By Lisa Daniel American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, May 16, 2011 - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff today paid tribute to past and present graduates of Virginia Military Institute, telling the Class of 2011 that a grateful nation is cheering them on for all they will accomplish.
The chairman spoke of Gen. George C. Marshall, VMI Class of 1901, who was Army chief of staff during World War II and received the Nobel Peace Prize for his post-war work in restoring Europe. Mullen told the graduates to be ambitious, as Marshall was, but not to put their personal desires above the greater good. "If there is ever a choice between personal advancement and what is best for the institution," the admiral said, "you are expected to – you must – choose against your own self-interest." Though the Army was facing its most austere times in modern history, Mullen said, Marshall kept faith in it, even as his own advancement through the ranks was slow. Marshall knew he was in line to lead the allied effort against Nazi Germany, the chairman noted. But knowing he was most needed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt's side, Mullen said, he allowed the younger Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to have that opportunity. "By giving up what he most desired, General Marshall served where his nation benefitted most," Mullen said. He quoted then-Defense Secretary Charles Stimson as telling Marshall after the war, "No one who is thinking of himself can rise to true heights. You have never thought of yourself." The chairman said he believes Marshall would be proud of the service of so many Americans today who "worked silently and selflessly to support our operations." "They embody a culture of persistence, of working together, and remembering that when it comes to serving our nation, it can't be about you," he said. Mullen reflected on the 1,500 VMI graduates who already have given of themselves in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, including 13 who "rendered the ultimate sacrifice." Just two weeks ago, the chairman said, and his wife, Deborah, witnessed the return of Air Force Capt. Charles Ransom, VMI Class of 2001, who was one of nine Americans killed in a shooting at Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan, he said. "His story reminds us that this generation has been profoundly tested, and that VMI has risen to the challenge," the chairman said. Despite the risks, he added, 150 VMI graduates – the highest rate in 20 years – were commissioned in the military services yesterday. In the image of Marshall, Mullen said, young leaders should have the moral courage to offer and welcome loyal dissent. In World War I, he noted, Marshall was the only major who would stand up to Army Gen. John J. "Black Jack" Pershing. "Few things are more vital to an organization than a leader who has the moral courage to question the direction in which the organization is headed, and the strength of character to support whatever final decisions are made," he said. "That's real loyalty. And it only gets more important the higher you rise in the ranks." Mullen also told the graduates it is important for the United States to stay engaged around the world, no matter how difficult that may be. "As challenging as engaging others with different views may be, the alternative of abandoning these partners and these regions is far worse," he said, noting that he has been to Pakistan 24 times as the top U.S. military leader. "We've gone down that road before, and it is one that leads to isolation and resentment, ultimately making our nation less secure as we deceive ourselves into believing that ignoring these challenges will somehow make them go away." Mullen encouraged the graduates to carry on in the spirit of those VMI graduates who have come before them. "The ghosts of greatness, so ever-present here in Lexington, now look down upon you, the Class of 2011, and all of us are counting on you, cheering you on, and eternally grateful for who you are, and all that you will do in service to our nation," he said. | ||
| Biographies: Navy Adm. Mike Mullen Related Sites: Virginia Military Institute | ||
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Mullen Honors Past, Present VMI Graduates
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
There is no AGE bar for wellness & fitness
Ludhiana:The Wellness International was inaugurated in Model Town Ext… by M C H.S.Danb, Dr Sanjay k Pandey, M.S.,M.CH., Senior Consultant, Cardiac Surgeon of Ludhiana Medicity Inauguration Ceremony was started with the opening prayer. Speaking on the occasion Dr Sanjay k Pandey said Reebok core Pilate, PILATE and YOGA on the BALL is now playing a major therapeutic role in the treatment of various diseases. Heart diseases, Sugar, B.P, and Obesity etc are lifestyle disorders which can be tackled at an early stage.
Director Mr. Devender Pal Singh, Yoga and Wellness Expert said our mission is to provide the most accurate and up to date center, where you get all the facilities under one roof.
Mr. Singh is certified international yoga teacher by SIVANANDA INTERNATIONAL VALMORIN CANADA, Certified cardio and muscular strength expert by REEBOK, Certified in REEBOK core PILATE and PILATE and YOGA on the BALL by LISA J HEMLIN (USA) MASTER TRAINER, Have 10 years work experience in this field.
