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Water proclaimed to be the purest on earth is to be offered to guests at a top Belfast hotel, as long as they are willing to splash out almost £30 for a bottle.
The Merchant Hotel prides itself on its expensive tastes, having previously earned a world record for the most costly cocktail at £750, and its new water menu reinforces that reputation.
The priciest product among 13 bottled waters on offer is sourced from glacial walls in the Canadian Arctic. For a 750ml bottle, diners will need to stump up £26.45.
The lowest cost item on the list is not quite so hard on the wallet, at £4.95.
The Merchant, which has insisted a glass of "Belfast water" from the tap will still be free of charge, has appointed two "water butlers" to help guests choose the product that is apparently right for their palate.
The waters are being supplied by Aqua Amore, a specialist in sourcing premium waters from around the world.
Michael Tanousis, Aqua Amore's managing director, defended the cost of the top-end products as he attended the menu launch. He highlighted the complex process of extracting the water from the glaciers.
"We live in a sophisticated society which gives people the opportunity to spend their money as they see fit," he said.
Mr Tanousis said diners at a five-star restaurant wanted to indulge in different experiences to those on offer at other food outlets.
And he stressed the Merchant was not expecting everyone to buy the most expensive water.
"But the fact they do have products that are certainly exclusive or rare demonstrates their intention to offer customers the ability to experience something they wouldn't commonly find," he said.
Gavin Carroll, general manager of the Merchant, said: "Just like wine, the location where water is produced will impact on its taste and flavour.
"Whilst experts can differentiate between the mineral content and PH balance of different types of water, discerning consumers are also increasingly demanding a wider choice of waters.
"The ethos behind the new water menu is to allow our guests to have the chance and choice to curate their own bespoke food and beverage experience.
"Of course, we know these luxury waters won't be to everyone's taste and new menu will be offered as an additional option to our current water menu that includes local Irish brands and for those that don't want to splash out on water, we can still offer a glass of 'Belfast water', free of charge."


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The universal questions that have brought together members of the CAMBAM community are:
* How do local dynamics shape and determine global dynamics in large complex systems? For example, how do the dynamics of single cardiac cells, viewed as non-linear oscillators, when coupled in a large interconnected network influence the dynamics of the whole heart?
* How do these properties influence the evolution of these complex systems? For example, how can alterations in the dynamics of the large interconnected network of cardiac cells undergo bifurcations from a normal cardiac rhythm to that of an arrhythmia?
* What is the effectiveness in applied settings of mathematical models? For example, in the application of mathematical models of disease spread to surveillance there has been considerable academic activity to develop models of disease spread retrospectively. However, they are used infrequently in public health practice and even more rarely evaluated to determine how, if at all, they improve outcomes in the context of epidemic detection and management.
Though the members of the CAMBAM work on seemingly disparate problems in a wide spectrum of the biosciences, there is unity in the mathematical tools that we all use. These fall into five categories (with examples cited for each):
o Dynamical systems and probability theory (Neural systems, cell signaling, ecological communities, systems biology, pharmacometrics)
o Signal processing and systems identification (Brain-machine interface, neural network processing, information processing by single and multiple neurons, structure-function relationships in the brain)
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Is it possible to recover the lost teachings on the significance of the body or to reconstruct them from the existing fragments?
There is no need for that. All spiritual teachings originate from the same Source. In that sense, there is and always has been only one master, who manifests in many different forms. I am that master, and so are you, once you are able to access the Source within. And the way to it is through the inner body. Although all spiritual teachings originate from the same Source, once they become verbalized and written down they are obviously no more than collections of words - and a word is nothing but a signpost, as we talked about earlier. All such teachings are signposts pointing the way back to the Source.
I have already spoken of the Truth that is hidden within your body, but I will summarize for you again the lost teachings of the masters - so here is another signpost. Please endeavor to feel your inner body as you read or listen.
What you perceive as a dense physical structure called the body, which is subject to disease, old age, and death, is not ultimately real - is not you. It is a misperception of your essential reality that is beyond birth and death, and is due to the limitations of your mind, which, having lost touch with Being, creates the body as evidence of its illusory belief in separation and to justify its state of fear. But do not turn away from the body, for within that symbol of impermanence, limitation, and death that you perceive as the illusory creation of your mind is concealed the splendor of your essential and immortal reality. Do not turn your attention elsewhere in your search for the Truth, for it is nowhere else to be found but within your body.
Do not fight against the body, for in doing so you are fighting against your own reality. You are your body. The body that you can see and touch is only a thin illusory veil. Underneath it lies the invisible inner body, the doorway into Being, into Life Unmanifested. Through the inner body, you are inseparably connected to this unmanifested One Life - birthless, deathless, eternally present. Through the inner body, you are forever one with God.


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Delhi: Ahead of polls, 6 million in city will get home legalised
The union cabinet Monday gave the go-ahead to regularise 1,939 colonies in the poll-bound Capital, a move that will benefit six million people occupying government or private land.delhi Updated: Dec 30, 2014 09:33 IST
The union cabinet Monday gave the go-ahead to regularise 1,939 colonies in the poll-bound Capital, a move that will benefit six million people occupying government or private land.
The decision legalises almost all illegal colonies in the Capital, which is expected to go to elections early next year. The BJP-led NDA government's move is seen as an attempt to woo residents of these largely low-income settlements, many of who are believed to have played a vital role in the Aam Aadmi Party being voted to power in the city in 2013 on its poll debut.
Regularisation decisions have often coincided with elections in the city. In 2004 and 2008, the Congress benefited greatly from such moves. Regularisation puts colonies on civic map, allowing them access to amenities such as regular power and water, roads and playgrounds.
Till now, only those colonises that had come up by March 31, 2002 could be legalised. Monday's move extends the benefit to the settlements that came up as late as June 2014. "This will benefit some 300 colonies that have come up since 2002," a government official said.
There was no word on the fate of the colonies that have come up after June.
The government also left out 17 affluent unauthorised colonies such as Sainik Farms and Anant Ram Dairy in south Delhi.
Recently, Parliament gave nod to a legislation that protects from demolition and sealing till 2017 all unauthorised constructions that came up till June 2014.
Urban planners, however, are worried about the impact the "blanket" regularisation, to be notified next week, would have on the Capital's overburdened infrastructure.
"Unauthorised colonies are an urban reality in India and you cannot wish it away. But do our civic bodies have the requisite resources to beef up civic infrastructure?" noted urban planner AGK Menon said.
