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123 Promenade Roger Laroque, 98800 Noumea, New Caledonia – Show map
Good Dinner Buffet and great entertainment!
Location was fantastic
Right in front of the beach
Great location at Anse Vata beach, room is comfortable and spacious, value for money, bus stop just in front of the hotel, close to restaurants and "snacks", free Wi-Fi.
the location of the hotel and the cleaniless of the hotel and the facililites
Helpful staff Relaxing vibe Great location near beach, bus stop, restaurant, few sites.
Walk outside to the busstop. Many boutiques and eateries I n the vicinity
Location on Anse Vata and many eating experiences at the door.
Easy, clean, reliable. I had to change my booking and the woman I was in email contact with was incredibly accommodating.
Excellent location. Good value for money.
Le Nouvata is located on beautiful l'Anse Vata Bay, just a 10-minute drive from Nouméa city centre. It offers free Wi-Fi and lovely tropical gardens leading out to the bay.
All air-conditioned rooms at Le Nouvata have a private balcony with lagoon or property views. The rooms also feature cable TV, a work desk and an en suite bathroom with a bathtub.
Le Nouvata has undergone extensive renovations, however still retains the history and soul of the original site. Le Parc restaurant serves local and international cuisine.
Guests can also enjoy refreshing drinks and light snacks at Le Recif Bar. Room service is available throughout the day. Le Nouvata also has a gift shop located inside the complex.
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Outdoor Pool, Grounds, Terrace, Sun Deck
Water Sports Facilities (on site), Fitness Center, Library
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Restaurant, Bar, Breakfast in the Room, Restaurant with Dining Menu, Buffet-Style Restaurant
WiFi is available in all areas and is free of charge.
Free private parking is available on site (reservation is not needed).
Room Service, Vending Machine (drinks), Vending Machine (snacks), Shuttle Service (surcharge), 24-Hour Front Desk, Currency Exchange, Tour Desk, Baggage Storage, Dry Cleaning, Meeting/Banquet Facilities, Business Center, Fax/Photocopying, Hair/Beauty Salon, Souvenir/Gift Shop
Safe, Shops (on site), Elevator
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The maximum number of cribs in a room is 2.
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Good Dinner Buffet and great entertainment!
Still don't know the difference between Le Nouvata, Nouvata Parc & Pacific? The younger staff is fantastic, some of the older reception staff are arrogant and rude!!!
I was told by the pool boy that we cannot eat or drink anything by the pool. I asked if we could eat at the outside table by pool, he informed me the only place we could drink or eat any food we brought at the supermarket was in our room!! After paying nearly a $1000 we are disgusted with the service. How rude, This experience alone ruined our stay,If you are from New Zealand do not stay at this hotel.
Lift didn't work and no towels for pool (always out of stock)
Location was fantastic
Some of the stuff were quite rude and very un helpful, it was as though we were inconveniencing them every time we asked them a question The cost of food and beverages in the hotel was also very disappointing
Right in front of the beach
Bad wifi Staff not speaking english Air condition leaking water on balcony and in the room moved rooms 3 times staff didnt want to help or care
Great location at Anse Vata beach, room is comfortable and spacious, value for money, bus stop just in front of the hotel, close to restaurants and "snacks", free Wi-Fi.
Our room was at the far end so the wi-fi wasn't working properly. We had to go to the lounge area located on each floor of the hotel rooms to be able to access it.
Very slow wifi, often cut out. Rooms dated, need refurbishment
Location, right on waterfront of Anse Vata., with bus stop at door. Clean comfortable superior double room with all facilities. Of medium size, with small, but adequate for 2, balcony with glorious sea and sunset view. Obliging counter staff. Complex comprises 2 buildings. Smaller, older 4 floor building right on the waterfront and a newer 7 floor unit behind, separated by the pool and garden. This beach area is about 10k from Noumea town and the buses provide a good frequent service BUT cease at 7.30pm. So evening dining in Noumea is not an option unless returning by Taxi, which are scarce and expensive.
Surprised at the smallness of the elevator in the older building. Looks like a service, not guest elevator. The distinction between the 2 accommodation buildings was not clear on the website, when booking.
One very helpful staff with my numerous luggages
Old facilities, not clean (spider webs in corners), very bad wifi (had to stand at the door to get a signal and disconnecting every 2 mins), broken air con (noisy) expensive breakfast (charged A$ 17 for a continental with bread & jam only - charged same price for an adult and my 4 yo son), trolley for luggages not fitting into lift so had to carry one by one in tiny elevator, elevator too old sometimes "jumping" - thought we would be stuck.
the location of the hotel and the cleaniless of the hotel and the facililites
there was a limited wine list and the quality of the wine available was poor in my eyes. The food was very expensive!! Im am spoiled by my normal surroundings!!ie Sydney Australia
Helpful staff Relaxing vibe Great location near beach, bus stop, restaurant, few sites.
