant, the comfortable bed I had in my room, and the zone where the hotel is
Room was not provided with standard amenities, such as hair dryer, shampoo, shower cap etc.
Really amazing breakfast and location.
Location is super good
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no 24 hour restaurant.
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The outlook for big business is looking up, and we'll get a gauge of how small businesses are doing Tuesday, when the National Federation of Independent Business releases its monthly index. But how are mid-sized businesses faring?
Pretty well, it turns out. Most of the 200,000 companies that make up America's middle market were more confident in the economy in the third quarter than they were three months earlier, according to the National Center for the Middle Market's latest quarterly survey. The center surveys C-suite executives of companies with annual revenue between $10 million and $1 billion.
The survey found that 63 percent of mid-market retailers were at least somewhat confident in the economy, up from 55 percent in the second quarter. Two-thirds of mid-market service companies were at least somewhat confident in the economy, up from 64 percent in the second quarter.
Mid-market retailers, however, are more bullish about growth in 2014: 72 percent project growth next year, compared with only 62 percent of middle-market executives in the service and manufacturing sectors.
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"Federal policies must foster an environment that is conducive to growth and allows middle-market businesses to look ahead with certainty in continued economic expansion," Makhija said.
Middle-market executives are concerned about health care costs, but Congress' Jan. 15 deadline for reaching an agreement on federal spending also looms large.
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We've been crazy busy for the past few days trying to pull together a Southern-themed Memorial service up North. Spanish moss, check. Boiled peanuts, check. Green tomato pie, check. Sunshine, not so much (but we scrambled to purchase two big canopies at a reasonable rate and get them up as there's a chance of rain tomorrow).
Again, my family and church have just blown me away with their thoughtfulness and willingness to help. I am expecting about 200 people tomorrow, and we'll be Skypeing the service to Mom's siblings and our other relatives down South.
I've slept two nights in a row. Exhaustion, I think! But, sleep is good.
We've been putting together a huge photograph display the past few days. I thought it would be tough, emotionally. It really wasn't. It was good therapy. My mom was so involved, and so loved, and it showed in each and every picture. I also had a wonderful feeling when it was done, because Mom continued to be involved and loved in these past five years since she's needed full-time care. We continued to make memories. There was a picture of her in bed at the family reunion last year. She had 10 grandchildren and great-grandchildren piled in bed with her! That just wouldn't have happened if she'd been in a nursing home. There was that wonderful picture of her that I posted that I took during her last month of life. She'd gotten through Round One of the C Diff (nurses were telling me she was in her last 72 hours). She bounced back, and had three wonderful days. The picture was taken on one of those days. She asked to go outside, and asked me to take the picture. She was home, she knew it, and was content.
I was not the perfect caregiver. I made mistakes. For all I did for and with Mom, I wish it had been more. But, I did my best. And that is enough.
Just thought it might be helpful to tell those of you that are still "in the trenches" what I'm feeling right now.
Good night, all, and I hope you all have a good day tomorrow. Think about us at 1:00 PST. We'll be blowing bubbles, playing volleyball, and enjoying being together. And Mom will be with us in spirit.Related


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Nepal Children's Organization (NCO/Bal Mandir)
Nepal's newspapers generally refrain from writing articles critical of NCO/Bal Mandir (an organization with powerful friends).
A recent article in the Nepali Times is a notable exception -- looking at alleged child trafficking, corruption and sexual abuse at Nepal Children's Organization:
Child predators: Even compared to recent scandals in children's homes, allegations of abuse at Bal Mandir are shocking
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4-10 July 2014
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When Sarah Robinson first came to Nepal with her son and niece in 2009, she took time out from sightseeing to visit Bal Mandir in Naxal.
At the squalid state-run orphanage, Sarah's niece happened to pick up a five-year-old blind girl. Sarah, a special-needs teacher back in the UK, decided to adopt the child.
Usually things get easier to write about over time. Not this time. It's getting harder.