The government should ask residents of these colonies for development charges so that tax-paying residents don't feel cheated, suggested administrators. "Every political party encouraged such colonies. But now that they are there, effective development charge should be levied for providing municipal services. Not doing so will be tantamount to bleeding the honest tax-paying citizen," Shailja Chandra, former Delhi chief secretary, said.
A majority of these colonies have poor sanitation and the city's bodies do not have the manpower or the resources for their upkeep. Almost, 30% of the city's population does not even have access to piped drinking water.
"The civic agencies would have to work on a war footing to come up with a fool-proof plan to upgrade basic amenities," an official told HT on condition of anonymity.
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When it comes to getting ready for an emergency, nothing says preparedness like food storage. Setting aside food stuffs for use in the event of a natural disaster or crisis is a wise choice. But getting started can be overwhelming with the many different kinds of food storage items out there. How do you choose which one is best?
Here are some of the most common food storage items and the pros and cons of each:
- Canned Foods – Canned goods are a good place to start. After all, they are abundant in modern life, and a wide variety of foods come in the canned category. On the other hand, canned goods often get a bad rap because many nutrients are destroyed during the canning process. For food storage, though, canned goods are usually less expensive, they have a relatively good shelf life of two to five years, and they can be eaten right out of the can. The disadvantage is that canned goods are heavy and take up quite a bit of space.
- Dehydrated Food – Heat is used to process this type of food stuffs, and the extreme heat removes the moisture in order to extend the shelf life. The shelf life of dehydrated food is better than that of canned goods, lasting anywhere from 10 to 20 years, but the key to getting the greatest shelf life is to store them in a cool, dry place. In general, dehydrated food does not taste the same and it also requires to be rehydrated before consumption. Dehydrated items costs much two to three times as much as canned goods, but they are lighter and do not take up as much space.
- Freeze-Dried Foods – Freeze-dried items are one of the best options for food storage. The process to create them is much the same as for dehydrated foods but a little different. Technology makes it possible to quickly remove the moisture from these foods so that the natural nutrients and taste are preserved. Plus, freeze-dried items have a long shelf life, up to 25 years. Although freeze-dried food is typically more expensive than canned or dehydrated food, all you have to do to prepare them is add water.
- MREs- MREs, Meals Ready to Eat, is another type of food storage to take advantage of. These pouches of items have been vacuum sealed and then sterilized with heat. They retain more nutrients and are lighter than canned goods but they have about the same shelf life. MREs are more expensive than canned items but about the same price as freeze-dried foods. In terms of quality, they are typically superior to freeze-dried food and can be eaten right out of their packaging or heated with water.


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Posted on 11 February 2017, 12:13
I have suggested that there is a lot in common between Conversations with God, A Course in Miracles and Afterlife Teaching of Stephen the Martyr. All claim to be teaching from the world of Spirit. The teacher in "Conversations" is supposed to be God, in ACIM it is said to be Jesus, in "AT" the teacher says he is Stephen the Martyr. Such teachings are received when someone is sufficiently persistent in asking questions of the Unseen.
Such receiving through intuitives and mediums is sometimes clear and deep, sometimes distorted and shallow. (A bit like receiving through wireless.) That is the reason why we must check the answers we receive in prayer, and the answers we receive from teachers in Spirit. We should be wary if a teaching contradicts the consensus of most other spiritual teachers, or contradicts what spiritually minded scientists suggest. No teaching is of any avail for us, whether it be false or true, if we cannot fit it in with the rest of what we know or feel. In saying this, I do affirm the importance of these teachings: I just caution that one should not be uncritical.
I am not surprised that ATIM and Conversations had their origin in the USA. One could argue that there is a cultural bias here. Stephen's cultural bias is derived from the Middle East of 2000 years ago, even though he is fully aware of present day thinking. The cultural biases should tell us that we may not be dealing with absolute truth (if such exists.) When Stephen completed his teachings, he warned us that they were derived from his experience, and of his likes and dislikes. He also warned us to be careful in passing judgement on teaching offered to us by others. He exhorted us to receive for ourselves, and also to check what we receive as to whether or not we can fit it in with the rest of what we know or feel. His advice in regards of these three Teachings would be to take to ourselves what we feel is useful to us, and regretfully leave to one side what we cannot use.
In future blogs I hope to continue discussing what the three teachings have to say about a number of topics. Right now, I mention the need for caution, in general, but also with regard to the question of the illusoriness of physical reality.
A scientific basis for seeing physical reality as an "illusion" is to be found in the work of quantum physicists such as David Bohm and his allies, whose work I have mentioned on several previous occasions.
Our three Teachers are also agreed about this illusoriness. But in the case of ACIM there is one aspect that I find difficult to understand. In its introduction we read, "Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God." ACIM agrees with the other Teachings in seeing the physical world as an illusion projected from a "higher" level of reality, and furthermore sees an illusion as being "unreal" and therefore "not existing". If someone harms you, it is argued, you must forgive them, and the reason you must forgive them is that this has happened in this world of illusion which is unreal and therefore does not exist. Of course the corollary of that is that if a person does something good for you, that is also illusory and does not exist. God did not create this illusory world, it is said, we did. Many exercises are provided by ACIM to help us see through this illusion to the only reality, the Absolute God. Aspects of the afterlife are also seen as illusory, so we must practice relating to the only reality, the Absolute God of love.
What drives the ACIM picture? As I see it, ACIM is wrestling with the problem of how a loving God can be omnipotent and allow so much apparent evil to exist in physical creation. It is a problem that all religions and spiritualities find it hard to come to terms with. But to say that the world is illusory and therefore does not exist, it is perhaps a step too far.
There seems to be confusion about what we mean when we say that the physical world is an illusion. Synchronicity, together with some discoveries in the field of quantum mechanics, and teachings delivered through some of the best mediums, suggest that the "universe is a great thought": that the physical world and the mental events that occur within it are the product of thought originating in a more basic dimension of thought. The physical world is indeed an illusion in the sense that it is the product of thought. But the thought is real, and does exist, and what we think and do in this physical world does have consequences either positive or negative. ACIM denies that God (as they understand the word) has anything to do with the physical world, whereas there would be a wide acceptance of the opposite proposition that God is in all, through all, and above all.
Perhaps "illusion" is not the best word: we should perhaps rather speak of "products of thought. And as said, thought is real and has consequences.
So far as you and I are concerned (together with the rest of humanity), almost everything that we can see and touch owes its existence to the activities of countless incarnate minds. Beyond that, synchronicity and other phenomena suggest that there is also an ordering of mental and so-called physical events from a deeper level of mind.
ACIM sees the human ego as an enemy and strives to abolish it in order to achieve union with the Absolute.