Wifi bit slow and not always stable
Swimming Pool availability Bus stop at front door Variety of eating places close by Easy walking distance to other facilities/ things to do.
Can not think of anything that stood out that I feel I need to comment on.
Walk outside to the busstop. Many boutiques and eateries I n the vicinity
Disappointed in pool area. Small compared to the photos
Location on Anse Vata and many eating experiences at the door.
The cost of eating an average meal in Noumea....outrageous
Easy, clean, reliable. I had to change my booking and the woman I was in email contact with was incredibly accommodating.
Some of the staff were a bit rude
The reception is the same with Le Pacifique and Le Parc. There are a small balcony, a bathtub, an iron etc. The bus stop is in front of this hotel. 72 euro including tax without breakfast was a good deal.
The elevator was old and small but ok.
Excellent location. Good value for money.
There needs to be designated hours for swimming pool area. Some nights there was too much noise around the pool after 10am.
Location was a bonus. Right in front of the bus stop and Bay de Citron is just round the corner. Very close to restaurants and patisserie. Would go back there!
Excellent location close to restaurants and beach and not too far from town. Friendly staff.
Everthing, the location, facilities, clealiness, comfort and value for money relative to other choices in the area.
Not being informed adequately of the range of choices between Le Pacifique and Le Nouvata and the other option and what differentiates them.
1. Customer Service staff all around were excellent. Very understanding and supportive and just great to deal with. WELL DONE 2. Excellent water Pressure
1. Internet Signal was very weak in hotel, so had to go to Lobby all the time to get internet. 2. Ocean View rooms although good view, were not as private, and noisy from the roads, especially when there are activities on the boardwalk like the young drummers on a Sunday morning that went on for hours.... REALLY???? 3.Neighbours smoked and the balcony just smelled of cigarette. 4. The shower milk was running out and cleaners did not pay any attention to refilling it. - Beds seem to face the TV in the next room, so I can hear the TV on all night and the full conversation the guests were having.
Everything. Felt secure, quite, clean, had my own little safe, great location!
The pool, rooms ok, value for money i guess
Restaurant far too expensive. Wifi very poor in rooms.
The Hotel was very close to everything we wanted buses, restaurants, beaches. The grounds and swimming pool area were very well cared for and restful, the staff were helpful in anything we approached them for and we would have no hesitation in recommending this Hotel.
The cost of meals in the Restaurant were very pricy, but then again everywhere in Noumea this seems to be the norm.
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I read an article today about a political organization starting a "Grassroots SEO" campaign in an effort to manipulate the SERPs. Their basic idea is to have their members link to positive articles for their candidates and negative articles for the opponents.
Here's a small quote about their strategy.
...not only is it possible for us to use our hyperlinks to impact what people find when they search for information on candidates, but we would be foolish not to do so in a way that benefited our preferred candidates. We are already impacting search engine rankings whenever we post any hyperlink anywhere, so we need to make sure the way we use hyperlinks helps result in our preferred political outcomes.
Do you think Google has the ability to fight this type of search engine spam? Even if they know the exact pages the organization is targeting, how could Google know which links were valid and which links were spam from the organizations members?
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Waste of time. A spike in links can mean sudden popularity or artificial link building. Since Google watches link growth over time these types of spikes, and their resulting links, fade out relatively quickly. Perhaps if they wrote positive articles two years or more ago and have linked to them steadily since then it would show some benefits, but I doubt they did.
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Right on dude....this isnt the 1994 wild west internet days. Back then you could post loads of links, rank fast, etc. It dosent work that way anymore. It takes considerable time for a link to gain the proper weight to rank your site. And as kickaxe said, a big spike in links is grounds for a site ban. Google knows all.
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Google knows all.
Which is why spam has been completely eliminated from the SERPs! ;)
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The rub is that they're linking to someone else's content. They look for pages that are already ranking in the SERPs (positions 10-100) then have all their members point a link to that content. So who does Google penalize? The site that posted the original content even though that site had nothing to do with the link building? Or would they penalize the site that is organizing the link building?
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The site that posted the original content even though that site had nothing to do with the link building? Or would they penalize the site that is organizing the link building?
you will never know the true answer for that question.
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As an Australian, I have no interest in US politics (or ours, for that matter).
Treating this purely as an SEO observation, I think the writer has shot himself in the foot by publicly announcing it. Had it been something in a Democrat member newsletter only, it might have taken longer to be found out and had some traction.
California has a large number of Democrat voters and it is possible that people in the Googleplex might choose to look the other way. If the responsible people there are totally professional about it, they will treat it as a nice public experiment to watch and take action if necessary. For all I know, this has been happening on both sides for years.
I don't know of the writer but the SEO advice isn't particularly brilliant. He isn't using anchor text to best effect. Sending link love to major news sites may also boost the positive stories about the Republicans and negative ones about Democrats.