My First Cousin (technically he's not, but he'll always be my Very First Cousin) was eager to help me. He's an elderly man in poor health, who needed the mental stimulation such a puzzle provided. He's been very encouraging, even as my moods have swung like a weather-vane in storm.
I'm one of the least emotional people you'll ever meet, although I'm self-aware enough to realize that for me this symptom is a sign of an underlying problem. But here I was obsessively combing through genealogies and bursting into tears at every photograph. I desperately wanted to know who these people were, what their stories told about them, and how their stories related to my stories. I craved the stories grownups swapped while visiting and told to the kids on the porch during long afternoons.
I cried the first time I spoke to First Cousin on the phone. It was the first time I'd heard the voice of a blood relation I hadn't given birth to.
Earlier this year, the US Department of State published its annual statistics on inter-country adoption. Again a significant decline in the number of children adopted from abroad could be noted. The year 2012 had already been a low-water mark with 8668 inter-country adoptions. In 2013, the number went down even further, to 7094.
The decline in inter-country adoption is not equally distributed, as can be seen in the following table. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Ghana and Nigeria have seen sharp increases in the number of adoptions, while traditional adoption countries such as South Korea and The Russian Federation have seen adoption drop to unprecedented low levels. The number of adoptions from South Korea haven't been this low since 1955.
It has been less than three years ago that Pound Pup Legacy's Demons of Adoption Award was given to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for their dubious adoption practices.
Over the years the church and its daughter organization LDS Family Services had been involved in various dubious adoptions, showing a lack of respect for the rights or unmarried parents. On top of that, LDS Family Services has been the least transparent adoption agency in the world. Unlike other adoption agencies, it is registered as a church and therefore it is not required to submit any financial information to the Internal Revenue Service.
LDS Family Services resembled the type of hush-hush operation one would have expected during the 1950s and 1960s, an anachronistic organization out of touch with the societal make-up of the 21 century.
Long Scattered, Adoptees Search for Lost Family
MCCAYSVILLE, Ga. — Jun 20, 2014, 1:27 AM ET
By KANTELE FRANKO and ALEX SANZ Associated Press
They were adopted off-the-books decades ago, scattered by a Georgia doctor who took $100 or $1,000 or something in between to send desperate couples home with new sons and daughters. Now some of the adoptees have turned to fresh DNA testing in hopes of reconnecting with the biological families they never knew, before time runs out.
"This is our shot in the dark, really," said Melinda Elkins Dawson, one of more than 200 newborns relocated to other states from the clinic in McCaysville in the 1950s and '60s.
As children, their true ancestry was erased on birth certificates falsely listing adoptive couples as their natural parents. Genetic codes are the only links left.
So Dawson worked with Ohio-based DNA Diagnostics Center to arrange free cheek-swab sampling Saturday at a motel in Ducktown, Tennessee, a few miles from where the clinic was located. The adoptees hope potential relatives from the area come forward to give samples, even if they remain anonymous.
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Two men working in an orphanage in Kathmandu have been arrested and are facing trial next week accused of sexually abusing children in their charge.
Rabin Shrestha, former head of the adoptions at Bal Mandir, and Rabin Chalise, an ex-student who ran a Youth Club at the shelter, were arrested by the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) last week after child rights activists presented evidence of repeated rape and abuse of girls and boys at the orphanage.
Shrestha had been arrested before in 2012 after a British woman lodged a complaint against him for allegedly raping a five-year-old blind girl that she was going to adopt.
"I tried to adopt her, but Shrestha told me I couldn't do that. He wanted me to sponsor her instead and told me I would get a decision after she turned 16," the mother told Nepali Times this week.
Nepal -- Rabin Shrestha (alleged child rapist) & Action for Child Rights International
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Rabin Shrestha, the former Head of Adoptions at Nepal's largest children's home, "Bal Mandir" (pictured), operated by the Nepal Children's Organisation (NCO), was arrested this past week by the Nepal police for alleged sexual assault on three minors.