Stephen on the contrary said, The ego is the product of your mind and its concepts. That mind, and that body, and those concepts, must also be of the Whole. Is this not so?
For nothing can exist that is not part of the Whole. You have spoken of the dissipation of this ego and yet have not considered that this is also an instrument of the Whole. For we have spoken about the recording of experiences that are necessary for the Whole. For why would what is perfect need to have created all that we consider material, which includes the mind and the product of that mind which is the ego, if these experiences were not only desirable but necessary? One might as well say that a body with a limb that is useless, that cannot operate, that that limb should be cut out and destroyed.(p.276)
One might well argue that our spiritual growth does not consist in trying to abolish the ego as a centre of consciousness, but rather in the abolition of egotism and selfishness. We develop spiritually by selfless serving of others and through ever increasing ability to see others as "children of God".
This is also the understanding of spiritual development that we get from afterlife communicators: selflessness and reaching out to others is seen as the means of growth in that realm also.
George Johnston (below) addresses this aspect of ACIM in his article: Is The Disappearance of the Universe a valid interpretation of A Course in Miracles ?
He writes: Christian, Muslim and other traditions, encourage us to focus on the good in life. By so doing, we become more aware of the beauty in nature and the goodness in human hearts. We learn to embrace all that is, with love, seeing God in all. Thus, God becomes a living presence in our lives. Even though the world as we see it with the body's eyes is not real in the way that God is real, and is an illusion, nevertheless, it is part of God as the One, and God as the One is present in it.
The path of seeing God in the world appears to contradict the Course's teaching that the world is unreal. Yet, even a dream or a movie - though an illusion and, in a sense, unreal - can reflect beauty, love, and Truth, and many have found God by seeing the good in the world. Even in the Course, Jesus teaches that we must experience the world with the light of Christ shining on it in our minds - what he calls the forgiven, or real, world - in order to become fully enlightened. But for many, it is very helpful to begin by denying the reality of the world, in order to remove feelings, such as guilt, unworthiness, and fear, that keep us from freely expressing and accepting love. By denying the reality of sin and evil, and of the world, as most of us experience it, and by affirming the reality of God, Spirit, and Heaven, and their presence just behind the ever-changing phenomena experienced by the body, the Course helps us to shed unconscious guilt and a host of other deeply rooted illusions that block awareness of God and leads us toward realization of God in the here and now.
Thus, Johnston seems to suggest an interpretation of ACIM as an oversimplification designed to persuade us to surrender to an eternally loving God, and to return like the Prodigal Son to the welcoming arms of his father.
We do indeed need to remember that we are citizens of heaven in children of God. But basking in that knowledge is not enough: and spiritual growth depends on our facing the many and varied challenges that our physical lives present to us. Scientific research is not to be set aside but rather seen as steps towards better appreciating the Fathers mind; art, literature, music and more are steps towards experiencing dimensions of the Fathers love; psychic research gives instances of departed spirits playing their part in these enterprises.
It must be the case that if our concepts of God become too restricted, then we may stumble in our relationships to others.
I look back to our years of conversations with St Stephen with profound gratitude both for that relationship and for the teaching that we received. But I also look back with some sadness and guilt at our frequent failure to act on and be changed by his teachings.
I personally understand God to be in all, through all, and above all. I should therefore look in all directions to receive the teaching and guidance from my God. A valuable direction to look in, are the teachings of Conversations with God, A Course in Miracles, and Afterlife Teachings from Stephen the Martyr: and , dare I suggest?, the holy scriptures of the great religions, together with the writings of their mystics. Let us not limit God. Such material received from Spirit needs to be read a little at a time, felt, savoured, digested and incorporated - with discrimination.
Further reading
Is The Disappearance of the Universe a valid interpretation of A Course in Miracles?
The disappearance of the universe.
Michael Cocks edits the journal, The Ground of Faith.
Afterlife Teaching From Stephen the Martyr by Michael Cocks is published by White Crow Books and available from Amazon and other bookstores.
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Posted on 06 February 2017, 13:37
I was one of a group of people in the 1970s ostensibly conversing with the spirit of Stephen the first Christian martyr, and in my book I present linguistic, historical and other reasons why we may not be mistaken in accepting his reality. Stephen is of special interest since he may provide a window into the teaching of early Christianity before it fell into the hands of successive generations of theologians. Stephen first spoke through a sleeping Thomas Ashman, never previously a medium. His wife, Olive, heard the words, Sic Ecclesia Spiritus Sanctus, Thus in the Church is the Holy Spirit.
When Stephen came to the end of his teaching, he cautioned that he was speaking from his own experience and from his likes and dislikes. He was modest, but for us it all felt straight from God. Stephen did speak from his own point of view, but it did not differ in general import from the simple love centred teaching of St Francis, and also modern Franciscans. It is very close to the teaching of the great mystics of all religions, and to that of the Perennial Philosophy. What Stephen says may be truth, but from a point of view, as it the case with most truth. Readers can discover whether they find him persuasive.
Here is what Stephen had to say about the whole purpose of life.
[Section 5] I think I can perhaps help mostly by talking a little tonight and you will find that many of your questions will be answered. Shall we first recapitulate? Remember, that in the beginning there was the coming away from the Source for the correction of many disorders. Acquiring a physical body is only one stage in the corrections. To be in the physical is not always the most enviable stage, as just lately you may have learnt, but this I tell you: in this span of creation, the time or times in the state are of short duration, and, though important, are at the most very temporary. It is not surprising then that whilst you should be in this state the importance of comfort or happiness seen from the physical point of view is generally foremost in the mind of each soul. And yet the message that you have all been given, and which you must learn to hear with greater clarity, is the message of our Lord Jesus Christ [namely that] your physical well-being, your possessions, or lack of them, so important to you, are immaterial to your development. As the Lord said, you should neither be judged whether you be rich or poor, for neither state will qualify you for acceptance back to the Source.
Blessed are the poor, you have read, words said by the Lord. Do not misunderstand these words, as often is done. The state of poverty in itself does not make them blessed. It is their own mentality and thoughts they have in the state of poverty. You will find that the poor give as often as the rich do but because they have so little to give in material things they always give a larger percentage, more often than not all of what they have.
Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth. For the same reason are they blessed, for they look down on no man and call him less, for they are meek. The gift of meekness is a gift indeed; therefore pray for the mighty, for they are not thus blessed. Each one elevated to the heights of government of kingdoms has always to accept and give the example of greatness. They may not be meek: therefore, to be rich in grace is doubly great. If we were to carry on and talk more and give more of these examples we could only come to one conclusion: that life in a physical body is from necessity difficult and undesirable. For it would be very hard to accept that when you have the least comfort, when you have the least position, you are greatly blessed and that when you have the most comfort and the higher position then prayers are needed more. It seems a contradiction in itself unless you understand that it is for this reason each and every one of you is in the position that you are for the reason that you may develop and that disorder may be corrected. Each is in the situation where he must learn, develop and correct disorder.