By showing such tactics to the Republican SEOs, what's to say that a more effective campaign won't be mounted in return. They just need to send some people to Pubcon and they could pick up any number of real experts who could write a complete counter-strategy.
I anticipate that very few ranking changes will occur. Perhaps someone who loves politics could monitor a few candidates and report back to us later this year.
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I'm not sure I agree that this constitutes spam. These folks are linking to content that they genuinely endorse in the attempt to give that content more exposure. That they are doing it in an organized fashion doesn't necessarily make it spam. It's not their content, so their links actually constitute a genuine external endorsement of the content.
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I am with @freejung if an activist group decides to campaign for a particular individual it is an editorial choice to support some one.
It would be very dangerous for any search engine to start handing out penalties as this could have very serious blowback from both politicians and old media who of course are not search engines best friends (maybe Google and MS need to own a few newspapers)
Just because the "line" is link to site x with these keywords doesn't make it spam. Say Ian Dale (a Tory blogger) asked his readers to support his campaign to become an mp for example.
How is this different from leafleting or knocking up on the day of an election.
Btw for those of you not into politics the "line" in theĀ political sense is the agreed policy line. and "knocking up" is not getting your secretary pregnant (ala Parkinson) but making sure your supporters vote on the day.Ā
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What makes it look like search engine spam to me is that it's not "natural". The members of the organization didn't come to the idea of linking independently. Someone is influencing their behavior. It is an organized effort to manipulate the SERPs.
Anyway, I was just curious how Google would feel about the practice and if they could combat it. Would they feel the same if a company sent out notices to all their customers that if they give a link back to their site they get a 10% discount on their next order?
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What makes it look like search engine spam to me is that it's not "natural". The members of the organization didn't come to the idea of linking independently. Someone is influencing their behavior.
So what? People influence each other's behavior all the time, particularly in politics. If you want to try to filter out all signals for which someone was influenced in some way by someone else, you're going to have a heck of a job on your hands.
It's still a human endorsement, which is what Google is looking for. It's still a person deciding, for whatever reason, that they want to promote particular content by linking to it to make it more popular. The algo is designed to give higher rankings to content that is more popular. It doesn't really matter _why_ it is popular, whether it's for political or aesthetic or social reasons, whether it's because you came up with the idea on your own or were led by someone else.
Indeed, I bet if you analyzed it, one of the most common reasons why something becomes popular is that someone in a leadership position in some organization tells their followers to read it, like it, share it etc.
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well it's natural in terms of politics - that's how it works you campaign to get people to agree with and support you. and part of that is getting them to do something this was the inovation that bluestate digital managed for Obama.
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When I went to the Rogers AT&T Cup in Montreal last August, I was disappointed to see Iva eliminated by the time I got to the tournament (third round). But I then had the good fortune of finding Iva and her brother on a practice court, without any other fans in sight. I had great time watching them work out, and an even better time talking with them afterwards. They're absolutely friendly and generous with their time.


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That's just about how I feel about things. While I will try to present my thoughts in a reasonable way, sugar coating reality doesn't do anyone any good.
We speak of death, and of avoiding death. The threats faced are real, and it's ugly business. While I have not been in a gunfight, I have been physically attacked before, years ago. Each time, a quick, devastating and "offensive" reaction to the attack immediately turned the tables. I survived each situation. One instance was three-on-one, two were just one attacker. The key was as you mention: mindset, and the power/speed of response.
As a result, many of my posts, here, reflect those situations. I don't have one tithe the experience that many have, here. Yet, I've been through the cauldron and sieve a few times, thankfully surviving each time. I won't speak of those instances, because they were brutal, ugly and bloody. I was attacked. Had I not responded in the manner I did, I would not have survived any of the situations. Yet, I survived. That's enough for me.
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Thirteen men and women are vying for the chance to represent California's Eighth District in the U.S. House of Representatives – far and away the largest field of candidates Inyo County voters will have to choose from on June 5.
The top two vote-getters in the June 5 Primary will advance to the Nov. 6 General Election for the chance to represent District 8 as a U.S. Congressman.
District 8 covers the Eastern Sierra and most of San Bernardino County – including Victorville and Apple Valley – as well as Death Valley National Park and Mojave National Preserve.
As part of The Inyo Register's ongoing efforts to help voters with their decision-making this Primary Election season, each of these hopefuls was invited to respond to a set of questions dealing with matters on a state, national and district level.
Each candidate was provided the same set of questions as his or her political challengers, and asked to keep the responses as concise as possible.
Given the high volume of candidates in this particular race, the District 8 hopefuls' responses will be published in three parts. The first four candidates' answers follow.
As before, their responses are printed verbatim with the order chosen by drawing.
1.) What are the biggest issues/challenges facing the 8th Congressional District right now?
Brad Mitzelfelt: One of the biggest problems facing all Americans is the excessive spending in Washington that's created $15.6 trillion in debt, weakened our nation by forcing us to borrow from China, and discouraged investment in the private sector. More locally, the federal government's push for solar energy on public lands could threaten future economic opportunity in Inyo County.