The Wellness International is running with a great concept of all over health along with fitness and weight loss programme. Here you can achieve the goal of your actual health with loosing weight and keeping yourself fit and active. There is no AGE bar. It has the limited seats for every age group but have great attention and care for everyone.
You can feel the experience of practical knowledge of the field. Mr. Singh personally works with all the members and have regular checkout of the exercise session. You get regular DIET assessment and lifestyle guidance. Here you get the workout according to your physical strength level.
The Wellness InternationalHave All The Equipments from VIVA USA. All the machines are highly recommended and scientifically proved for all age groups. Here the CARDIO area is very spacious, ventilated and cool. Special wooden floor for Aerobics, Yoga, Pilate and Many more Variations of exercises. Special workout for fat burning of lower body parts. Its interior is very cool and calming. Here you get the new workout every day. Aerobics , Step Aerobics, Yoga ,Power Yoga ,Pilate , Swiss Ball Workout , Medicine Ball Workout, Tubing Exercise, Body Pump Exercise, Functional Training, Fat burning , Strength Training ,and many more. The main motto of this center is to provide HEALTH, HAPPINESS and SUCCESS. RECOMENDEDED BY HIGH PROFILE SOCIETY DELHI. --Photos and Report by Shalu Arora
CMC & H is committed to bring International level care
CMC doctor invited as guest speaker at International Yoga conference Yoga therapy beneficial for heart surgery patients
Ludhiana :Yoga is now playing a major therapeutic role in the treatment of various diseases. Heart disease is a lifestyle disorder which can be tackled at an early stage by Yoga. Dr Harinder Singh Bedi – Head of Cardio Vascular & Thoracic Surgery at Christian Medical College & Hospital in Ludhiana – has worked on the effects of yoga therapy before and after heart surgery. In a pilot study it was found that the results were dramatically better after yoga therapy.
Dr Bedi explained that at the CMC already they had results matching International standards. To further improve the results the complementary addition of yoga had various beneficial effects. Alternative medicine has already taken up in a big way in the West as was evidenced by the large number of papers and research work presented. Dr Bedi has previously delivered an oration at the 1st Interantional Yoga conference in Haridwar .He was judged by a distinguished panel which included Dr Luciano Bernardi from Italy, Prof Terence Ryan from UK , Dr Kim Innes from USA, Padamshri Dr Karthikeyan, Prof Robert Saper from UK , Dr Sat Bir Khalsa from USA and Dr Shirley Telles . There were 10 other International papers. Dr Bedi’s research protocol got a standing ovation. On the basis of this paper he has now been invited to deliver a guest lecture at the International Association for Yoga Therapists (IAYT) on Sep 23-25, 2011 in Boston, USA.
Dr Abraham G Thomas – Director of CMC & H – told that CMC & H is committed to bringing International level care to the people of this region and alternative forms of therapy including yoga therapy were under active research.
Where pleasure takes over your worries
QUE VIVA LA SALSA !
Rightly said by ~Dave Barry “Nobody cares if you can't dance well . Just get up and dance.”
Dance is the only art form in which your body, mind and soul are completely in unison and one can enjoy the stuff of which he/she is made up off. An Ecstatic state of mind where pleasure takes over your worries and makes you free to float in the state of happiness .
Dance is the only art form in which your body, mind and soul are completely in unison and one can enjoy the stuff of which he/she is made up off. An Ecstatic state of mind where pleasure takes over your worries and makes you free to float in the state of happiness .
Keeping all this in mind Ecstasy the dance studio by Gautam offered a free salsa and meringue workshop for beginners who love to dance but somehow can’t. Mr. Gautam the Director of Ecstasy is of view that through the platform of Ecstasy he always tries to fulfill the real aim of dance which is to spread happiness in today’s mechanized world we hardly take out time for ourselves, to treat our senses, to relax our minds from all the hellish work tensions .So through this workshop he tried to hit the target and it was indeed a success , as 30 to 40 people attended this workshop and danced their heart out , they learnt the basics of salsa and meringue dance forms.