Section 6. God seen as the Surgeon operating on us while we live our unconscious lives on earth.
Stephen: Then you say, Would it not be easier if the Lord our God were to make it very clear to us what the purpose is and what the working of that purpose is, and why and how, and when and whom? You have asked questions like this, Olive. But think how a surgeon would act if, when he had to operate, he had to keep the patient conscious, adjust mirrors so the patient could see the operation that would be beyond his understanding in any case. Should he perhaps have each patient undertake advanced studies before an operation? Or would it perhaps not be better only to operate on a surgeon?
In actual practice the patient is treated and bathed and is given what medication he may need. He is clothed in a gown most suitable for access, and he is put in a place most suitable for the operation. He is kept in a state so that no pain more than he can bear will be administered to him. When the operation is completed and the wound is healed and the disorder is corrected then the patient may arise and even discuss the disorder and sickness with the surgeon and learn from him. This must be the order of things, therefore, that the patient must trust his surgeon and carry out his instructions regarding what the patient must know or do or, rather, not do. Likewise the patient must love his Lord God with all his heart and all his soul; he must trust his God as he trusts his surgeon, for when he comes to the operating table he is by his own choice made unconscious of the things that are about to happen. Even if he were a surgeon himself he would still be unconscious at the time of the operation. Even though in consciousness he would know what has to be done and how it should be done by his own choice he would choose the unconsciousness, for he would know that without this the operation would not be possible. So, therefore, you must trust your surgeon, have faith in his skill, place yourself in his hands and love him.
Furthermore we must all love one another for we are part of the one body; there is no separateness. To hate someone, dislike someone, is to hate or dislike yourself and to hate and dislike your God. There is no one, no soul beneath your love; for there is not one soul that should not give you love and not one soul that you should not receive love from. Therefore, the second of your duties is to love yourselves, for you are a part of God and He of you. Love each other; give to each other, for in giving you are receiving. The physical is only temporary; providing you do these two things then no state of mind or physical welfare is material to your progress. Your true reward for loving each other is to receive the love of each other, and the love of God. Understand and give only this, and you will find that each time that you do this the wound of your operation will heal a little more; each time that you do this, consciousness which you lack now will begin to return. This is the way that the answers will come to you, to heal the wound and return to the consciousness. Therefore love much.
When you are gone from this place, when you are done with these bodies, physical, mental, ethereal and all others, then you will be back with the Source, and it will be of no mind.
(Same session) You will forgive me for my serious talking this night for it is not often that I have the opportunity to discuss these things with you alone. Remember that mothers never tend to be less wise than their children are for, because of their development not in age but in experience, their wisdom grows and you will generally notice a calmness and an acceptance of life. Look upon the aged and those older than you and you will find that you are looking upon yourself when a number of your own mis-arrangements have been corrected. Think of the acceptance, notice the calmness; this is a message. Do not expect the aged to be clever, for cleverness most times is a barrier to the healing. Cleverness often, as I have said, stops loving. Intelligence is a disability; this is why I am often amused when Tom accuses me of cleverness for I discarded cleverness many ages ago. I must depart now. Thomas is tired. God bless you all; pray for me and also for those in greater need of your prayers than yourselves or myself.
The above is a transcript of two conversations with Stephen.
The writer suggests that all readers should at least once investigate
The Stephen Home Page where they can hear Stephen speaking through Thomas Ashman.
They can learn about the dialect of Greek that Stephen once used, how it links him to a Celtic dominated country, to Joseph and Mary, in a Nazarene sect of Essemes.
They can read reviews from two Anglican bishops, and a number of scholars.
Some of this gives a preview of what can be learned in detail in the book.


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Rotary and reciprocating compressors are both components of gas transfer systems. They both have the same purpose–to bring a gas into the system, inhale exhaust, then repeat the process. They both do this by changing the pressure at certain points in order to force gas in and exhaust out.
One key difference is that reciprocating compressors use pistons while rotary compressors do not. A reciprocating compressor has a piston move downwards, reducing pressure in its cylinder by creating a vacuum. This difference in pressure forces the cylinder door to open and bring gas in. When the cylinder goes back up, it increases pressure, thus forcing the gas back out. The up-and-down motion is called a reciprocating motion, hence the name.
Rotary compressors, on the other hand, use rollers. They sit slightly off-center in a shaft, with one side always touching the wall. As they move at high speeds, they accomplish the same goal as the reciprocating compressors–one part of the shaft is always at a different pressure than the other, so gas can come in at the low pressure point and exit at the high pressure point.
Advantages and Disadvantages
Reciprocating compressors are marginally more efficient than rotary compressors, generally being able to compress the same amount of gas with between 5 and 10 percent less energy input. However, since this difference is so marginal, most small-to-medium level users are best off using a rotary compressor. Reciprocating compressors are more expensive and require more maintenance, so it is often not worth the extra cost and headache for such a small difference in efficiency.
Large users, however, are generally best-served by reciprocating compressors. These are users for whom 5 percent represents a substantial figure, often substantial enough to justify the added expense.
Comparison Between Reciprocating and Rotary Compressors
Comparison between Reciprocating and Rotary Compressors can be done in aspects like pressure ratio, handled volume, speed of compressor, vibrational problem, size, air supply, purity of compressed air, compression efficiency, maintenance, mechanical efficiency, lubrication, initial cost, flexibility and suitability.
Reciprocating Compressors
Rotary Compressors
|Pressure Ratio
|Discharge Pressure of air is high. The pressure ratio per stage will be in the order of 4 to 7.
|Discharge pressure of air is low. The pressure ratio per stage will be in the order of 3 to 5.
|Handled Volume
|Quantity of air handled is low and is limited to 50m3/s.
|Large measure of air handled can be handled and it is about 500 m3/s.
|Speed of Compressor
|Low speed of compressor.
|High speed of compressor.
|Vibrational Problem
|Due to reciprocating section, greater vibrational problem, the parts of machine are poorly balanced.
|Rotary parts of machine, thus it has less vibrational problems. The machine parts are fairly balanced.
|Size of compressor
|Size of Compressor is bulky for given discharge volume.
|Compressor size is small for given discharge volume.
|Air supply
|Air supply is intermittent.
|Air supply is steady and continuous..
|Purity of compressed air
|Air delivered from the compressor is dirty, since it comes in contact with lubricating oil and cylinder surface.
|Air delivered from the compressor is clean and free from dirt.
|Compressed efficiency
|Higher with pressure ratio more than 2.
|Higher with compression ratio less than 2.
|Higher due to reciprocating engine.
|Lower due to less sliding parts..
|Mechanical Efficiency
|Lower due to several sliding parts..
|Higher due to less sliding parts.
|Complicated lubrication system.
|Simple lubrication system.
|Initial cost
|Greater flexibility in capacity and pressure range.
|No flexibility in capacity and pressure range.
|For medium and high pressure ratio.