Paul Cook: We need more jobs. The key is good land use, attacking problems like useless regulations and air quality, and sane leadership from proven leaders. If we elect someone unwilling to work, we will solve nothing. We also need spending discipline, so we can focus on producers in our economy rather than on people who have never worked a day.
Anthony Adams: A sagging economy and unemployment.
Angela Valles: The same problems facing the nation are usually accentuated here in the 8th District. We have higher unemployment rates, poverty rates, and foreclosures than the national average. We need to do whatever it takes to unburden business to let them grow, create jobs and stimulate our economy. The people in our district want to work. We have to help create the opportunities for them to.
2.) What are some possible solutions you'd like to have a hand in bringing to the table?
Mitzelfelt: To stop unsustainable spending, I support a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution and enforceable caps on spending. I'll attack waste and corruption, like I've done as County Supervisor – cutting my own compensation by 25 percent, balancing every budget, and making tough decisions to ensure a sound financial future. I will do the same kinds of things in Washington.
Cook: I want to create a fair process on federal land use decisions that gives locals a bigger role, one that will lead to much-needed jobs and yet still protect the environment. I want to reduce spending on frivolous items and focus on roads, infrastructure, workers, and retirees. I propose auditing all federal agencies to find savings.
Adams: Working with job creators to reduce barriers to new job growth, helping to promote new and emerging industries here at home, and working with our schools to ensure our students are prepared to enter the workforce making a living wage.
Valles: Someone needs to tell congress they're not there for themselves, they're there to act in the best interest of the people. Gridlock has halted all forms of progress, and until Congress learns to work together it won't matter what solutions are brought to the table. It's time to stop thinking in terms of Democrats and Republicans and start doing what's best for Americans.
3.) How can Inyo County residents be assured their concerns, needs and voices are not only being heard but represented in Washington, D.C.?
Mitzelfelt: I am chairman of a nine-county, four-state organization where I work closely with Inyo County to fight for access to our federal lands.
Cook: Like people in Inyo, I live a rural lifestyle personally, and I'm the only candidate who can claim to have held office in a rural town. Inyo and my hometown have many similarities in the challenges we face, and I know these issues firsthand. I vow to keep the lines of communications open and the door ajar for all of Inyo's residents.
Adams: I will be very accessable via phone, email, or personal visits with the residents of Inyo County and working closely with locally elected officials to ensure that the Federal governmnent is a partner in their work and not a hindrance to their efforts to help all of the residents of the district.
Valles: I've only gotten this far because I've held accountability as one of my top priorities. There is no one county, city or district that is better or more important than the next. I will have a hard-working, reliable field representative there who reports directly to me. Other than making regular visits to meet with residents, if something requires my attention, I WILL be there.
4.) How often would you personally visit Inyo County as the District 8 Congressman?
Mitzelfelt: I currently represent the largest county supervisor district in the United States. I visit every part of my district on a regular basis. I would do no less for Inyo County and would visit several times a year.
Cook: While Congress is in session, I will take my job extremely seriously and focus my time on working in Washington for my constituents. During this time, I might visit at least once a month. During off periods, I expect to visit more often. I will also visit whenever necessary for emergencies and crises.
Adams: As often as necessary to ensure that Inyo County residents are confident that their voices, concerns and needs are being met by their representative at the federal level.
Valles: As often as possible. The people I've met in Inyo County are passionate and want to be involved, not to mention there are few things more beautiful than the snow-capped escarpment of the Eastern Sierras. I believe it's very important to treat all counties, and cities equally. I will visit community events on a regular basis, and be there when any other need arises that requires my personal attention.
5.) Given the sometimes rancorous nature of partisan politics, do you see an opportunity to work more "across the aisle" to help foster progress and greater cooperation on controversial issues?
Mitzelfelt: I won't back down from my conservative principles, but I always treat everyone with respect. I have worked across party lines.
My current office of county supervisor is nonpartisan, so I'm well accustomed to leading without regard to party politics. Ensuring my constituents receive vital services and that the county helps create jobs and economic opportunities – these aren't partisan matters.
Cook: While I am a staunch opponent of higher taxes, my record as a state lawmaker and as Chair of the Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee proves that I can remain true to my values and still work in a bipartisan manner. Too many politicians would have you believe America is entirely divided. That simply isn't the case on all issues.
Adams: Yes. I believe voters deserve to have a representative that puts people before politics. Democratic and Republican extremists have gridlocked our country and make scoring political points more important than solving our biggest problems. I am running to give voters a better choice.
Valles: The amount of opportunities to foster progress that have been wasted by our divisive Congress is shameful. They're all focused on the next election and afraid to upset the status quo, and voters are paying the price. Millions are still out of work, facing foreclosures, or worse, and our so-called leaders are playing political games. I don't care if I serve just one term, I'm only there to create positive change.


