Navegando en los distintos foros dedicados a Sailor Moon, me encontre con este video muy original:Se trata de unas Sailors creadas por fans franceses, la verdad es que la animación esta bastante bien, si saben frances y quieren saber más sobre estas sailors, pueden consultar dando click acá
Encontrar a cinco jovencitas que dieran la talla no era sencillo, pero las condiciones de Naoko Takeuchi eran claras: quería chicas llenas de deseo, ya que según ella, la fuente de poder de una chica se encuentra en el deseo, y no en los sueños o el amor. Para dar con las actrices se realizaron castings en todo Japón, logrando la cifra de unas 1100 personas, todas ellas simpáticas jóvenes co
Doug Ross sniggered:"Well, they were wrong about Communism; wrong about welfare reform; wrong about how to fight terrorism; wrong about charter schools; wrong about trial lawyers; wrong about energy policy; wrong about global warming "climate change" (noticed those rising sea levels Al Gore promised?), to name but a few."(H/T to BobKrumm.com for the video link, and GatewayPundit for the links to D
In her 6th State of the State Speech, Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano looked past Arizona’s looming billion dollar budget and focused on the future of the growing state. The Governor outlined five major areas including: education, economic development, public safety, transportation, and healthcare to focus on the future.The speech was met with some harsh criticism, some of the loudest coming from several drunken sailors who happened to catch the speech while in town on shore leave.“I’ve done me some crazy spending in my day,” slurred Pete Shuttlesworth, a grizzled sailor from a ship known as The Flying Carp, “And I can tell ye this. Her plans be too much in the face of such a large debt. This coming from a man who spent 50 gold pieces on this here tattoo.”Napolitano proposed
There are likely countless recipes of salted cod in Portugal’s history. Long before anyone thought of the modern invention we now know as the refrigerator, discoverers dried and salted cod as a way to preserve it for long voyages. Portugal being heavily Roman Catholic also meant there were many religious holidays where only fish could be eaten, so the use of bacalhau became a staple in Portuguese cuisine and remains so to this day.
I have forgotten how many cod recipes I’ve tried over the years, what I remember of course are my favorites. The one that topped my list (more…)
You read the title right. It’s usually pretty hard to shock me, but this one really worked. Sex with manta rays, eels (don’t pull out too fast) and contracting STDs are common on the open seas.
“Almost everybody in the fishing business has had sex with a manta at some point,” Makeburu asserts.
What!!! A manta??? You mean one of those enormous, intimidating winged things with a stinger on their tail that looks like an aquatic Batman?
Yep. After all, fisherman out on ships spend a loooonggg time at sea without ever encountering a woman, and, well, let’s face it, they can get pretty horny. No, dammit, let’s make that incredibly horny. Even desperate enough to do it with a manta.
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George Cruikshank (1792-1878), was a noted cartoonist with a biting line in sarcasm and political satire. He was also the first illustrator of Oliver Twist, one of the greatest novels penned by his close friend, Charles Dickens, with such memorable pictures as ‘Oliver Asking For More’, and ‘Fagin In The Condemned Cell’. Their friendship ended when, later in life, the cartoonist became a passionate advocate for the temperance movement while Dickens remained opposed. Cruikshank was considered a great enough artist to be exhumed from his original burial place in order to be re-buried in St Paul’s Cathedral, London.
Wikipedia notes that “Cruikshank’s work included a personification of England named John Bull who was developed from about 1790 in conjunction with other British satirical artists such as James Gillray, and Thomas Rowlandson.” Gilray was one of his major influences and Cruikshank eventually replaced him as England’s most pop
Pirates who kidnapped two Indonesian sailors in the Malacca Strait earlier this month have released them after a ransom was paid, a global maritime watchdog said today.Noel Choong, head of the International Maritime Bureau's piracy reporting center in Kuala Lumpur, said the value of the ransom has not been disclosed, and he declined to identify who paid it.Gun-toting pirates attacked a Malaysian barge on Aug. 13 and abducted the vessel's Indonesian ship master and chief engineer. The pirates did not steal the barge, or any of the steel billets it was carrying from Malaysia's northern state of Penang to Belawan in Indonesia.It was the third pirate attack in the Malacca Strait this year, but the first kidnapping in the busy waterway since July 2005.The strait is notorious for robberies and hijackings but the number of attacks has fallen since Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore, which share the waterway, launched coordinated maritime and air patrols in recent years to curb piracy. Some
U.S. offered to scare Iran during sailors’ dispute
Global Research, April 8, 2007
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4/8/2007 12:50:00 PM GMT (AFP) A U.S. warplane launching from the flight deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Gulf
The United States offered to carry out aggressive
air patrols over Iran’s Revolutionary Guards bases after Tehran
detained the British navy crew last month.
Citing unidentified diplomatic sources, The Guardian
newspaper reported that Pentagon officials offered a series of military
options to scare Iran during the sailors’ dispute, but Britain told
them to stay out of the affair and tone down armed forces activity in
the Persian Gulf.
One of the U.S. options involved combat aircraft
patrolling over Iranian bases to show the Iranians how serious the
detention of the Britons was, the newspaper said.