Nepal adoptions chief raped and groomed orphans for prostitution, claims British teacher
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A British woman who adopted a five year old blind girl from a Nepalese orphanage believes she uncovered an abuse and vice ring after her new daughter said she'd been raped every Saturday
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27 Jun 2014
The former head of international adoptions at Nepal's largest orphanage is in custody over allegations that he raped young girls and groomed them as prostitutes in Kathmandu dance bars.
One of the alleged victims was a five-year-old blind girl who who was later adopted by a British teacher. Three others suffer from autism and severe learning difficulties.
According to the girls, they and two young boys at the orphanage were sexually abused and raped every Saturday when the adoptions chief, Rabin Shrestha and his friend throw 'birthday' and 'wedding' parties at Kathmandu's Bal Mandir children's home.
Nepal Children's Organization -- former head of NCO/Bal Mandir adoptions arrested for child rape (reprinted from PEAR Nepal)
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KATHMANDU: Two suspects have been arrested behind alleged rape of three young girls living in a public orphanage, Nepal Children's Organisation, popularly known as Balmandir. Police arrested Rabin Shrestha, a former employee of Balmandir, and Rabin Chalise, the current president of Balmandir Club, following the complaints of rape and sexual abuse at the orphanage lodged by Action for Child Rights International-Nepal. (PR)
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Police Investigate Rape at Orphanage
KATHMANDU, June 18: Two individuals previously associated with Nepal Children´s Organization (NCO), one of the country´s
oldest orphanages, have been taken under control by police for investigations into a rape charge leveled against them by three
minor girls.
The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police arrested a former NCO student and a former NCO employee - identified
as Rabin Chalise and Rabin Shrestha respectively - after three minor girls living in NCO´s Naxal orphanage, also known as Nepal
Bal Mandir, complained about being sexually exploited.
SP Pitambar Adhikari, spokesperson for the CIB, confirmed the arrest of Chalise and Shrestha but refused to divulge details.
"Both are now in our custody for investigations," said Adhikari. "But, we are not yet in a position to divulge any details."
A team of CIB officials had arrested the two on Tuesday. The same day, the CIB, in coordination with the Central Child Welfare
Board (CCWB), shifted the three minor girls to a safe house run by some other NGO. All three girls are believed to be below 15
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PTSD blankets my emotions with numbness. It's hard to feel any emotion, I think them more than I sense them. Unexpected strong emotions tend to cause an automatic whole-body shutdown response. But this was so unexpected it blew through my automatic defenses like they weren't even there.
It had been a few weeks since I was told that my results would be ready in a month and a half. I checked the site everyday, but the expectation of seeing anything had long since slumbered. I almost forgot to check that Saturday when I remembered it before running off to do some outdoor work.
I logged on to Ancestry.com, expecting to see the now-familiar white page with a tiny "come back later" notice. Instead I saw colors. There were greens, beige, browns, oranges, blues, pinks, blacks, and even a few tiny full color photographs. Some of the colors formed words, but I couldn't read them, too shocked to see that there was something -- quite a lot of something -- there at all.
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May 26, 2014
According to a report in the Irish Mail on Sunday, a mass grave has been located beside a former home for unmarried mothers and babies in County Galway. The grave is believed to contain the bodies of up to eight hundred babies, buried on the former grounds of the institution known locally as "The Home" in Tuam, north of Galway city, between 1925 and 1961
Run by the Bon Secours nuns, "The Home" housed thousands of unmarried mothers and their "illegitimate" children over those years.
According to Irish Mail on Sunday the causes of death listed for "as many as 796 children" included "malnutrition, measles, convulsions, tuberculosis, gastroenteritis and pneumonia."
The babies were usually buried without a coffin in a plot that had once housed "a water tank," the report claims. No memorials were erected, the site was left unmarked and unmourned.
