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In a few weeks, I will be reporting in to my new assignment aboard HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC (actually "aboard" the shore office, as the ship is still in drydock). It's a whole new challenge and I'm definitely looking forward to it, despite the 130-odd reqs I'll need to start working on. In addition to being posted to a fine ship, I was also promoted to Sub-Lieutenant.<br />
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It's been a long and sometimes treacherous road to get here, and I still have a long way ahead, but it feels good to have gotten this far. I've learned a lot about myself through both the good and the bad, and hopefully that will enable me to be a better leader in the future.<br />
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It feels weird thinking that for the first time in over five years, I will be out of a training establishment and into an operational unit. It also feels pretty damn good.<br />
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For now, that's all I have. See you around the fleet!asishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02476846127515246182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237611104542466389.post-81647310544558232382012-04-11T02:42:00.001-07:002012-04-11T02:42:26.641-07:00Getting thereSo here I am at "home" again--and by home I mean my mom's house. I spent a few days in sucky Toronto hanging out with the most awesome girlfriend ever (seriously, she bought me a remote controlled helicopter for my birthday, AND didn't get mad at me for wanting to fly it right away... or all the time.) and now I'm getting to spend a day at home enjoying home cooked food.<br />
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And in a few hours, I get to start driving again to make my way to Halifax, where I need to find an apartment within a few days. It should be all right. I found apartments in Victoria, twice, within a day or two of starting to look, so I'm not too worried. I actually have a few places I want to look at already.<br />
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In any case, I'm glad to be "off" and moving around, but at the same time I'm looking forward to sitting down in my new place, start work, and go back to a regular workout schedule and such.<br />
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And now I go on the road again, yeehaw!asishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02476846127515246182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237611104542466389.post-81880468385481274092012-04-11T02:42:00.000-07:002012-04-11T02:42:23.287-07:00Female Genital Mutilation<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7122/1469/1600/fmgwoman%20Middle%20East%20-%20Info.org%201.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7122/1469/400/fmgwoman%20Middle%20East%20-%20Info.org%201.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;" /></a>Kuwait's Al-Rai TV presents, as Charles Johnson says, "an Egyptian Islamic expert discussing the finer points of female genital mutilation."<br />
From MEMRI TV<br />
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Dark Ages Via Satellite<br />
Thanks to LGF, April 01, 2006<br />
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<span style="color: #006600;">[...]<br />
Dr. Muhammad Wahdan:</span></span> Ibn Al-Qayyem recounts that when Hagar married Abraham and got pregnant, Sarah was very jealous of her. Because of her jealousy, she swore by Allah that she would cut off three of Hagar's body parts. Abraham was afraid that she would cut off Hagar's nose or ears,so he instructed her to pierce Hagar's ears and to circumcise her. This was the beginning of female circumcision in history.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr Zarrar:</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">I am not talking about the intellectuals or the elite. I am talking to you about reality as it is, about the people who live in cemeteries, about the reality in which I grew up and lived. I am talking about what happens in South Egypt, about the Nuba, about the peasants and so on. I speak about a reality I am experiencing, along with every woman who has been subjected to the painful and public violation of her honour. I consider this to be a crime, in terms of both religious and civil laws. I condemn whoever tries to defend this.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;">Dr. Muhammad Wahdan:</span> Dr Zarrar rejects female circumcision altogether but I claim that it existed among the Arabs in the ancient times, and even among the righteous caliphs.<br />
There are many references to this. So what caused the confusion? It is the result of some wrong actions...<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Interviewer:</span> What wrong actions?<br />
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<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7122/1469/1600/normalfemalegenitalanatomy%20copy.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7122/1469/200/normalfemalegenitalanatomy%20copy.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;" /></a><span style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;">Dr. Muhammad Wahdan:</span> For example, taking my daughter to the local practitioner, who is not a professional, yet she cuts off the girls thing. I am saying to all the people who are watching that I am against the pharaonic circumcision, which is still practiced in Egypt. I'm totally against it. It's forbidden. I am against the complete removal of the clitoris. I am totally against this, because it is forbidden and does not please Allah. The caliph Omar Ibn Al-Khattab said to the circumciser: When you perform khifadh circumcision - leave a part of it. This proves it was prevalent among the Arabs in the days of Omar. Khfadh circumcision is not meant for all girls, only for some.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Interviewer: </span>Which girls?<br />