For low and medium gas volume.
|For low and medium pressures.
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Fine and sunny with another HUGE frost to start the day ( it was -3.3 degrees celcius when I finally opened my eyes). No wind as of 8:30am. All rivers should be nice and clear today.
Once again a few chilly looking anglers calling into the shop first thing this morning .... that's why I love the Summer fishing here on the Tongariro now .... fish in a light weight shirt and just use plenty of sunscreen rather than rugged up that much you can hardly move your arms and waddle along in waders.
Some nice conditioned rainbows look to be moving through the river. Anglers have both been successful nymphing and wetlining.
My suggestion is get out there and make the most of the nice sunny weather and lack of wind.
Things this year have fished well for most anglers and in most areas. It just seems to have been a really good season for the trout all round.
(Below) I received this photo and email the other day thanks to Noel Thomas who was out and about on a stunning day on Lake Taupo on the 25th June and secured this monster of the deep. Noel writes:
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From Azerbaijan to New York City, a human-scale view of global trade
In the business of making and selling clothes, "Made In" labels do precious little to convey the constellation of treaties, countries and people at work in the assembly of a simple pair of jeans. In Fugitive Denim journalist Rachel Louise Snyder reports from the far reaches of this multi-billion dollar industry in search of the real people who make your clothes. In Azerbaijan she meets Mehman, a cotton classer, Ganira, a cotton picker, and Vasif, a cotton gin owner. A trip to Italy brings her the denim designers Pascal and Ariana. The factories of Cambodia produce Nat and Ry, women from the countryside who now live in the city of Phnom Penh. In New York we find Rogan and Scott, business partners who eventually team up with Bono and his wife to launch the Edun clothing line.
Throughout the book, Snyder reveals the often obscure links between people from wildly different cultures and personal situations. At the same time, she investigates the manufacturing process itself, considering the feasibility of organic cotton, analyzing the environmental effects of dyes and exploring the regulations that govern factories. In a disarming and humorous voice, she ponders questions of equity, sweatshops and corporate social responsibility through narratives of individual people, making an often academic subject accessible and compelling. Neither polemic nor prescription, Fugitive Denim captures what it means to be at work in the world in the twenty-first century.
I. The Subversive Ecosystem
In a downtown New York loft industry and whimsy dominate the landscape in the form of two items: orchids and skateboards. But not just orchids – many, many orchids. Orchids dripping from a desk and clambering toward the windows. Orchids vying for light, and taking root where they find themselves. Fuchsia, ivory, lemon. And not just skateboards, but many, many skateboards, wheel-less, waiting for the freedom of movement. They are piled under chairs like diner trays, stacked against the desk and atop bookshelves, lining walls like skirting board. Paint has been splintered and splattered on some, carefully swirled and brushed on others. Orchids and skateboards. Beautifully sloppy, full of light and life, and always inviting movement. In this office, they are Rogan Gregory's perfect foil.
Rogan is a fashion designer. An accidental designer, in fact, who could just as happily be planting trees in the north woods of Canada, one of the few landscapes he probably wouldn't feel the urge to redesign. A founder of the clothing label that bears his name and another called Loomstate, he is the creative visionary in a business partnership with fellow New Yorker and good friend, Scott Hahn.
Rogan made a name for himself with his own high-end clothing line; he'd worked at Tommy Hilfiger, Levi's, Calvin Klein, the Gap, Daryl K and others. He was known for his funky jeans, his upscale menswear, his urban style. "Anonymous," Scott called it once, meaning it was both familiar and new. But he also became known, through Loomstate, which uses only organic cotton, for a business model that was environmentally conservative, ethically conscious and aesthetically progressive ("subversive, sustainable agriculture," Scott calls it).
One afternoon in the fall of 2004, Rogan and Scott got a visit to their small showroom in Manhattan, a rustic space painted a weathered white; the room was all light and windows, big timber beams carry scars from old tenants–rusting nails, splinters, carved out fissures. Scott and Rogan received lots of visits from buyers and sourcing agents and stylists and deliverymen and models, but this one was different. This one was a panic-inducing, pressure-cooker of a visit, if they were the type to betray such things, which they aren't. This visit was from Ali Hewson, an elegant, earthy Irish woman known for her activism, and her husband. Bono.
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There has never been a time when people needed more help with their finances or a time when they were more scared about hiring an advisor.
In yet another story about the fraudulent behavior of a financial advisor, Kenneth Starr, whose clients have included such Hollywood stars as Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes, has been arrested on suspicion of using at least $30 million in clients' money to fund his extravagant lifestyle. And for all of the Bernie Madoffs of the world, smaller schemes perpetrated on average folks by rogue brokers and financial planners happen more frequently. So how does the average investor know how to find a trustworthy financial assistant?
MarketWatch Columnist provides practical advice to identifying potential candidates in his new book Getting Started in Finding a Financial Advisor (Wiley; May 2010; $19.95; 978-0-470-53878-4; Paperback). According to Jaffe, it is important to recognize these facts when it comes to hiring financial advisors: the vast majority of them are honest, scrupulous, trustworthy, hardworking folks with good intentions but it doesn't help that there are so many good ones if one picks an incompetent, lazy, or crooked one; and individuals can do almost all of these jobs themselves; however, they can butcher their finances as well or better than anyone else if they don't know what they are doing.
This practical guide to finding trustworthy financial assistance:
- Helps determine the kind of advisor best-suited for various situations
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Chuck Jaffe is a Senior Columnist for MarketWatch. His work is syndicated nationally to an audience of more than 20 million readers per week, with his "Your Funds" column being the most widely read feature on mutual fund investing in America. Upon joining MarketWatch in 2003, Jaffe created the "Stupid Investment of the Week" column, a quirky feature that highlights the flaws that make for bad investments. In addition to MarketWatch, Jaffe provides regular guest commentary for Nightly Business Report on public television and for All Things Considered on National Public Radio.


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The New York Times > Books > Defenders of Christianity Rebut 'The Da Vinci Code'
Fearing that the best-selling novel "The Da Vinci Code" may be sowing doubt about basic Christian beliefs, a host of Christian churches, clergy members and Bible scholars are rushing to rebut it.