“learning salsa could be this much fun ,I never knew” these were the words of Sanya , one of the participant in the workshop she was feeling at the top of the world as learning salsa was her dream but she never got the chance but in this workshop she achieved her dream. All the participants enjoyed the workshop and thanked “Ecstasy” for this wonderful workshop. --Shalu Arora “CDC has created a landmark--Dr Jeevan Lata
Ludhiana: Christian Dental College, Ludhiana conducted a continuing dental education programme (CDE) on ‘DENTAL REHABILITATION OF PATIENTS SPECIAL NEEDS’ at the Guy Constable Auditorium, CMC-Ludhiana. This programme was inaugurated by Dr. Abraham G. Thomas, Director, CMC-Ludhiana who was the Chief Guest of the occasion. Dr. Abraham G Thomas is a pioneer and a stalwart in the field of micro-vascular surgery and reconstructive surgery. In his inaugural address to the nearly 150 delegates, who have come from the different parts of North India, Dr. Abraham emphasized the need of multi-speciality team effort for doing the best in the interest of the patient rather than personal interests.
This programme was accredited by the Punjab dental council with 12 CDE points. The main faculty for this programme were, Dr. Sherry Peter (MBBS, MDS, FDRCS, FRCS) from Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi; Dr. Puneet Batra (MDS, M Orth. RCS) from New Delhi and Dr. Gautam Munjal (MDS) from Chandigarh. Other speakers for the programme were Dr. Rajesh Kumar, r. abi M. Thomas, Dr. Ajit K Jaiswal and Dr. Sumir Gandhi from Christian Dental College, Ludhiana; and Dr. Anjumanpreet Khurana from BJS Dental College, Ludhiana.The conference emphasized on the various techniques for the correction of jaw and facial deformities using orthognathic surgical procedures and distraction osteogenesis.
Distraction osteogenesis is a process initiated surgically to lengthen the deficient bone to normalcy. Management of congenital dentofacial deformities needs a team approach. Christian Medical College and Christian Dental College has enough resources and trained staff to help the patients with such kind of facial deformities.
Dr Anil Sharma an orthododntist from Gurgaon said that “this programme was impressive and extremely informative. As an institution, CMC have to take more and more initiatives to organise such programmes which will benefit specialists working on patients with dentofacial deformities”.
“CDC has created a landmark by conducting a workshop on recent concepts in the managememnt of patients with special needs. It has definitely educated and motivated the dental doctors regarding their advancing technologies with special emphasis on team approach” said Dr Jeevan Lata, Maxillofacial Surgeon and Head of Department at Government Dental College, Amritsar.
Dr (Prof) Hemant Batra from Dr H.S. Judge Dental College, Chandigarh said that “it was a comprehensive programme which covered the basics of a team work involved in the management of facial deformities, diagnosis, treatment planning. Step by step treatment was covered by the hands on workshop for the beginners”.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
HELP build Parvati khan’s ‘I love you’’ campaign’
An important message from Parvati Khan
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Singing toward upliftment of inmates satsang/workshop jail Allahabad |
’HELP build Parvati khan’s ‘I love you’’ campaign’, pls don’t break d chain! It emanates frm d ‘’source’’ through which it expresses. Let’s generate together, ‘worldwide ’selfless’’ love‘2 help heal d world. How many of us muster d courage to say ‘I love you’ 2 those who R NOT family, /relatives /special friends? Know this truth, none R strangers here!!! Words carry d energy of their feelings/meaning& are further energized thru endorsements of d same.
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Sai declared his presence... when my son was critically ill. |
I appeal 2 U & ALL friends 2 pls support my oneness & love campaign , by posting, the ‘’original campaign message’’ up next, (with my pic as it carries d accumulated energy so far on this campaign), on my wall, yr walls; TAG d same 2 ALL in suprt of d effort pls. To authenticate my commitment pls visit my ‘’transition’ photos&data/profile& look at the VERY old posts/videos pix. Go to YOU TUBE&C my videos& READ d descriptions abt major ‘’transition’’ from show biz /material 2d spiritual world do leave yr comments at youtube, FB etc. please.
Video titles: 1)parvati khan live in Russia Siberia. 2)parvati khan karma removal mantra 3) parvati khan anthemtake2 4) parvati khan anthem. 5) parvati khan ai dile nadaan. Pls leave yr comments at you tube.. U wud need 2 open a youtube account, sorry for d time taken but yr invaluable comments wud b deeply appreciated. Thanx a ton.