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<span style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;">Dr. Muhammad Wahdan:</span> I will tell you which girls. A girl phoned me once... A woman called me once - there is no shame in asking questions about religion... A girl called me and said: When I take the Metro, wearing tight jeans... The Metro in Egypt jolts about like this. She said I get aroused. What should I do?<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr Zarrar:</span> I asked a doctor. I'm telling you what happened...<br />
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<span style="color: #009900; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #006600;">Dr. Muhammad Wahdan</span>:</span> I asked a doctor, who told me this girl's clitoris was very high, and that a small part of it must be cut off. We must take all girls to a Muslim doctor who specializes in this, who will determine whether she needs a khifadh circumcision or not. If a girl needs a khifadh circumcision, we should perform it, and if a girl does not need it, we should not.<br />
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Am I supposed to deny one of the rites of Islam and the laws of Allah?<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr Zarrar:</span> The Prophet Muhammad had four daughters. Did you ever hear any claim that he circumcised any of them?<br />
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<span style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;">Dr. Muhammad Wahdan:</span> The Islamic Research Center at Al-Azhar University held a meeting on November 14, 1994. I have the decision with me if you want to copy it...<br />
It says: Regarding female circumcision - after CNN aired a report about an Egyptian girl, who was brutally circumcised... This is the report that brought the issue to public attention because the West wants to impose its culture and philosophy on us...<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Interviewer:</span> Circumcision is always brutal.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. Muhammad Wahdan:</span> The research Center, the highest religious authority in the Islamic world, concluded "female circumcision, khifah circumcision, is legal in Islam and must not be forbidden or regarded as a crime."<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Interviewer:</span> How come there are religious sheik who do not circumcise their daughters? Who told you this? Do you have any daughters?<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr Zarrar:</span> I don't have any daughters. I wish I did.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr Zarrar: </span>It's a good thing you don't!<br />
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<span style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;">Dr. Muhammad Wahdan:</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">If I had a daughter, I would circumcise her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr Zarrar:</span> Do you have any sisters?<br />
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<span style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;">Dr. Muhammad Wahdan:</span> Yes, I do.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr Zarrar:</span> Have they been circumcised?<br />
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<span style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;">Dr. Muhammad Wahdan:</span> Let me tell you what we did. we took my young sisters to a specialist doctor who said that one needed a circumcision and the other didn't. We performed the khifadh circumcision on the one who needed it and we did not perform it on the one who didn't need it.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr Zarrar:</span> We must declare war on Saudi Arabia. We must pick up a sword and fight them because this is not practiced in Saudi Arabia or in the gulf countries. It has been scientifically proven that all whores have been circumcised.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. Muhammad Wahdan:</span> In 2001, the center for Population research at Al-Azhar University conducted research about the chastity of Egyptian girl and the unity of the Egyptian family. They took a representative sample of the Egyptian society. They determined several factors for the chastity of Egyptian girls:<br />
The first is the khifadh circumcision of the girls.<br />
The second factor is modesty.<br />
The third is the mother's monitoring of the daughter's behavior and finally, the observance of prayer.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Interviewer: </span>Is the girl asked whether she wants to be circumcised or not?<br />
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<span style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;">Dr. Muhammad Wahdan: </span>No. we ask the doctor, who makes the decision. God help us.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Interviewer:</span> What if she says: I don't want to be circumcised. What happens then?<br />
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<span style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;">Dr. Muhammad Wahdan:</span> If a girl says she doesn't want it, she's free. No problem.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Interviewer:</span> Is this what happens in reality?<br />
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<span style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;">Dr. Muhammad Wahdan:</span> I have no relation to reality. I am talking about how things should be.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Interviewer:</span> You are a religious sheik, from Al-Azahar University. You cannot say you have no relation to reality.<br />