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Those picks can work especially at blind pick lower levels. I'm just saying more often than not you will face a team that rips through that kinda stuff. Hec is nice fed and frankly any champ is, but you want the champs that can carry strong to be fed the most. I'm also not the biggest fan of the meta but trust me when I say it's there for a reason. Everyone nitpicks this game to pieces to figure out an advantage and then it becomes copy cat over time. Also yea have fun and change it up, but make sure to talk to the team. Other people are here to play the game, and part of their fun is to take it competitively and want to ensure the best team comp possible. Not every game has to be that way, and nor will it, but with that in mind unless you have a team who wants to do something different or a bunch of friends who want to goof off (with respect to griefing the other team that shouldn't happen period) go for a different set up. Now as for calls. It's common courtesy to give the person who makes the call first to give them that lane. It's the fairest and most efficient way possible. Would it be nice if people would stop for a moment and talk strategy? Sure and sometimes it happens. Not always and more often than not calls are about as fair as it gets. This is strictly to normal games, draft it's technically pick order but you can get a team whose all about figuring out the strengths of the team sometimes.... lol Jungling ah I love the jungle. Very fun to do when pulled effectively and you can get lanes rolling and that feeling like you had that effect is awesome. Ganks are never easy to pull off unless the person being ganked is just plain foolish to sit there with low health near our turret and no ward. A good jungler doesn't mean he ganks all the time and has to get kills. No a good jungler ganks to relieve pressure and get your lane in your control or at the very least back in the creep zone. Making that lane feel nervous and conservative of a gank is just as important. Getting the other person to burn a flash or ignite? Good. Getting a kill by you or better yet the lane teammate? Better. A key thing to remember is time spent away from the jungle is time minions aren't getting farmed possible red or blue available and even worse getting your jungle cleared by the opposing jungler. Lastly about junglers and any person low level or even in their 30s might be practicing something new. Jungling is not easy and can be very frustrating to do. Your the utility champ you have to provide as a second support, and as well provide some other function for team fights be it peeling, tanking, or killing all on a limited budget. So go easy on these guys and provide feedback instead. See ya on the battlefield mate!
Thank you for give those advice on Teemo Following the meta or not isnt really the question here. A good team needs to be flexible, able to change strategies to over come a situation and not following a rigid set of rules/meta blindly. Ganking for kills? I push lane for win. 2 strategies i often deploy: Having 2 mid at early game. psychological battle. defensive play. The advantage of this is that it allows one side lanes to advance faster in early game. This also confuse rage player who are following the "Only-One-At-Middle-Lane" rule. which in turn lure other rage player to join in mid for gank. Some time it draws 3-5 player to mid just to fight against that meta they believe in. Such earlier gank is totally useless when played against defensive mode then retaliate by advancing the side lanes. In another situation it will be 2 v 1 at mid. the 1 receive no help from team, which instantly translate to Mid-turret-is-gone. Going 1-4 formation when they gank. by mid game most team likes to goes around ganking after kills score. going 4-1 allows quick solution to break up the opponent team while playing defensive. 1 will push a lane. At such time many are not aware of whats going on in the mini map or even looking at the mini map. They are too busy going after a kill. Usually they became alert when a turret went down, then they start to break off from gank or retreat to defend a lane.


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The MacDonald House bombing occurred on 10 March 1965, at the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank building (now known as MacDonald House) along Orchard Road of Singapore, which was then part of Malaysia. The time bomb was planted by a duo of Indonesian saboteurs, during the period of Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation (also known as Konfrontasi). The explosion killed three people and injured at least 33 others.[1]
During the Indonesian Konfrontasi where Indonesia openly opposed the formation of Malaysia, Indonesian saboteurs mounted a campaign of terror in Singapore. They were trained to attack military installations and public utilities. However, when the saboteurs failed in their attempts to attack these installations that were heavily guarded, they set off bombs indiscriminately to create panic and disrupt life on the island. By 1964, bomb explosions became frequent. To help the police and army defend Singapore from these bomb attacks, a volunteer force was set up. More than 10000 people signed up as volunteers. Community Centres served as bases for the volunteers to patrol their neighbourhoods. In schools, students underwent bomb drills. The government also warned Singaporeans not to handle any suspicious-looking parcels in the buildings or along streets. Despite the efforts of the British, small groups of saboteurs managed to infiltrate the island and plant bombs. By March 1965, a total of 29 bombs had been set off in Singapore.