The first paragraph of this fascinating, front page report in the NYT, is the most revealing. The evangelicals - and some Catholics - fear doubt.
That, I guess, is aother part of what I have come to think of as "The Great Divide" - that huge canyon between the right and left wing of Christianity. Liberals don't fear doubt - they welcome it as an enriching force. You have no prayer of finding truth if you don't doubt - and continue to doubt.
Stop doubting and growth stops. You become an immature Christian, frozen in time, thinking you have all the answers and thus denying all the richness and depth that can be mined in the thoughts and words that have grown up around Christianity.
This is true, not only of Christianity, of course, but of any world view. I recommend it highly to those whp take a scientific world view, for example. And doubt seems to be a mainstay of the Zen world view.
Actually, my Dad put me on this track when I was a teenager and he cautioned me with these words: "If you ever meet a man who says he has all the answers, he's either in an insane asylum, or should be."
Doubt - it's wonderful. To the extent that it awakens doubts and challenges us to think and explore, I celebrate "The DaVinci Code." To the extent that it is just plain wrong - as it is in a few instances pointed out in this story - it and it's author should be taken to task. But much of what it says simply is not provable one way or the other. And the questions raised by it are rich with spiritual growth hormones.
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With apologies to Belgian surrealist painter Réné Magritte and his wonderful Ceçi n'est pas une pipe (1926)
One of our more famous, local birds is the piping plover, a cute little guy whose nesting sites on Horseneck Beach and elsewhere get special attention at this time of year, for they are wired off to protect this threatened species.
In the last couple of days Bren and I have seen several of thes little birds who can vanish into the sands and shells of the beach, defying you to pick them out no matter how hard you stare. Your first knowledge of a piping plover frequently is when the object you thought was a shell, or rock, starts to move.
And so, of course, I love to turn my camera to the piping plovers - but their vanishing act amidst the shells and sand got me thinking of Magrite and digital imaging and the world in general.
For this is not a piping plover. I know that.
It is a flat, two-dimensional representation of a four-dimensional event.
The event the moment was on a beach. There was a gentle breeze, lapping waves, and the smell of salt air off nearby mudflats. And this little one with a friend came walking towards us and I watched him, magnified by the camera lens and at one particular instant I pressed the shutter button.
And that created another event. This one. The one you experienced when you saw the above image on your computer screen. The one I experienced when I saw the image of the plover and thought about him and the hard drive that had recently broken and been removed from one of my computers and about all that is stored in that block of exotic metals and sand silicon. And of course the events dont stop here there is another and another and another every time I or someone else sees the image.
And what do they see?
Some see a piping plover. I do sometimes. But sometimes I see it for what it is a glowing computer screen with certain dots of various colors turned on at varying intensities.
Because light traveled through a lens and came to a focus and fell on an electronic device that could react to that light in certain ways that captured the information the light brought. And that information was recorded by a series of on/off switches millions of them. They store the information that represented in two dimensions some small part of what I had experienced first in the three dimensions of space and the fourth dimension of time.
And what was that?
A piping plover? If that was all it was it was a poor experience. No it was more. It was everything I was that morning. It was the sharing of that instant in time and space not only with the plover and his mate but with Bren who stood beside me, binoculars raised and saw something like I saw smelled something like I smelled, felt the wind on her cheek, sensed the sun, still low in the east and battling through the clouds and heard the waves lapping on the gentle sands of the beach we call Horseneck in a place we know as Westport in the State of Massachusetts in these united States on the continent of North America, part of the planet we call Earth, grouped with eight or so others in a system that is tied to a star we call the Sun in a galaxy we know as the Milky Way in a particular corner of the physical universe we can describe abstractly and not come even close to knowing.
Hes captured, this little piping plover. I know who he is, and where he is. Hes trapped in my computer in several different forms and he is trapped in my mind in several other forms. Is it really any different? (The computer - themind?) Oh, I admit the computer is quite crude. But it dealt with light and it dealt with information and didnt my eyes and brain do the same?
And I mix up the two realities now. The two-dimensional reality I can experience again and again - and the unique, four-dimensional reality I experienced but once and the new reality I created by playing with images of the dead hard drive and the plover and memories of Magritte.
And I can only retreat in awe before all this in awe and humility and perhaps a tad of embarrassment for I know how little I know. I know I have been playing this day with the essence of the universe as I see it an essence conveyed by two fundamental qualities energy and information.
Energy and information light and the word. Have you read John lately? It begins.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
And later it says:
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Information energy. The Word Light. Both are so basic, And light is constant, besides. Or at least constant in speed while all else changes and that makes it unique to the best of our knowledge. Is information constant? I dont know. I know there are no pictures in my computer. I know that in an incredibly small space in an impossibly simple form of yes and no, the information to make a picture is stored. And I know light - in it many frequencies, visible and invisible are the key to that event. (Remember that light is just part of a huge spectrum of electromagnetic waves, nearly all of which weve been aware of for just a century or so.)
And so it is with the greater reality? I dont know. Is my four dimensional piping plover stored somewhere? Am I? Turned on and off substantiated, unsubstantiated by the application of light to information? Or some greater equivalent I can hardly begin to comprehend?
Or are these things light and information - only fundamental in terms of my perceptions, for I cant know if they are genuinely fundamental. I just know that this is fundamental to how I relate to reality.
And why do I ramble on so about this image? Simply this once again I know, how little I know and I know that what I appear to know quite frequently gets in the way of my knowing any thing meaningful at all.
And someone said, let it go. Just be. Perhaps it is, a piping plover.


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Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998. 271 pp.
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Review by Dr Aquila Lee
is a revision of the author's doctoral dissertation under the supervision of
Prof. D. A. Carson on the concept of mission in John's Gospel, but with a
clear attempt to form a biblical theology of mission applicable to the
contemporary Church. The author is convinced that "A church that is unsure
of its mission will not be effective in carrying it out. In a day when the
church at large has a confused understanding of its mission, a return to a
thorough study of Scripture is necessary" (p.219).
John's Gospel, Jesus sends his disciples as the Father sent him
(17:18; 20:21). The book thus attempts to provide an answer to the question
whether the missions of Jesus and of the disciples are to be seen as being in
continuity or discontinuity with each other. One of the methodological
strengths of this book lies in its attempts to study all of the significant
words and concepts (e.g., send, come, go, become, descend, ascend, leave,
follow, bring, gather, work, do, sign, harvest, bear fruit) that bear on the
topic rather than just a few obvious words related to mission.
having surveyed all the major works on the subject in the last thirty years
(Chapter 1) and dealt with linguistic, definitional, and literary matters
(Chapter 2), the author turns to the actual study of the missions of Jesus and
of the disciples in the following two chapters. He first analyses John's
conception of Jesus' mission, and his conclusion at the end of Chapter 3 is
threefold. First, Jesus was sent from the Father to do his Father's will.