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<span style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;">Dr. Muhammad Wahdan:</span> Reality is a mistake, we must rectify it.<br />
<span style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;"></span>In Egypt we have four and a half million spinsters. The definition of a spinster is a woman who has reached 30, without ever receiving a marriage proposal. We have a spinster problem in the Arab world, and the last thing we want is for them to be sexually aroused. Circumcision of the girls who need it makes them chaste, dignified, and pure.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.middle-east-info.org/league/somalia/fmgpictures.htm" target="">Pictures Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)</a></div>"...in Egypt, Sudan, Somalia, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Mauritania etc.<br />
FGM is carried out with knives, scissors, scalpels, pieces of glass or razor<br />
blades. Anaesthetic and antiseptics are not generally used ."<br />
From <a href="http://www.middle-east-info.org/gateway/genocide/" target="">Middle-East-Info.org </a><br />
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<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7122/1469/1600/type-I-%20II-III%20fgm%20Drawings%20by%20J.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7122/1469/400/type-I-%20II-III%20fgm%20Drawings%20by%20J.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">There are a few types of this procedure: clitoridotomy, clitoridectomy, infibulation asnd a few others types of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_genital_mutilation" target="">Female genital cutting</a> Wikipedia</div><br />
<a href="http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/femgen/fgm1.htm" target=""><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/femgen/fgm1.htm" target="">WHAT IS FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION?</a></div><br />
"We are circumcised and insist on circumcising our daughters so that there is no mixing between male and female... An uncircumcised woman is put to shame by her husband, who calls her 'you with the clitoris'. People say she is like a man. Her organ would prick the man..."<br />
An Egyptian woman <a href="http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/femgen/fgm1.htm#ref1" target="">[1]</a><br />
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<blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Testimony</span></div>"I was genitally mutilated at the age of ten. I was told by my late grandmother that they were taking me down to the river to perform a certain ceremony, and afterwards I would be given a lot of food to eat. As an innocent child, I was led like a sheep to be slaughtered.<br />
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Once I entered the secret bush, I was taken to a very dark room and undressed. I was blindfolded and stripped naked. I was then carried by two strong women to the site for the operation. I was forced to lie flat on my back by four strong women, two holding tight to each leg. Another woman sat on my chest to prevent my upper body from moving. A piece of cloth was forced in my mouth to stop me screaming. I was then shaved.<br />
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When the operation began, I put up a big fight. The pain was terrible and unbearable. During this fight, I was badly cut and lost blood. All those who took part in the operation were half-drunk with alcohol. Others were dancing and singing, and worst of all, had stripped naked.<br />
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I was genitally mutilated with a blunt penknife.<br />
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After the operation, no one was allowed to aid me to walk. The stuff they put on my wound stank and was painful. These were terrible times for me. Each time I wanted to urinate, I was forced to stand upright. The urine would spread over the wound and would cause fresh pain all over again. Sometimes I had to force myself not to urinate for fear of the terrible pain. I was not given any anaesthetic in the operation to reduce my pain, nor any antibiotics to fight against infection. Afterwards, I haemorrhaged and became anaemic. This was attributed to witchcraft. I suffered for a long time from acute vaginal infections."</blockquote><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hannah Koroma, Sierra Leone<br />
<a href="http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/femgen/fgm1.htm" target=""><br />
Amnesty.org / WHAT IS FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION?</a></span></div><br />
"Circumcision makes women clean, promotes virginity and chastity and guards young girls from sexual frustration by deadening their sexual appetite." Mrs Njeri, a defender of female genital mutilation in Kenya <a href="http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/femgen/fgm1.htm#ref1" target="">[2]</a><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">More information:</span></div><br />
<a href="http://www.tostan.org/" target="">Meet TOSTAN</a><br />
"Tostan is an international, non-governmental organization based in Senegal, West Africa. Tostan empowers African communities to take charge of their own development." Check Tostan's <a href="http://www.tostan.org/links.htm" target="">links</a><br />
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<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7122/1469/1600/fmggirl.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7122/1469/320/fmggirl.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;" /></a><a href="http://www.sdc-health.ch/priorities_in_health/reproductive_health/female_genitale_mutilation" target="">Female Genitale Mutilation (and Gender-based violence)</a><br />