This woman chooses children to adopt from Korea by clicking through online pictures like she would pick out a dress. http://www.achildwaits.org/Familystories/Stories/Murschell/story.htm
She's fundamentalist too and begs for money to adopt the children she picks from online catalogs. http://sharperiron.org/article/pure-religion-and-cold-hard-cash
Praise JESUS her prayers were answered. http://sharperiron.org/filings/092006/9943
Searching for my biological family is extremely stressful. Fortunately this time of year my garden can absorb all the nervous energy I can throw at it. But it demands more attention than I gave it recently when distracted by my personal distress I blundered into poison oak and ended up covered in a rash. The medicine they put me on leaves my too drowsy to write my next post. Sorry for the delay, will get back to it in a few days.
Stamford mother in race against time to win back custody of son
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STAMFORD -- North Stamford resident Maria Gonzalez will likely spend her second straight Mother's Day without seeing or hearing from her 5-year-old son Santiago.
The Department of Children and Families aggressively sought and obtained a temporary order of custody committing Santiago to the agency's care in mid-October 2012 despite the fact that the child was never abused, neglected or placed in dangerous conditions while in Gonzalez's care. The agency's actions resulted in a prolonged custody battle in which the agency reversed its stance and advocated for a mother and child reunion, but the child has never been returned to Gonzalez's custody.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has signed a bill setting new standards for guardians ad litem and counsels for minor children, who represent children in divorce and custody cases.
My name is Todd and I live in British Columbia, Ca on the island. I was adopted from birth and am pretty pissed off about the whole thing but in doing much research and soul searching I've established that there is no healing through my BFamily or my Afamily, friends, therapists, doctors, drugs, alcohol or any other such thing. The wound I carry I believe to be fairly unique to the adoptee specifically or at least closed adoptions in the sense we were taken from our mothers at birth to not see them for at least 18 years or ever again. Recently I have attended AA and feel that there are many similarities between the alcoholic and an adoptee. I feel a lot of my grief and past shames can be put to rest through that program but that primal wound is not going to go away with the rest so being the rather bright young chap that I am figured out that I will need other adoptees just like the alcoholic requires other alcoholics. I've looked for adult adoptee support groups but the adoption agencies don't fund them like they do for potential birth moms who they like to cultivate and brain wash. I know because I went to one of their meetings and was asked to never come back lol.
Been reading a bit more on your site and I thought I would share some more with you. Although I don't think I was necessarily abused by my Aparents it certainly never stopped me from realizing that the whole chosen/ grew in her heart not in her womb thing was bullshit created by a pro adoption agenda. Kinda like an engagement ring made out of a cubic zerconia. Beautiful and yet still fake. You may want and wish it was real but it's not.Also it is the pain of being separated from our mothers that is our true and ultimate abuse.
Adversely an abused adoptee at least is spared the lies and false hopes that a true family bond has formed when I find that to be a childish and wishful notion altogether. I found myself thinking of apes today and what happens when the babies are removed from their mothers. In watching such footage it nearly brought me to tears in empathy and yet it wasn't till today that I actually realized that we generally treat apes and kittens better than humans because that's just animal abuse to do such things lol.
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I took a DNA test to learn about my biological relatives and found out some things.
Let's start with the basics, shall we? I found out I was a human being, homo sapiens sapiens (at least mostly, I haven't compared it with the non-human samples yet.) This actually was a concern for my younger self. There were no people around who looked or acted like me in my adopted family or in the society around us, and everyone was quick to point out how weird and alien I was. So what's a kid supposed to think? Where was the evidence I hadn't fallen off a UFO? I became sensitive to attempts to "other" me or anyone else.
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We need to talk.
I know you're not big on talking. You've been the silent ghost hovering in the background all my life, your absence a constant presence.
Frankly, I would have preferred Banquo's Ghost, or King Hamlet. They were explicable and helped move the plot along. You have always been a cypher. What did you want?
Nothing, I was told. That's why you weren't there, after all. I was told that I was an impediment to the life you wanted to live, a pothole in the road of your journey that you had sped on past and forgotten. I was better off without you, I was told.