Iran arrested the 15 British sailors and mar
I've stayed fairly quite recently because I've been busy with other things, but every now and then something comes up which means I have to take time out and write about them.
This story about the sailors taken hostage by Iran is one of them.
Until last Friday, the story played out pretty well how I would have expected it to. After the sailors were taken, the British media published every manner of emotive crap they could dream up to keep the story alive. Diplomatically, deals were obviously being done to bring about their release, but the government has been pretty tightlipped about what those deals were.
What was conceded to Iran to get them to let those sailors go? Its a side issue to this story, but its not one which seems to have been followed up, or at the very least widely reported. Make no mistake about it, Iran was unlikely to have given the sailors up easily, especially given the circumstances of their capture and subsequent imprisonment.
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I've stayed fairly quiet recently because I've been busy with other things, but every now and then something comes up which means I have to take time out and write about them.
This story about the sailors taken hostage by Iran is one of them.
Until last Friday, the story played out pretty well how I would have expected it to. After the sailors were taken, the British media published every manner of emotive crap they could dream up to keep the story alive. Diplomatically, deals were obviously being done to bring about their release, but the government has been pretty tightlipped about what those deals were.
What was conceded to Iran to get them to let those sailors go? Its a side issue to this story, but its not one which seems to have been followed up, or at the very least widely reported. Make no mistake about it, Iran was unlikely to have given the sailors up easily, especially given the circumstances of their capture and subsequent imprisonment.
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British P.M. Blair Statement on Release of Sailors FULL STREAMING VIDEO, Prime Minister Blair makes a statement about Iran’s release of 15 British Naval sailors and marines. 4/5/2007: WASHINGTON, DC: 14 min. Artist - Source: C-SPAN Copyright: 2007 National Cable Satellite CorporationTony Blair:Good Morning to you. Just as we rejoice at the return of our 15 Service personnel, so today we are also grieving and mourning for the loss of our soldiers in Basra who were killed as a result of a terrorist act. So on the one hand we are glad that our Service personnel returned safe and unharmed from their captivity, but on the other we return to the sober and ugly reality of what is happening through terrorism in Iraq, terrorism designed specifically to thwart the will of the international community because our forces are there with full United Nations authority, and thwart, obviously, the will of the democratically elected government of Iraq that wants us there.Now it is far too early to say
Surprise! Iran lied. to all of you credulefts out there, which version do you believe?
Anyways, I've never been in that situation so I can't speculate as to what I'd do. I hope, however, that I would never cooperate as much with the enemy as the British sailors did.
The second issue is the silence one hears from the left over their treatment. Let's review:
1. The sailors were uniformed lawful combatants i.e., not civilian clothed terrorists. Even if they were in Iranian waters i.e., not kidnapped, they were entitled to certain treatment under the Geneva conventions. Some of the ways Iran violated these protections:
1. They were kept in isolation and their chain of command not respected.
2. They were subjected to mock executions. Colonel West from the United States did the same thing and was punished by the U.S. Army.
3. They were used for propaganda purposes.
The silence you hear from the left is deafening, no? Wait! I hear something. Oh it's just them defending Iran and t
According to the British sailors freed by Iran, they were isolated in cells, blindfolded and tricked into thinking that they were going to be executed while being imprisoned in Iran. They also said that where made to falsely claim that they were in Iranian waters.
Iran has denied these accusations and has said that the British troops have “retreated from their confessions,” and have also said that British officials have “dictated” their statements. Mohammad Ali Hosseini, a Foreign Ministry spokesman, has also criticized the statements, saying “Propaganda actions and shows can’t cover up actions by the British military men and their repeated violation in illegal entry into Iran’s territorial waters.”
The British sailors statements were made today, just one day after being flown back home. Operator Maintainer Arthur Batchelor, the youngest sailor, told reporters, “At some points I did have fears that we would not survive.”
Who cares about Ahmadinejad's blustery rhetoric? I'm guessing showing up the British is a big deal to some Iranians. Telling us about "family values" was interesting; it's actually a real issue, but I imagine it was Turney's choice, so there. Tony Blair telling the Iranians he bears them no ill will was acceptable -nobody hates the Iranian people just like nobody hates the Iraqis or the North Koreans.
Who won? The British won or, at least, they didn't lose. Iran didn't help themselves at all as they reinforced opposition to themselves, although it's still a weak opposition.
The captured sailors should lose. They were an embarrassment to their nation and should be ignored if not punished when they arrive.
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
AP
TEHRAN, Iran — British officials late Wednesday night said they expected Iran to make good on its promise to release 15 British sailors and marines, and hoped their journey back to London would begin "within hours."
The British Fore
I am glad that our 15 service personnel have been released. I know their release will come as a profound relief, not just to them but to their families that have endured such distress and anxiety over these past 12 days.Throughout we have taken a measured approach, firm but calm, not negotiating, but not confronting either. I would like to thank our allies in Europe, our allies in the United Nations Security Council, for their support and also our friends and allies in the region who played their part. We are grateful to all of them as we are to the officials in the Foreign Office and the Ministry of Defence and here in Downing Street for the work that they have done.And to the Iranian people I would simply say this, we bear you no ill will. On the contrary, we respect Iran as an ancient civilisation, as a nation with a proud and dignified history and the disagreements that we have with your government we wish to resolve peacefully, through dialogue. I hope, as I have always hoped, tha
The President of Iran shook hands with the British hostages this afternoon after announcing he was freeing them.