SDC - Health / Social Development Division, Medicus Mundi Switzerland.<br />
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For the international community involved in development cooperation, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is one of many forms of violence against women, also referred to as gender-based violence.<br />
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The WHO estimates that 130 million of girls and women world-wide are concerned by FGM, with another two million girls at risk of undergoing some form of the procedure every year. Several types of “operations” are performed to modify the normal anatomy of a woman’s external genitalia.<br />
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All types of FGM can lead to immediate and long-term medical, sexual and psychological complications. The list of medical complications is long. In addition, many women suffer from immediate or lifelong psychological traumata and disturbed sexual functions.... <a href="http://www.sdc-health.ch/priorities_in_health/reproductive_health/female_genitale_mutilation" target="">Read the rest here</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/mjm/v05n02/v05p104/v05p104main.htm" target="">Towards Redirecting the Female Circumcision Debate: Legal, Ethical and Cultural Considerations</a><br />
From <a href="http://www.mjm.mcgill.ca/" taregt="">McGill Journal of Medicine Home Page (http://www.mjm.mcgill.ca)</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.iismas.it/letture/stop.htm" taregt="">International Journal of Dermatology 2002, 41, 253-263</a> Abstact and photos.<br />
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<div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">All photos : </span><a href="http://www.middle-east-info.org/gateway/genocide/" target=""><span style="color: red;">Middle-East-Info.org</span> </a></div>asishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02476846127515246182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237611104542466389.post-15426322066149994082012-04-11T02:40:00.000-07:002012-04-11T02:40:03.180-07:00Uh, wha'?One of my hobbies, as some of you might have noticed, is looking through the hits I get for interesting hits--countries you don't often hear about, interesting paths, etc.<br />
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I found this really interesting one: someone from <i>Iran, Islamic Republic of</i>, read <a href="http://rmcnavyguy.blogspot.com/2006/08/34-day-war-as-israels-tet-offensive.html">my post </a>comparing he "34 day war" (the campaign against Lebanon) to the Tet Offensive.<br />
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I've gotten a few hits from <i>Iran, Islamic Republic of</i>, over the years, for reasons unknown. (I'd like to think <a href="http://www.ahmadinejad.ir/">President Ahmadinejad </a>likes my sense of humour.) Usually, though, the hits are fairly random, and not particularly amusing.<br />
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Now, let's try and get on the President's blogroll...asishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02476846127515246182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237611104542466389.post-18984504066583145502012-04-11T02:39:00.005-07:002012-04-11T02:39:56.491-07:00Early Warning: Major Suckage AheadI haven't heard anything official yet, but apparently my summer will NOT consist of struggling through MARS III over in awesome, über-beautiful Victoria, BC. Serious scuttlebutt has it that someone who makes a lot more money than I do has decided to put MARS III and IV back-to-back. It makes perfect sense, as MARS III serves as somewhat of a base for MARS IV, but the problem is more with the fact that not doign MARS III this summer means I will quite possibly be stuck in Kingston.<br />
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Not only would I not be getting the "extra" money being attach posted somewhere else brings (which is nice; it doubles my salary) but I would be stuck at RMC with a bunch of other bored RMC cadets, doing whatever, with most if not all of the people I usually hang out with being gone off to their training.<br />
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Of course, there's the chance I could be sent on OJT, but there's almost nothing I can actually go and do. I'm only NETPO-qualified, so being sent to a ship is unlikely, and making coffee for Lt's and LCdr's doesn't sound like that much fun.<br />
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Ah well, it's just the greatest tradition in the military: getting sent off to various assignments you really would rather avoid, for reasons that are way above your paygrade.asishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02476846127515246182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237611104542466389.post-87964221058662875132012-04-11T02:39:00.004-07:002012-04-11T02:39:51.988-07:00Gary Gygax fails saving throwGary Gygax (creator of D&D) is dead. As I, in the words of Wil Wheaton, "failed my save vs. stunning blow," I'll just point you to <a href="http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2008/03/across-the-sea.html">his post</a> about it.asishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02476846127515246182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237611104542466389.post-65078211989196562232012-04-11T02:39:00.003-07:002012-04-11T02:39:43.240-07:00Mini-updateWow, busy times ahead!<br />