The 10 March 1965 bombing of the MacDonald House was the most serious of the spate of bombings in Singapore, when a bomb exploded at 3:07pm at the 10-storey building. The bomb killed three people, two were employees of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Elizabeth Suzie Choo, 36, a secretary and Juliet Goh, 23, a clerk. The third victim, Mohammed Yasin Kesit, 45, a driver, slipped into a coma after the blast, and did not come out of it. Thirty-three other people were injured. At the time of the bombing, the building had also housed the Australian High Commission and the Japanese Consulate.[1][2]
Within four days, Singaporean police arrested two Indonesian marines, Harun Said (then 21) and Osman Mohamed Ali (then 23) for the bombing. The two saboteurs had arrived in Singapore from Java at 11am on that fateful day, wearing civilian clothes. They had been instructed to bomb an electric power house but instead headed to MacDonald House. As they were in civilian clothes and had targeted a civilian building, the men were tried in Singapore for the murder of the three people who died in the blast. They were convicted of murder and hanged in 1968.[2][3] In the meantime, Singapore had seceded from Malaysia on 9 August 1965, just five months after the bombing.
In 2014, Indonesia named a Nakhoda Ragam-class corvette warship (KRI Usman-Harun) after the two hanged commandos, worsening bilateral ties between Indonesia and Singapore.[4] In response, Singapore banned the warship from its ports and naval bases.[5]
- Notes
- ^ a b Jackie Sam, Philip Khoo, Cheong Yip Seng, Abul Fazil, Roderick Pestana and Gabriel Lee (11 March 1965). "Terror Bomb kills 2 Girls at Bank" (reprint). The Straits Times.
- ^ a b Nirmala, M. "MacDonald House attack still strikes home in S'pore". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ^ Singapore from Settlement to Nation Pre-1819 to 1971 (6th ed.). Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Education. pp. 196–197.
- ^ Cheney-Peters, Scott (19 February 2014). "Troubled Waters: Indonesia's Growing Maritime Disputes". thediplomat.com. The Diplomat. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ Jaipragas, Bhavan. "Singapore bans disputed Indonesian navy ship". Agence France-Presse.
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- Brazil, David. Insider's Singapore. Singapore: Times Books International, 2001.


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As I was concerned about my upcoming surgery, the world interviened in a huge way. In the past few weeks we have had more than the usual share of illness, sadness & death.
My Godmother died early on Palm Sunday as she was making her cuppa tea. That was just the way that fiesty, lovable 91 year old lady would have wished. She & my Mom are the end of their family generation of women who raised my cousins and I in a family setting while the 'men were at war or recovering" ... Truely the end of an era, where women came to a safe space to raise their children and support one another.
The week before, my Mother had been in the hospital for a still undiagnosed bleed. Hopefully she is going to keep going as all the chaos continues.
Dad is in the hospital, and has been since a week ago, with cardiac issues. This morning he was taken off the ventilator after his triple bypass yesterday. He has a long healing ahead, but he made it through his first 18 hours post-op, and it is looking good that he may fully recover IF he listens to the MD and follows his diet and exercise regime.
I have been running a fever for over a week, so I am going back to my primary care MD in a bit for blood work as she is concerned that my port-a-cath became infected last week during a proceedure in oncology.
Wow, way too much medical stuff ... I have a short attention span when I am awake, so that I am happy to just play games or listen to music all day. Family is here, but with my illness I am housebound again so it is realy twice as frustrating not to be able to help and/or visit.
I just wanted to let everyone know that I miss all of you, but being online, chating or dealing with anything that requires thought is just beyond me right now.
OH, my surgery.... the oncologist & surgeon agreed that we did not to go in right now for a "lung nodule" that has not grown in 14 months ... whew ... so i am still in the wait and see mode of having CT scans on a regular basis, but i am not as fearful of surgery as I was.
There is no adequate way to thank the many kind people from Care2 that have helped me find immune support foods & suppliments as well as herbals as well as Reikii and distance healing ~ Bless you all and thank you all for the many kindnesses you have shown me.
Finally, to Christian, thank you once again for comiing down to help prepare myself. the house and the kitties for the surgery that we found out 2 days later was not happening. I do not know how I would have endured the past two years without your consistant friendship and support as you give of yourself as well as coordinate surprises & support from other Care2 friends.
Hopefully, life will become a little more normal as Dad recovers, slowly from his surgery. Then if we can get Mom & I back to "our" normal the three legged stool that we have going here will become more stable, and much more active as we all support the activity part of our health recommendations !
Again, thank you to all of you who have helped and continue to help keep myself and my family from collapsing when we hit lifes' speedbumps.
If you notice that I am missing from your group, please know that I am cutting way back right now due to upcoming surgery.
Many of you know I have had 2 cancer surgeries & chemo, and have been slowly regaining my health and range of motion from the surgeries.
We have also been monitoring a chemo resistant area of my "good" lung. Thursday's CT scan shows some changes, so I have to do some positive things for my body and mind to prepare for another surgery. I am working with some wonderful people from here on diet and nutrition as well as reconnecting with my body/mind teachers to update my tape library on positive imagry, relaxation and healthy living in general.