I really shouldn't spend much time thinking about you, I was told. And I didn't. Think about you, that is. Not much. As little as possible, and I'd stop myself whenever my subconscious tried to bring it up.
I always tried to follow the rules. Would you have liked that in me?
I started a blog about my experience with adoptee abuse and promised to keep you in touch. Here's highlights from the first six months.
I hurt all the time, with a heartache that oscillates but never leaves. There's no point in not talking about the pain now as it's not going to go away anytime soon, so I might as well blog about it.
PTSD Primer
PTSD has a way of robbing you of joy.
Link Roundup
I've talked about my childhood periodically in my other blogs.
On Searching, Anger, and Closure
People compliment me on my calmness is talking about these issues. I'm not calm, I'm numb.
Goodbye Ground, Hello Freefall
by Frank Ligtvoet / Daily Kos
Your ancestors' lousy childhoods or excellent adventures might change your personality, bequeathing anxiety or resilience by altering the epigenetic expressions of genes in the brain.
By Dan Hurley|Tuesday, June 11, 2013
(from http://discovermagazine.com/2013/may/13-grandmas-experiences-leave-epige...)
[This article originally appeared in print as "Trait vs. Fate"]
Darwin and Freud walk into a bar. Two alcoholic mice — a mother and her son — sit on two bar stools, lapping gin from two thimbles.
The mother mouse looks up and says, "Hey, geniuses, tell me how my son got into this sorry state."
"Bad inheritance," says Darwin.
"Bad mothering," says Freud.
For over a hundred years, those two views — nature or nurture, biology or psychology — offered opposing explanations for how behaviors develop and persist, not only within a single individual but across generations.
When adopted children are incorrectly diagnosed with attachment disorder, things can go very, very wrong.
By Kathryn Joyce
Last week in Ohio, a $2 million settlement was reached between the state's Stark County and 11 current and former adopted and foster children whom county officials had entrusted to the care of a couple who turned out to be far from ideal parents. Almost nine years ago, in September 2005, the children were removed from the home of Michael and Sharen Gravelle, an Ohio couple in their late 50s, after child protection workers found children shut in cages made of wood and chicken wire. The cages were stacked like bunk beds and often either blocked by furniture or rigged with alarms so the children couldn't get out. Inside them, the children slept on mats that smelled of urine. But when confronted by authorities—and later charged with a wide range of abuses—the Gravelles defended their methods, claiming that the children, who had conditions ranging from autism to Down syndrome, were "special needs," and had to be protected from themselves and each other.
Please tell me that I am not the only one who vomited green, gray glob after hearing this story.
It was described as a miracle.
Two young Korean girls are adopted by two different families at the same time, but alias they are re-united decades later.
Twins have a unique bond from birth. Separating them is a crime worst than lying on your home study.
The families keep track of each other via Facebook, sharing pictures of their adopted daughters.
One father said he noticed that the girls looked similar, and SUSPECTED that they were TWINS.
Hey bright one, and you did nothing about it.
So the happy separate families live their lives knowing it is a fraud.
Uggggg. The AP's are content that they have a child to call their own. Don't want to upset that beautiful apple cart, for the best interest of the child.
Shame on the Korean Adoption Authorities.
Split up a pair of twins and get twice the money.
These two have a life time of catch-up.
Another sad story of Adoption Corruption.
There was never a time I did not know I was adopted. In fact, there was never a time I did not feel different, not-quite-right, and not altogether like those around me. I have always felt like I was the outcast, the mixed mutt..the runt... the one who got chosen to live among strangers not because I was wanted, but because someone had to choose me, otherwise I'd be put down or left to die, whichever created less stir for the public.
I was born in 1968 in Newfoundland, Canada, a hot-spot for infertile Americans in want of a healthy white newborn who was "orphaned" by its unmarried and "unfit" mother. I was not born an American; I was manufactured to become one.
As an adult, I learned the facts surrounding my adoption story were nowhere near the "facts" my adoptive mother told me about my adoption history.