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</div><div>I had everything planned out to do a moderate amount of work on a constant basis, but nature had other plans. I came down with a nasty viral throat infection--and since it's viral, the docs can't do anything about it other than give me some anti-coughing stuff and painkillers. Thing is, although it's getting better, I've been lacking in sleep for over a week, so I'm insanely tired and work isn't progressing very well. I've been catching up on reading, but research (for papers and presentations) is slow... At least I got a few extensions for papers and presentations from understanding teachers.</div><div><br />
</div><div>It's getting slightly better, as I don't wake up coughing (or go to bed coughing) but if I push myself in training I do start coughing pretty bad, and my throat still feels swollen and itchy.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Ah well, I'll get better eventually!</div>asishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02476846127515246182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237611104542466389.post-80360884578579163442012-04-11T02:39:00.002-07:002012-04-11T02:39:38.163-07:00MARS III: AAAAAAARGH!Well, this summer is going to be something else.<br />
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</div><div>I got a little heads-up today of what to expect from MARS III (which has a 30% failure rate)... and it's going to be brutal. Academic phase should be fairly decent--7 weeks of classes and self-study, with some free time--but the sea phase will be insane... do three shifts a day (FixO, NavO, OOW), plus chart work, plus other random stuff, then pull into port (or just anchor somewhere) and do chartwork until the week hours. Fun. And then there'll be the simulator phase which culminate with assessed runs. Kinda like sea phase, but not as bad.</div><div><br />
</div><div>There's a lot of stuff I'll have to learn, and a lot of things to just get used to (not the least being the uber-stress of bridgework, or so I'm told). I did love that little bit of 2/3OOW work we did on NETPO, but I have no illusions as to how much it's like the real thing.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Long-term, I'm WAY more scared of the basic submarine officer course, because even us MARS types have to know all the engineering stuff, on top of being top-notch at EVERYTHING. Still, I keep being told that if MARS is what you actually want to do, it's a breeze (relatively speaking) to pass MARS III/IV and that the submarine stuff isn't all that hard after you've passed the Lt(N) boards.</div><div><br />
</div><div>I guess I'll just have to take it one day at a time... starting with the rest of this semester.</div>asishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02476846127515246182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237611104542466389.post-38821747792513745032012-04-11T02:39:00.001-07:002012-04-11T02:39:33.516-07:00J'suis pas morte....<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i4vSWoUpgL0/R_dtpHw3dII/AAAAAAAAAJU/GHWxFKwBT9s/s1600-h/calendrier.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185734049166488706" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i4vSWoUpgL0/R_dtpHw3dII/AAAAAAAAAJU/GHWxFKwBT9s/s400/calendrier.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a><br />
<div>juste un peu (beaucoup) dans <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">l'jus</span> ! Tellement, que je n'ai plus le temps de faire de la <i>Radio Anonyme* </i>;-(<br />
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Mais bon, puisqu'il n'y a que 24 heures dans une journée, je fais <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">s'que</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">j'peux</span> !<br />
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Je mène deux contrats et un troisième qui s'en vient....L'hiver qui n'en finit plus n'aide en rien. Je carbure au soleil....j'ai un <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">sapré</span> manque d'énergie ces <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">temps-ci</span>.<br />
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Les idées de projets se bousculent dans ma tête....Je place mes pions stratégiquement, mais je devrai, de toute évidence, prendre quelques jours de vacances dans un avenir rapproché, car je ne pourrais pas mener tout ces projets à terme.<br />
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Mon homme va bien....les enfants aussi. Tout est paisible chez Les Lubriques.<br />
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Vous autres.....ça va ?<br />
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* : expression employée par <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Patrick</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Lagacé</span> lors du reportage sur le Maire Gendron !</div>asishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02476846127515246182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237611104542466389.post-58998167304402702072012-04-11T02:39:00.000-07:002012-04-11T02:39:29.833-07:00Anti-sealing vessel seized by Coast GuardSource: <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2008/04/12/seal-hunt.html">CBC</a><br />
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</div><div><blockquote>Fisheries officers seized a ship used in a protest against the seal hunt off the west coast of Newfoundland on Saturday to have its captain and first officer arrested</blockquote><br />
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Watson said he was on the phone to one of the crew members of the Farley Mowat as officers took command of the vessel. He said they were "screaming at people to lie down on the deck.<br />
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"They stormed the vessel. They forced everyone down on to the deck at gunpoint. I could hear the yelling in the background, and then the phone went dead. It's obvious that they seized the vessel, and they did so illegally.<br />
