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This was actually sent to me by a friend. But, I couldn’t help sharing this. Is it true? I don’t know; but, let’s use it as a parable.

Sandra felt as low as the heels of her shoes when she pulled open the florist shop door, against a November gust of wind. Her life had been as sweet as a spring breeze and then, in the fourth month of her second pregnancy, a ‘minor’ automobile accident stole her joy. This was Thanksgiving week and the time she should have delivered their infant son. She grieved over their loss.

Troubles had multiplied.

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Veterans day parade A few days before the veteran’s parade in Apeldoorn, Netherlands (click on picture to see the full size). By, Sas Van Veen
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I saw a television show, where one Surgeon (Advanced and Hopeless Cancer Patients) used these Singing bowls to relax his patients. Also, to help for his patients to overcome their fear. And, he has some amazing results doing this. The new Health road to take is now called “integrated Health care”.

This is what I have been saying all along. Take the best of BOTH worlds…

Singing bowls (also known as ‘Himalayan bowls’ or ‘rin gongs’ in Japan) are a type of bell, specifically classified as a standing bell. Rather than hanging inverted or attached to a handle, standing bells sit with the bottom surface resting. The sides and rim of singing bowls vibrate to produce sound. Singing bowls were traditionally used throughout Asia as part of Buddhist meditation practice. Today they are used worldwide for meditation, relaxation, healthcare, personal well-being and religious practice.

Singing bowls were historically made in Tibet, Nepal, India, Bhutan, China, Japan and Korea. Today they are made in Nepal, India, Japan and Korea. The best known type are from the Himalayan region and are often called “Tibetan singing bowls.”

Shared with you from a friend of mine…

A Scottish going-away song that is played at funerals with bagpipes. It was played in the movie,’Braveheart’. The name of the music is ‘A Gift of A Thistle’. Read the rest of this entry »

Many will gather today at the Peace Park to remember those who lost their lives in the Hiroshima bombing in 1945.

Hiroshima Peace Memorial, commonly known as the Atomic Bomb Dome or A-Bomb Dome, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Hiroshima, Japan. It was established as such in 1996. The site is part of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park is a large park in the center of Hiroshima, Japan dedicated to the legacy of Hiroshima as the first city in the world to suffer a nuclear attack. There are a variety of monuments and buildings in the park, each dedicated to a different aspect of the bombing.

Watch this Anime Video - Movie - “Hiroshima Survived” by: Barefoot Gen Watch it on this site

Little Boy was the codename of the atomic bomb which was dropped on Hiroshima, on August 6, 1945 by the 12-man crew of the B-29Superfortress Enola Gay, piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets of the United StatesArmy Air Forces. It was the first atomic bomb ever used as a weapon and wasdropped three days before the “Fat Man” bomb was used against Nagasaki.

The weapon was developed during the Manhattan Project during World War II. It derived its explosive power from the nuclear fissioning of enriched uranium. The Hiroshima bombing was the second man-made nuclear explosion in history (the first was the “Trinity” test), and it was the first uranium-based detonation ever. Approximately 600 milligrams of mass were converted into energy. It exploded with a destructive power equivalent to between 13 and 16 kilotons of TNT (estimates vary) and killed approximately 140,000 people including associated effects.

“Fat Man” is the codenameof the atomic bomb that was detonated over Nagasaki, Japan, by the United States on August 9, 1945. It was the 2nd of the two nuclear weapons to be used in warfare. The name also refers more generically to the early nuclear weapon
designs of U.S. weapons based on the “Fat Man” model. It was an implosion-type weapon with a plutonium core.

“Fat Man” was detonated at an altitude of about 1,800 feet (550 m) over the city, and was dropped from a B-29 bomber Bockscar, piloted by Major Charles Sweeney. The bomb had a yield of about 21 kilotons of TNT, or 8.78×1013 joules = 88 TJ (terajoules). Because of Nagasaki’s hilly terrain, the damage was somewhat less extensive than that in relatively flat Hiroshima. An estimated 40,000 people were killed outright by the bombing at Nagasaki, and about 25,000 were injured. Many thousands more would die later from related injuries, and radiation sickness from nuclear fallout.