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5/5 rDev +17.4%
08-11-2013 03:56:28 | More by jryanj927
District of Columbia
5/5 rDev +17.4%
04-09-2013 14:15:19 | More by katiethehooks
5/5 rDev +17.4%
12-28-2013 18:59:07 | More by pauljunk
4.99/5 rDev +17.1%
While I had the opportunity to try this the first time it was brewed this review is from the SECOND batch made. Poured from a growler (purchased 6-1 at the brewery) into a Kuhnhenn goblet.
A - Pours a beautiful golden straw color with an opaque hue which illuminates the body. Initial results from the pour display a lofty head with nice patchy lacing clinging to the walls of the goblet. As the head dissipates a nice half finger milky cap resides, gently fed by streaming micro carbonation immersing from the bottom of the glass.
S - This is where the experience begins. The aroma constitutes a strong bready presence (sour dough, peppery with spice) which is followed by an effervescent emission of lemon grass, grapefruit and a slight hint of tropic sweetness summoning mango or semi ripe pineapple possibly apricot.
T - Up front there is an introduction of doughy malt immediately superseded by a nice acidic blast of hop tannins, citra maybe simcoe. The finish envelops a semi sweet accolade slightly spiced encompassing the back of the palate which invites another sip to solve the query. There's a wide range of flavors inundating my taste buds which displays a most acute precision regarding ingredient balance and exact brewing thus commandeering my curiosity and desire to resample this beer again and again.
M - While it's my opinion that the mouth feel is more light than medium there is a very complex transition which lathers the back of the palate upon finish. Though the sip is carbonous and sprightly it infuses tremendous flavor profiles which envelop and capture the pure experience of tasting this beer.
O - I find this particular beer to be traditional yet brash with a harmonious "Union" between two very contrasting styles. This Saisson with an American IPA alchemy forges a solid and collusive style which embodies techniques ranging between these days and yesteryear. I'm not sure if DC Brau will make this again but personally would love to see this appear as a rotating offering if not a year round staple. FYI, if you have the opportunity to try this I would highly recommend you bogart the chance, Cheers!
06-02-2013 22:28:21 | More by Crabbicuss
District of Columbia
4.75/5 rDev +11.5%
Pours a hazy pale yellow, very active white head. High carbonation with alot of bubbles
Smells like a grapefruit, lots of citrus and piney hops. It blends well with the farmhouse funk smell.
Tastes exactly like it smells. Grapefruit hits you first, exploding on your tongue. Followed by the pine. This is a very unique beer.
The mouthfeel is good. Very bubbly, similar to champagne. No alcohol taste and its extremely refreshing.
Overall, this beer is amazing and I hope they can it soon.
06-02-2013 18:27:53 | More by nmann08
4.75/5 rDev +11.5%
03-17-2013 04:20:22 | More by 2dogbrew
District of Columbia
4.75/5 rDev +11.5%
04-05-2013 02:33:35 | More by yourefragile
4.75/5 rDev +11.5%
03-17-2013 02:23:13 | More by Gatordaddy
District of Columbia
4.73/5 rDev +11%
Picked up a growler on 4/6/13 from the brewery.
Served in a DC Brau tulip because because I live here and it was easy for me to get. If you want to fight about it, send me a Beermail and we'll set up a time and place.
A: Looked like a Witbier injected with orange steroids. Very murky, bubbly, and with a huge pillowy white head that left its mark on the glass as I siphoned it.
S: Whoa.... Like a spruce tree. The Belgian yeast blended very well with the citrus and farmhouse-y funk. Truly inviting.
T: What the hell is this? It's unlike anything I've ever tried. It had the hop profile of a West Coast IPA, the earthy, dankness of a Belgian Saison, and the citrus component of freshly squeeze Florida orange juice.
M: Spritzy and bubbly, like a fine champagne and with the glass lacing of a true champ.
O: This is the 2nd best beer that DC Brau makes. Please make more!