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"The Dutch-registered Farley Mowat never entered Canadian waters," Watson maintained. "It was always in international waters, and it’s technically an act of war to board a vessel outside the 12-mile [19 kilometres] limit without the permission of the captain."<br />
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However, Hearn said the Farley Mowat was within Canadian territorial waters.<br />
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"Canada was well within its rights to board the ship and prevent future harm to sealers, fisheries officer and permanent observers," he said. "We did the right thing."</blockquote>BZ to the Coast Guard and the ERT guys for doing their job right and reaffirming that our waters are ours and that anyone not following our laws will have to pay the price.</div><div><br />
</div><div>On a "legal" note: in one of my courses (that dealt with international law) I studied the case of the ACHILLE LAURO, which, though the situation was different, highlighted the possibility of a ship that had conducted illegal activities in one country's jurisdiction being pursued outside that jurisdiction (and into international waters) for prosecution. Even if FARLEY MOWAT was outside the 12NM zone, it had been violating Canadian law and, quite possibly (from reading other, non-CBC articles) generally endangering other vessels in contradiction to the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">International Regulations for Avoiding Collisions at Sea</span> (COLREGS). Either way, it was performing illegal activities and, as such, police action was required and justified.</div><div><br />
</div><div>As far as the comments of it being an act of war... wouldn't endangering vessels in another country's territorial waters be an act of war, too? Hmmmm, I bet someone didn't think of that one!</div>asishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02476846127515246182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237611104542466389.post-19463649703909012592012-04-11T02:38:00.007-07:002012-04-11T02:38:54.187-07:00Elle se remet.....à écrire !<br />
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Bon retour <a href="http://maviopog.blogspot.com/">Mi</a> !<br />
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xxx<a href="http://maviopog.blogspot.com/"></a>asishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02476846127515246182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237611104542466389.post-68192392480917369392012-04-11T02:38:00.006-07:002012-04-11T02:38:47.766-07:00A leadership "tip" reinforcement, from The GeneralHere's something I (re)learned from watching The General (BGen Lawson) interacting with people at the Navy mess dinner, a few weeks back.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Know</span> your people. It's a fairly universal tip, but when you see The General, who we don't see quite that often, going around and knowing a little bit about pretty much everyone, it's pretty impressive. It also gives off the impression (which I'm sure is well-founded) that he <span style="font-style: italic;">cares</span>. Sure, we don't interact in day-to-day life--we're lowly Naval Cadets (or Officer Cadets...)--but he's in charge of us, he keeps track of us, and he looks over us.<br />
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This really helps, I think, to make people look up to the chain of command and feel proud to be serving under those people.asishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02476846127515246182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237611104542466389.post-54241510558649006872012-04-11T02:38:00.005-07:002012-04-11T02:38:43.674-07:00Relationships and the NavyOkay, so I'm well in advance, but it's a topic that's been coming up a lot--and has been coming up for a while--usually from my civilian friends but also from some people who have had experience with military relationships.<br />
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I'm being posted to the West Coast after graduation (I graduate in May, but the actual posting might only be in June) but my girlfriend has to stay in Kingston to finish university. I think it's quite possible to keep things going, although it might be hard, especially considering how much leave I can expect to get, and how often <span style="font-style: italic;">she</span> will have time off. Of course, it's all based on what I've heard in previous years, and what we've been told while we were in Vic, but it looks promising. The only issue will be that I will be on course for most of the year, and from what I understand that course keeps us quite busy, and then I will go to sea where communication opportunities (and time!) will be at a premium. <br />
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Does anyone have tips/stories/other tidbits to share regarding this kind of situation?asishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02476846127515246182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237611104542466389.post-56849945270674112112012-04-11T02:38:00.004-07:002012-04-11T02:38:39.720-07:00Coming soon: On Leadership..I was bored a few days ago and random scribbling turned into some kind of an essay on leadership at RMC. I've had to put it aside for the time being as I have an actual paper to write on leadership, but I expect to post it midweek. I still have to write a conclusion...<br />
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Edit: Some changes came down the pipeline after I got done writing, so I need to revise some things. Might take a few extra days.asishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02476846127515246182noreply@blogger.com0