Jesus is seen as a model of the dependent servant who has an intimate
relationship with the Father through obedience to his will. Second, Jesus is
the one who has come from the Father and is returning to him. That return to
the Father is through the supreme act of obedience via his death on the cross.
Finally, Jesus' mission is seen in his eschatological role of
shepherd/teacher who calls his followers to the same kind of fruit-bearing
that he has demonstrated. These three roles of Jesus combine together to form
his mission as the Messiah.
Chapter 4 the author turns his attention to the mission of the disciples.
While observing certain aspects of continuity, he correctly notes that the
evangelist draws a line between the mission of Jesus and that of the disciples
even in the terminology that he uses. While John restricts certain
mission-related vocabulary to Jesus (e.g., "descend," ascend,"
"signs"), other terms are used only of the disciples (e.g., "follow").
He also concludes that the original disciples are to be seen as representative
of later generations of believers and their mission as the mission of the
Church today. These observations seem to be rather obvious, but have important
missiological implications.
author carefully distinguishes between Jesus' mission and that of the
disciples. The latter is framed in language parallel to the former, but with a
different focus. As Jesus was sent to do the will of the Father who sent him,
so the disciples are sent to do the will of the one who sends him (Jesus).
While both Jesus and the disciples are given the honour of mission "works"
in this Gospel, and Jesus wants his disciples to continue his own mission by
bearing faithful witness to him and to his uniqueness, it is only Jesus who
does "signs" in this Gospel, and it is only Jesus who uniquely reveals and
redeems. In essence, the mission of the disciples is to follow Jesus by first
coming to him, and then bearing fruit in their lives and witness for him.
Fruitbearing is accomplished primarily by developing the two characteristics
of love and unity.
who are more interested in missiology than a biblical study of mission in the
Fourth Gospel will be especially interested in the concluding chapter,
"Implications for the Mission of the Contemporary Church." Here the author
critiques the "incarnational model," advocated by John Stott and others,
which "sees Christ as present in the church so that the church can fashion
its mission after the model provided by Jesus during his earthly ministry"
(p.3). To be sure, this model focuses more on the continuity between Jesus'
mission and the church's mission. Köstenberger thinks that his study gives
support to the "representational model, which "acknowledges the uniqueness
of Jesus' person and work while viewing the primary task of his disciples as
witnessing to Jesus. While Jesus can be said to 'give life' in a
primary sense, the disciples' contribution is limited to their witness"
book thus arrives at the conclusion that John's Gospel presents the model
for the mission of the disciples "Not the way in which Jesus came into the
world (i.e., the incarnation), but [from] the nature of Jesus'
relationship with his sender (i.e., one of obedience and utter dependence)
. . . Jesus' followers are called to imitate Jesus' selfless devotion in
seeking his sender's glory, to submit to their sender's will, and to
represent their sender accurately and know him intimately" (p.217). One of
the lessons we learn from this book is that however urgent and pressing the
needs and circumstances may be, the agenda for the world mission needs to be
set in relation to Jesus' mission.
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speaker on 31 August will be Mr Peter Lim (DipCS, 2005).
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The Ups and Downs
As I write, the weather is cold and gray. The pops of fall color are a bit dull, but lookout weekend! Periods of sun and clouds are in the forecast for Saturday and Sunday. Friday looks gorgeous with sun and a high of 61 lows in the 40's. The rest of the weekend is mid-60's during the daylight hours and bottoming out at 45 on Saturday morning. Coffee on the porch to watch the sunrise with a blanket will be in order. Time for layers to shed as the sun comes and goes.
Training Time
It's not the most eventful time in our little burg, but when you live here full time, you look forward to the quiet times. Then, after all the quiet time, you look forward to training for the 2nd Annual Jingle Bell Run! This event will happen on December 9th and is a fund raiser for the Carlton Landing Academy and is a blast. Last year, the many goofballs with too much time on their hands got creative and were running in costume. It's how we roll. Buddy the elf actually made the podium and Santa Claus guided traffic in his spare time. Make an effort to attend this year's run and support a great cause, have a few laughs, and hang out with some pretty awesome people! Sign ups and info are here. Book your stay for a weekend and come train the hills and scout the course prior to the race.
Football is in full swing
OU took down OSU in an epic battle, Alabama took down LSU, Iowa State had a rough week, and THE Ohio State finally beat someone in the race for FBS National Title. The Dallas Cowboys took care of The Chiefs, most importantly! It looks like the match ups this weekend could yield an upset or two. Georgia vs Auburn, Michigan State vs Ohio State, Iowa State vs our beloved Oklahoma State? OU has no cake walk with TCU, but that's why they play the game. Find a nice fire, a bowl of queso (here is a good easy one using Rotel and Velveeta. Add some sausage or burger meat, yummy), and a beer and settle in for some hits on the grid iron.
A Good Kind of Robber
If you want to spend some good quality time and earn that extra glass of wine, head to Robbers Cave State Park and see the side of Oklahoma that nobody knows about. It's a good 50 minute drive, but worth it. Especially when the fall colors are on show. The history of the park is fascinating. Notably, it's the former hideout for the infamous outlaws Belle Star and Jesse James. It's 8,000 acres and open for hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking, and climbing and repelling. Trout fishing is also available in season. Great American Indian culture to explore, as well, as this was the Osage Tribe hunting grounds back in the day. French explorers gave it a once over during the 18th century and Civil War deserters and outlaws used it to hide out.
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We are fortunate to have two state golf courses close by for you to enjoy. Arrowhead State Park has a nicely laid out 18 hole course that they keep in good shape. It's located on the top of a hill that overlooks the lake and allows for some nice views of the surrounding areas. They just built a new club house and are serving up food and beverages on the go. Enjoy a fully stocked pro shop, just in case you forgot anything. Our town founder, Grant Humphreys, was the ribbon cutter on the new shop earlier this month! See that story here. I had no idea he was on the Oklahoma tourism board until I read the article. He's a man of many layers.
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It's the sauce that makes this dish memorable and while this classic tomato sauce does take some time and effort, you can make it in large quantities to save and freeze for later use. To make things easier, I used store-bought fresh chicken stuffed tortellini. You can use whatever type is your favorite; everything will work with this classic sauce. In addition to a beautiful flavor, the fresh tomatoes cooked down seem to have a great healing effect on all types of ailments. I love the addition of crisp bacon bits for the smoky flavor and added texture.