04-06-2013 20:56:15 | More by Chaney
4.66/5 rDev +9.4%
Growler served in a DC Brau cervoise "fancy pants" glass. Are you making more of this? If the answer is "no", stop what you are doing and go make more of this. This is a collaboration between DC Brau and Union in Baltimore. I have yet to have a Union beer but this beer is truly amazing. This is the best beer I've had from DC Brau to date. Right amount of hops, right amount of saison-y yesaty goodness. Very awesome, blow me away, I would hurt myself drinking this beer sort of beer. More please, a lot more.
Beer is yellow and hazy with a nice white head of small bubbles, some lacing, moderate retention. Looks good.
Aroma is hoppy, sweet, candy, esters, earth, mild sulfur (could be from hops or yeast). Hop aroma is somewhere between grapefruit and apricot with a mild earthiness in there. The esters from the yeast are peppery and sweet.
Beer is light and wet with a nice level of moderate bitterness. Great yeast cutting through, maybe a little more yeast character? Lemony and pepper, mild pepper cutting through, great ester profile, earthiness in the midpalate, great wet finish. The beer finishes bitter with the hops, leaving this mild lingering fruitiness in the mouth, a very nice beer. A repeat for sure. I really enjoyed this beer. If this were 4.5% ABV and available retail for home consumption I would have cases of this. Love it. I will be returning for more.
03-19-2013 16:01:03 | More by drabmuh
District of Columbia
4.64/5 rDev +8.9%
Appearance: Pours a golden, almost pilsner color with a white fluffy head. Head falls to a small ring for the duration of drinking. Nice and light colored. Great lacing.
Aroma: Holy s**t! I love citrus and this is just about as citrusy at it gets. The Simcoe and Citra interact perfectly with the saison yeast. Big notes of grapefruit, apricot, some tangerine. Super juicy. Lots of estery, peppery yeast character with a bit of sulfur. Incredible smelling.
Taste: Great flavor as well. Moderately bitter with nice semi-sweet citrus tones. Nice spicy yeast character. Long, hoppy, juicy finish that dries out but lingers. A touch of funkiness with the saison yeast. Very light malt presence. The hops and yeast are the stars here.
Mouthfeel: Light and lively on the palate. Medium bodied. Very easy drinking. Bitterness builds on the finish and balances everything out nicely.
Overall: DC Brau now has two beers that I'd put up against anything. This won't get the recognition of OTWOA as it's not a style that everyone likes. But in my opinion this is every bit as good. Incredible stuff.
03-30-2013 19:02:55 | More by jacewg
District of Columbia
4.55/5 rDev +6.8%
This is easily DC Braus second best beer, it is really refreshing and has plenty of hops. It falls more in the unfiltered/farmhouse IPA-saison category for me over Belgian ipa since it doesn't have that distinct Belgian yeast taste or feel to it for my palate, but has an earthy and herbal hoppiness to it that is quite nice.
The color is really nice, very hazy orange tinged golden color with a decent white fluffy head and some lacing. Very nice look.
The smell is awesome, it is very bright and hoppy right out of the glass, no subtlety here. Grassy and citrus tinged hops dominate, it reminds me very much of a west coast ipa in its earthy hoppiness with just enough honey soaked malt to give it some foundation.
The flavor is great as well, it has a hefty biscuity malt backbone added to the plant heavy hop flavors that aren't as dominant as the aroma but definitely still slightly bitter and bright, especially present in the aftertaste which is quite nicely dry and clean. The feel has nice body which makes me think unfiltered ipa. Some citrus in the flavor with just a touch of orange rind and lemon grass. I also get some banana as the beer warms up. A 'spicy' feel with nice carbonation.
Overall a very fine beer, it's really really nice and deserves its great rating so far.