I also want to take this time to thank all of you who have contacted me over this weekend to offer your support, prayers, energy, and other wonderful "gifts of the heart." I am blessed to have so many wonderful friends who understand that I need to hibernate, destress and take a proactive part in preparing for this given my reactions to anesthesia.
When the surgery, nursing home stay and such is over, and they let me near my computer again, I will rejoin some groups as I am able. For now, I am only keeping active in a few, small, private places as I prepare & wait, and wait some more.
Thank you all for the love you have shown me, and the support you continue to give. Care2 friends are the best !!
I am 2 weeks post op from my lung cancer surgery, and doing much better than anyone could have expected given my fibromyalgia & myologic encephalitis. Now back to square one... the breast cancer that started all the testing 2 months ago. According to the oncologist, if we had not found this lung tumor when we did, all the allopathic, alternative &/or complimentary medicine in the world could not have provided me a cure (only a miracle).
We think my bilateral mastectomy will be the 19th of Sept; then the 2nd of October I meet with the oncologist again, and since we will have all the pathology reports by then, we set up my chemo schedule. There are 2 proceedures that are primarily for lung cancer (the more agressive of the two) but that also work very well for the breast. Rather than "4 courses ~ each course being a 3 week period of time" I will probably require 6. So, my New Year's gift to myself will be the gift of finishing chemo & health!
Please, my ability to get online is going to be erratic at best, please keep me in your prayers as I walk this journey with the cancers, you dear friends & thanks be to God that I have my kitties !! Hopefully I will be able to get online often enough once we start the chemo to read of your wonderful personal joys, the sucessful saving of all creatures great and small & the individuals & groups caring for each other during the upcoming holiday season. Please, give lots of hugs, tell your friends how dear they are to you now, before an accident or illness sweeps them away.May your birthday, anniversary, graduation & holiday celebrations be joyous and full of love !! I wish you JOY & much love.Gayle & the furkids
online for just a few minutes. I am back into "what next" shock mode....
Just stopping by to say that I have missed all of my Care2 friends while I have been racing around from the tests @ RPH Gutheri medical center and to MD consultations ~ breast cancer on top of my other autoimmune issues is turning out to be very, very challenging in the options available. The plastic surgeon's do not recommend, and will not do any reconstruction, the only option would be implants and that has its own set of problems. The radiology oncologist says NO. I am not a candidate for radiation treatment because of the autoimmune issues
Yesterday my neighbors came and got me in the rain, fed me and coddled me like a total invalid (and I must admit, I was feeling that way as that was my only day off from testing in 2 weeks!). The big surprise... my neighbor's daughter was back from her honeymoon and his family was all there ... his Mom & I graduated from HS together and this was the first time I had seen her since the infamous reunion last August! What fun to see her again and really get time to catch up.
The storms finally chased us inside, me to a nap with the kitties, and then the horrific firework noises ~~ poor Mr. Tabby & One Eyed Jack went nutz, Bandita just sat there looking disgusted that someone would interrupt her cat sleep
Today is the tell all day with the surgeon, and he will give me the results of my tests and tell me what he feels is the best option for my future. Please continue the prayers as well as any Reiki or other healing modalities, I really appreciate them all. UPDATE: 2:20 PM EST....I have "a 4 mm mass in the other breast, but more worrysome is the spot on your right lung."I cannot even say anything other than I have a PET scan scheduled for this Wednesday, another appointment with the surgeon for Thursday and more pulminary tests with a consult on Monday the 19th.
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Beautiful Estate fully fenced on over an Acre backing to Natl. Forest in an Exclusive neighborhood. Over 4000 Sq Ft with 25 ft high ceilings. Dramatic entry with spiral staircase, Gourmet kitchen with everything you will need. All top of the line Appliances. Flat screen TV's and DVD players in every Bedroom and a 52' Flat Screen TV and DVD player in the Living Room w/HBO & Cinemax. WiFi.
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Located in the exclusive Meadowbrook Estates. On just over an acre of property. There are 4 seasons of fun here! You can go hiking in the forrest right out the back door! This is the only house in the area that truly backs up to the National Forrest. The streets are level so you can bike or just take a walk! It is a great area for playing in the snow!
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Rio's Sam Walsh: For art's sake
PUBLISHED: 12 Oct 2012 00:01:39 | UPDATED: 12 Oct 2012 08:53:12PUBLISHED: 12 Oct 2012 PRINT EDITION: 12 Oct 2012Picture this ... Rio Tinto's Sam Walsh believes business people who love the arts can contribute much needed lobbying expertise. Photo: Louise Kennerley
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Sam Walsh likes to put a milk jug on the table when he has friends over for dinner. Until it gets used.
"I just about have a heart attack when someone sort of swings it around the table without realising it's 400 years old, or 2000 years old," he says with a laugh. "I jokingly say 2000, but I do actually have one that is that old."