Serves 4
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon butter
16 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 large red onion, minced
7 medium tomatoes, diced
1 teaspoon salt & 1/2 teaspoon for pasta water
1 red bell pepper
1 1/2 tablespoon tomato paste
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 teaspoon paprika
3/4 Tablespoon sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons parsley, finely chopped
8 slices bacon, roughly chopped
2 packages Tortellini (9 ounces)
Finely grated parmesan cheese (optional)
In a large sauce pot, heat the olive oil and butter on high heat. Sauté the garlic and onion until fragrant and translucent, for just a minute or two.
Add the tomatoes and 1 teaspoon salt; stir well and lower heat to medium. Simmer for 10 minutes stirring occasionally.
Preheat the oven to high broil. Cut the bell pepper into 4 to 5 pieces; drizzle olive oil and on aluminum foil lined baking sheet, place under broiler for 3 to 5 minutes or until slightly blackened.
Add the tomato paste to tomatoes; stir well. Continue to simmer for another 15 minutes stirring occasionally.
Take the pepper out of the broiler and allow to cool for a few minutes. In a food processor, pulse the peppers and 2 to 3 ladles of the tomato sauce until smooth. Make sure to cover the top of the processor with a heavy duty kitchen cloth as the hot tomato sauce may splatter. Add the smooth mixture back to the pot and stir.
Add black pepper, paprika, sugar and parsley; stir well and continue to simmer on low heat.
In a non-stick skillet cook the bacon bits until crisp. Drain on a paper towel; set aside.
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MANAMA, Bahrain — In a four-month span, Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 of the Bahrain-based Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) completed 10 drug seizures totaling over 3,300 kilograms of heroin, cocaine, cannabis resin and hashish since March, the Navy said in a June 14 release.
It started with the Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Arunta on March 2, when the crew seized 800 kilograms of hashish, a drug made from cannabis. Eleven days later, on March 13, the U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon seized 270 kilograms of heroin, and then again on March 17, when the crew seized 500 kilograms of hashish. All seizures were from small stateless dhows in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.
The French frigate FS Surcouf added to the list with seizures that collectively totaled nearly 400 kilograms of heroin from two dhows between April 28 and May 3.
On May 10, Arunta confiscated another 250 kilograms heroin from a small dhow. The U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun and the U.S. Navy guided-missile cruiser USS Hue City seized another 12 kilograms of cocaine on May 16.
Led to another dhow by a Royal Danish Air Force maritime patrol aircraft operating in direct support of CTF 150, Surcouf then made another seizure of 116 kg of heroin on May 18.
On May 26, Royal Navy frigate HMS Monmouth seized 455 kilograms of cannabis resin and 266 kilograms of heroin. Two weeks later, on June 8, Arunta made another seizure of 280 kilograms of heroin. Collectively as a task force, coalition warships have seized 3,349 kilograms of illegal substances since March.
"Ultimately the continued successes of CTF 150 demonstrate the value of the multinational collective of like-minded nations that make up the Combined Maritime Forces and certify that when navies work together, all nations profit with increased maritime security," said Vice. Adm. Kevin Donegan, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and the CMF.
CTF 150 is one of three task forces under the CMF, and its mission is to promote maritime security to counter terrorist acts and related illegal activities which terrorists use to fund or conceal their movements. CTF 150 has been led by French Marine Nationale Rear Adm. Olivier Lebas since April, supported by a combined French-U.K. staff. Participation in CTF 150 is purely voluntary on the part of each of the CMF's 31 nations. Prior to Lebas, CTF 150 was led by Royal Canadian Navy Commodore Haydn Edmundson.
Vital to the detection of the drug smugglers in the vastness of the Indian Ocean are the coalition maritime patrol aircraft such as the French Marine Nationale F50, Royal Danish Air Force C604, Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3 and U.K. Royal Navy Sea King helicopters operating from the fleet replenishment ship Royal Fleet Auxiliary Fort Victoria.
These aircraft provide support to CTF 150 through surveillance of the sea lanes and their ability to direct warships to the dhows suspected of trafficking narcotics. CMF officials estimate that a street value of over $300 million-worth of narcotics has been confiscated from March to May. The confiscation of such a large quantity of illicit drugs aims to prevent transnational terrorists and other extremist groups from profiting from the drug trade.
CTF 150 members take on added risk with these boardings due to dangerous nature of the organizations involved in the smuggling.
"Despite the arduous nature of boarding operations," Lebas said, "successful seizures are rewarding for the highly trained and well-equipped boarding teams and crews of the CMF warships."
Visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) is not a task which teams take lightly or with any sense of routine. The evolution of searching vessels for illegal cargo is a huge undertaking for the assigned crews.
"The times we conduct VBSS operations, whether they result in a successful seizure or not, are some of the most complex and dangerous evolutions that our sailors conduct on the high seas," said Edmundson, the previous CTF 150 commander.
Drugs, illegal weapons and everything in between are often hidden in unlikely places. In some instances, it can take days for a VBSS team to finish searching one vessel. On Monmouth's seizure on May 26, the team had searched the dhow for two days before finding the 721-kilogram drug stash, which was only found after first removing over 6,000 pounds of ice.
"After such a long search, I had doubts we would find anything," said Lt. Alison Ross, one of Monmouth's boarding officers. "The reactions of the crew in regards to our activity in certain areas were enough to convince us that there was illegal cargo. Eventually the breakthrough was made and we could bring the operation to a close, having successfully put a stop to the progress of the drugs."
In collaboration with international and regional maritime security partners, CTF 150 teams have seized and destroyed billions of dollars in drugs and captured thousands of weapons since its inception in 2002, ensuring they are no longer available to organizations that would cause others harm.
"This is the French Navy's 10th time in command of CTF 150, and I am delighted by the successes that the CMF ships and aircraft operating in support of CTF 150 have enjoyed so far this time round," Lebas said. "We will continue to work tirelessly to suppress terrorist activities by attacking the networks that fund them, and deter the unlawful use of the seas in this area of the world."
CMF is a 31-nation naval partnership which exists to promote security, stability and prosperity across approximately 3.2 million square miles of international waters, which encompass some of the world's most important shipping lanes. CMF's main focus areas are defeating terrorism, preventing piracy, encouraging regional cooperation, and promoting a safe maritime environment. CMF counters violent extremism and terrorist networks in maritime areas of responsibility; works with regional and other partners to improve overall security and stability; helps strengthen regional nations' maritime capabilities and, when requested, responds to environmental and humanitarian crises.


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