The sailors will leave Tehran early Thursday and arrive at London’s Heathrow airport around 1200 GMT, said Robin Air, father of Royal Marine Capt. Chris Air. Families will be reunited with the crew later Thursday at a military base, he said.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad smiled as he talked through an interpreter to several of the men held captive for 13 days in the capital Tehran. One of them was heard to say to him: “Thanks for releasing us. I wish you success.”
The men were dressed in suits and Leading Seaman Faye Turney, the only woman in the 15-strong patrol of marines and sailors, wore a blue headscarf and pink shirt but it was not thought she had shaken hands with the president.
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I wonder if we will ever know the REAL reason he released them? I also wonder if they will tell the truth about the way they were treated while captive?
There are plenty more answ
I know they must be in a tough spot, but those sailors are not heroes. Couldn't they resist a little? Did you hear that sailor THANK the Iranians for good treatment? The sailor shouldn't even be there. Do the detainees at Gitmo thank us for their nice meals? And the second video! Britain as pink as the newscaster's tie.
Pathetic. Britain's slide began with the Princess Di outburst. The British people will probably welcome the sailors home as heroes because to the modern Brit, a victim is a hero.
According to Iran’s top negotiator Ali Larijani they will delay the release of the female sailor if Britain addresses this issue to the United Nations Security Council or if they halt relations. Britain is now trying to get condemnation of Iran at the UN.
The capture of the 15 British sailors happened inside Iraqi waters according to a Foreign Office official. He said, “There are some plans to say something on behalf of the United Nations but they have not been finalized.”
Ali Larijani spoke on an Iranian state radio saying, “British leaders have miscalculated this issue,” and that if Britain continues with its current policies on the captured sailors then “this case may face a legal path,” which means Iran could prosecute the British sailors in court.
Britain has asked the UN Security Council to allow for a release of the British sailors, saying that the sailors where in Iraqi waters under a UN Security Council mandate from a request by Ir
First, I don't believe Iran has a device with GPS coordinates. Did the GPS device save their route? If the GPS had the Brits sailing into Iranian waters, why didn't the Brits turn back.
Second, it's very easy to talk tough and say things like "nuke Iran" or some other silliness. But one shouldn't be careless when lives are at stake.
Third, even being careful, the Brits shouldn't have to wait one day for their sailors and shouldn't have to admit anything. The Iranians could easily release them in the next hour and they should do so. Iran, however, demanded something. When you demand something and don't get it, you either have to rationalize it somehow or stay firm if you want to save face and, as you're aware, face is important for people in that part of the world. On the contrary, face is meaningless in the Brits' part of the world so they might just cave. What would be the Asymmetric solution? Tell the Iranians in secret (to protect their honor) that if they don't release
Iran is ignoring the international pressure for the release of the 15 British sailors that were captured by saying today that they are in the process of interrogatting them because they entered Iran’s waters illegally.
However, Britain, who is backed by Baghdad, said that the one woman and 14 men were seized inside Iraqi waters in the Shatt al-Arab waterway, which divides Iraq and Iran. The sailors were conducting a “routine” anti-smuggling operation when they where captured at gunpoint.
Britain’s Ambassador Geoffrey Adams has met with Iranian officials for two days, and according to the Foreign Office these meetings were performed in a “business-like atmosphere.” One spokeswoman said “the ambassador pressed hard for details of where the detainees are being held and for consular access to them and what plans the Iranians had for their release.”
The spokeswoman also said that “the MFA (ministry of foreign affairs) assured us that
15 British sailors have been abducted after they boarded a ship suspected of smuggling cars in the Persian Gulf off the Iraqi coast. The British government have demanded “the immediate and safe return of our people and equipment.” The British Navy personnel were “engaged in routine boarding operations of merchant shipping in Iraqi territorial waters,” and had completed a ship inspection when they were accosted by Iranian vessels, Britain’s Defense Ministry said. “We are urgently pursuing this matter with the Iranian authorities at the highest level and … the Iranian ambassador has been summoned to the Foreign Office,” the ministry said.
This has come at a terrible time when tensions are mounting between Iran and the West which accuses the Islamic republic of violating a U.N. calls for it to halt uranium enrichment and open its nuclear program for inspection. Over the last few months there has been a build up of naval forces stationed ar
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A beginning sailor needs time.
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Try different types of sailing. Daysailing is different than cruising, and there are many types of cruising. Cruising is differ
I read this forum post yesterday and I just cannot get it off my mind. It seems that the sailing world is a bit different now than it was 15 years ago. I guess I should not be surprised that technology has spread into the sport of sailing as it has with everything else but it just seems a bit disheartening to me.I can concede that the current generation of sailors are a bit safer than we were 15 years ago. But something in me is screaming that it just is not right! ? It seems to me that technology has taken away from a large piece of what sailing is really all about.