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Parvati Khan tells about this photograph. This CHARRED Atari Express , the special train symbolizing unity between pakistan and India & on the inaugural day, this train was set ablaze as it left panipat killing all its passengers. In the name of humanity and grief over the tragedy I traveled all the way to Delhi and then to panipat to be there, at the break of dawn to sing my message of peace, to pray for the souls , to stand on the platform of inhumanity and project love and peace .I prayed for those who set ablaze the train for they need our prayers to experience a shift of consciousness. People in pakistan have also done great wrongs and these lives paid the price.. on that fateful day for their wrongs.. and the chain of evil continued, this si what is happening everywhere in the world! People have forgot the meaning of humanity and love. I want to be very instrumental in helping as many people to walk the path of truth. THIS is part of my humanity drive!. |
Now waiting your views, actions and support to this message of love...Rector Kathuria
Annual assessment of human rights worldwide
ORGANIZATION UNVEILS GLOBAL REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS, URGES LAWMAKERS TO INVEST IN DEVELOPMENT,
SUPPORT CYBER-ACTIVISTS/INTERNET FREEDOM
“For years, the United States has been on shaky ground with its human rights credentials,” said Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International USA (AIUSA). “Long-standing abuses in the so-called war on terror, coupled with President Obama’s embrace of most of former President Bush’s policies, have greatly compromised U.S. leadership on the world stage. As the Arab Spring unfolds, accelerated by social networking, the United States has the chance to get on the right side of history and support the building of societies where governments are accountable, human rights are respected and protected, and people live with dignity. Now is the time to sow the seeds of freedom and prove that the United States has not completely abdicated its purported human rights leadership.”
To secure greater rights and freedoms across the MENA region, Amnesty International also called on the Obama administration to step up its efforts to promote expanded and unrestricted access to the Internet and forcefully condemn other governments’ efforts to undermine Internet freedom; amplify its ongoing efforts to ensure that women fully participate in the re-formulating of new governments; provide strong backing for the prosecution of war criminals at the International Criminal Court; and advocate for human rights defenders who are risking their lives.
The State of the World’s Human Rights and Top 5 list are released as the organization commemorates its 50th anniversary. The organization’s global campaigns uniting concerned individuals to act in concert to protect human rights have resulted in freedom for tens of thousands of political prisoners, a near reversal in the number of countries conducting executions and the adoption of major international treaties to protect human rights. Despite this progress, great challenges remain, the report finds.
The 2011 State of the World’s Human Rights documents abuses in 157 countries and concludes that while the human rights revolution now stands on the threshold of historic change, entrenched powers are using any means necessary to thwart them. Salil Shetty, Amnesty International Secretary General, said, “Courageous people, led largely by youth, are standing up and speaking out in the face of bullets, beatings, tear gas and tanks. This bravery – combined with new technology that is helping activists to outflank and expose government suppression of free speech and peaceful protest – is sending a signal to repressive governments that their days are numbered. The international community must seize the opportunity for change and ensure that 2011 is not a false dawn for human rights.”
The report documents torture and other ill-treatment in at least 98 countries, specific restrictions on free speech in at least 89 countries, reports on unfair trials in at least 54 countries and highlights cases of prisoners of conscience in at least 48 countries.
Despite serious failures of justice in many countries last year, many developments revealed progress. Those include: the steady retreat of the death penalty; key improvements in maternal healthcare, including in Indonesia and Sierra Leone; and the bringing to justice of some of those responsible for human rights crimes under past military regimes in Latin America.
Amnesty International’s annual report also highlights:
· deteriorating human rights conditions for activists in Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine;
· spiraling violence in Nigeria;
· an escalating crisis posed by Maoist armed insurgencies in central and north-east India;
· growing threats to Indigenous peoples in the Americas;
· growing willingness by European states to return people to places where they risk persecution.
NOTES TO EDITORS
Amnesty International Report 2011: State of the World’s Human Rights covers the period January – December 2010. Global and regional experts are available for analysis and comment.
Amnesty International is a Nobel Peace Prize-winning grassroots activist organization with more than 3 million supporters, activists and volunteers in more than 150 countries campaigning for human rights worldwide. The organization investigates and exposes abuses, educates and mobilizes the public, and works to protect people wherever justice, freedom, truth and dignity are denied.
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