04-02-2013 21:51:35 | More by Dreadnaught33
4.5/5 rDev +5.6%
04-06-2013 03:34:20 | More by mendvicdog
District of Columbia
4.5/5 rDev +5.6%
03-22-2013 00:13:01 | More by Rhettroactive
4.5/5 rDev +5.6%
03-21-2013 10:45:19 | More by Thorpe429
4.5/5 rDev +5.6%
06-22-2013 14:45:49 | More by raveskdr
District of Columbia
4.5/5 rDev +5.6%
06-15-2013 03:47:26 | More by tadmuchowski
4.5/5 rDev +5.6%
01-21-2014 15:56:18 | More by Rmbr2
4.5/5 rDev +5.6%
06-23-2013 18:35:48 | More by siege06nd
4.5/5 rDev +5.6%
03-17-2013 00:57:32 | More by billab914
4.5/5 rDev +5.6%
04-06-2013 22:29:55 | More by DRBiser
4.5/5 rDev +5.6%
11-26-2013 00:34:40 | More by OB1
4.46/5 rDev +4.7%
Poured on tap into a nonic pint glass at Meridian Pint. Originally had samples of this on Armageddon release day and was really impressed and needed to make a mental note to revisit this one. From notes.
A cloudy but orb glowing murky yellow, with lots of green hues all throughout the glass. The brew is topped with a half finger of head that is exceptionally creamy looking and bright white.
The nose absolutely rips of fresh fleshy grapefruit hop profile. Sticky yeasty mild funk farmhouse a tad, and a good hint of sweet milky cream. Hints of pepper and spices also. It's a really nice balance, but the grapefruit really takes off.
Palate brings all the goodness hinted on the nose. This really tastes like a perfect grapefruit hop beverage. Literally fresh squeezed in the morning. Quenching juicy hop palate with a hint of wet, and mild powdery funk sense. The hop angle brings out even hints of mango, and even manages to finish crisp with some dense malts, and peppery spice.
Overall this is just a great new creation from these guys, this one really shocked me I was not expecting it to be this good, but it is.
03-30-2013 13:12:35 | More by smakawhat
4.45/5 rDev +4.5%
Brewery filled growler. Hazed gold with a billowy bright-white head. Retains with a rich foaminess that soaps the sides of the glass with sticky swathes of lacing. The aroma blows up in the nose, with a robust mix of fresh floral, light pine and ripe tropical fruit flavors that include pineapple, mango, apricot and grapefruit. Sweet malt doughiness sits along the back while an earthy spiciness works in perfectly with those hop flavors. This just has a fresh hoppy power to it in the nose that kicks ass! The taste is just as good, with zesty grapefruit bitterness and a smack of tart lemon flavor. Ripe and sticky tropical fruit from the nose are all present and seem to be emboldened by the earthy and spicy esters of the Saison yeast. Neutral malts add a slightly sweet underpinning to the festivities. The finish is dry with an earthy pithiness and lingering spice. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with a slick easy creaminess that glides effortlessly across the palate. There's a touch of light warmth here but this is overall very smooth and drinkable for a 7% beer. Wow! I've had some good beers from D.C. Brau and this collaboration with Union Brewing is right up there! It's about as perfect of a marriage between an IPA and Saison as you're going to find and I can't recommend it enough if you see it around on tap. Well done!
03-27-2013 16:55:15 | More by Kegatron
North Carolina
4.44/5 rDev +4.2%
Appearance: Arrives with a honey color verging on golden; the head leaves some strands of lacing behind as it descends
Smell: Grapefruit and spicy Belgian yeast esters
Taste: A clean malt bill highlights the citrusy hops and the Belgian yeast with the yeast adding a peppery dimension after the swallow; well-attenuated finish
Mouthfeeel: Medium body with moderate carbonation
Overall: One of the best examples of the Belgian IPA style I have encountered, this is another winner for DC Brau
06-19-2013 21:00:27 | More by brentk56
Yonder Cities from DC Brau Brewing Co.
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That to me is remarkably cryptic, both N82 and N95 are supported. Our application passed the JavaVerified tests on the N95 device and has the signature to prove it so it couldn't fail on this device.FAILED due to the devices not compatible by OVI store, OVI supported devices can be found from the link https://publish.ovi.com/help/content_providers (public, Qa in progress -> Qa failed)
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