The Rio Tinto Iron Ore Australia chief has about 350 milk jugs collected from around the world over the past 15-plus years, all housed in cabinets in his Perth home. Like other collectors, he is ever on the search for the next one; the perfect one; the one that makes the collection complete. It's not about value; rather, it's about shape, style, sensibility.
"We were in Brisbane yesterday and I located a wonderful Clarice Cliff [English industrial artist] jug in a little antique shop in Clayfield," he says. "Andy [Munro, Rio mining executive] was biting his nails because we were running late for a plane, but you can't stop this."
Walsh's penchant for the humble – and not so humble – milk jug belies the clichéd image of those who work in the mining sector. And shattering that image is something Walsh is happy to do. As chair of the West Australian chapter of the Australia Business Arts Foundation, the Chamber of Arts and Culture WA and the Black Swan State Theatre Company, he has taken upon himself a twofold mission; to help increase support for the arts in the state, and to raise awareness of the level of interest that already exists.
"People think of miners as people with pick axes and shovels, but that is no longer the case," Walsh says. "It is a very sophisticated, high-tech business with a lot of people who have made a lifestyle decision to work in a remote area, but who still do thrive on arts and culture.
"Every performance we take to the Pilbara is a sellout, whether it's a Black Swan show or a string quartet from Musica Viva.
"We sponsor the annual Colours of our Country exhibition of Aboriginal art from the Pilbara [which has just finished its seventh year], and each year it's a sellout."
Walsh recognises that a deep understanding of culture is important to the progress of society.
His involvement in and encouragement of business to participate more in the arts saw him receive the Australia Business Arts Foundation Richard Pratt Business Arts Leadership Award in 2011.
Walsh said at the time that he felt keenly his responsibility to encourage business and government to partner with the arts. "Well-rounded people and companies make for well-rounded communities and these are critical to the economic and social health of a state."
Walsh's interest in the arts began when he was growing up in Melbourne, absorbing a love of opera and classical music by osmosis.
"My earliest exposure was probably hearing Puccini operas being broadcast around the house by my father. He just loved opera.
"All [five] of us kids learned the piano, and I went on and learned the trumpet as well. The greatest fun was the family sitting around the pianola, singing.
"For most of my life I thought I was a tenor, purely and simply because my older brothers were basses and we needed a tenor. I suspect I'm more of a baritone now."
Despite his existing interest, Walsh went on a steep learning curve when he took over as chair of Black Swan from Janet Holmes à Court in early 2009.
It was the first arts organisation he had led. "It was a real eye-opener for me. This will sound incredibly naive, but from the outside you don't really understand the funding model, how arts organisations work," he says.
"You think these organisations operate from earned revenue, then all the complexities of state and federal funding, sponsorship, philanthropy and box office unfold, and you realise it's a combination of goodwill and involvement of all these elements that make it work.
"I'm sure most people who go to a gallery or the theatre have no comprehension that they are paying only a third of the cost of putting on the event.
"My second major observation was that these things really are running on the smell of an oily rag. One bad show or bad performance can be the difference between success and bankruptcy. It's very, very fragile, much more fragile than I imagined."
Walsh is not the only West Australian business leader supporting the arts; others include Holmes à Court, Seven Network chief Kerry Stokes and even Andrew Forrest, who donated a swag of shares in his Fortescue Metals Group to four of the state's top performing arts companies. The state has a strong track record of corporate sponsorship of the arts, which has grown considerably over the past decade, thanks largely to the mining boom but also to long-term support from companies such as Wesfarmers. But it has been less successful at encouraging philanthropic support for the sector, something Holmes à Court has lamented publicly in the past.
Federal and state government support has also lagged that given to arts organisations on the eastern seaboard. This is one of the reasons Walsh and various other business leaders formed the Chamber of Arts and Culture WA.
"Arts organisations are brilliant artistically, and good administratively, but they're no good at lobbying or advocacy," Walsh says.
"Part of it is structural – you can't just go and see the minister, you have to go through the proper protocols. Someone like me, I can go meet with the minister, or the premier. I've spoken with the Prime Minister about the arts.
"There's a whole plethora of organisations that represent groups and put their view in a very professional way. With the arts organisations, you're relying on some outspoken individuals. Forming the chamber allows us to advocate in a very thoughtful and sensitive way."
The chamber had a win in the May state budget, where among some other small additions, $70.5 million was allocated to a new state museum. "Of course we didn't get everything we asked for, but I think it created a new, co-operative way for arts organisations to work with government," he says.
"We've had the under treasurer [Tim Marney, head of WA's Treasury department] come to us and say he'd like to see a road map for infrastructure – not the next project, but the long-term vision, what arts organisations will be looking for over 15 to 20 years. It's important that you have a long-term vision."
Speaking of long-term visions: what sparked Walsh's interest in milk jugs? "Well, I didn't want to collect spoons, to be quite frank. Or badges."
The Australia Business Arts Foundation 2012 awards will be announced in Melbourne on October 23. See abaf.org.au
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