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Join ITS Tactical in our 2nd Annual Hog Hunt After Action Report!
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Newcastle’s LEGO Fan Event, Newcastle Brickfest, was back on Sunday 15th July at the Newcastle Racecourse and was it huge!
We had more exhibitors than ever before with 60 from across NSW and Victoria joining us to display their cool creations and collections.
It was a great day out for the family with lots of families there enjoying the beautiful winters day plus grandparents out with the grandkids and even a few adults there for themselves.
There was displays for everyone to enjoy. With old favorites like Star Wars to the new Technic Bugatti Chiron and other themes such as Friends and Disney on display as well. The feedback from our hard working volunteers was everyone had heaps of fun!
The city layout was our largest ever and most ambitious yet! The massive 28 table LEGO Rainbow City Layout featured a street circuit race, the Rainbow City 500. This was a LEGO version of the Newcastle 500 which runs in Newcastle each November. Our LEGO version featured a pit lane with teams from Friends and Ferrari to name a couple. On the track we had other Speed Champion sets racing around the circuit. The track also featured a number elements the real tracks has with the final hairpin including a crash by the beach, a section through the built up streets and even a band playing.
There was also a fairground with lots of rides including a working roller coaster! It included a working Ghost Train to carry passengers around the layout.
And that was only half the city layout! The other sections featured another city section with many original MOCed modulars and some LEGO modular sets. Plus a large train hub and a even a LEGO version of Stockton Bridge.
This year our cosplaying friends returned with their own area which featured some cool backdrops and displays including a Speeder and Captain America's Cap-cycle to name a couple.
As well as all that there was lots of other activities to do for the kids such as the always popular Brick play area, Remote control driving area, Colouring In Competition, Speed Build Competitions, Find A Minifigure Competition and a LEGO Raffle.
Thank you to everyone who came along and helped to make the day a great one and we look forward to seeing you again.
Of course we will be back again in the 2019 July School Holidays!! :-)
Join ITS Tactical as we take a look as the Custom Manufacturing of OC Tactical and some of their product offerings. Read our detailed write-up here: wp.me/ptVor-2iR
Join ITS Tactical as we take a look at Rifle Dynamics upgrade to Bryan's SAR-1 AK in both before and after photos.
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Join us every Friday and Saturday at the Citrus Fresh Grill inside Renaissance ClubSport (Aliso Viejo, Orange County, California) for live music, cocktails, beer, dancing, great food and more!
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Join us in making a classic menswear-styled flannel shirt!
Round one: November 17th, 2013 to November 27th, 2013
Round two: December 1st, 2013 to December 9th, 2013
Come join us! [ Flannel Shirt Sew-A-Long ]
Join ITS Tactical in our 2nd Annual Hog Hunt After Action Report!
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DHH giving his talk over Skype. With all those Mac laptops and his big face it looks like a weird Apple commercial of some kind.
Join ITS Tactical as we bring you an inside look from the third day of the 2011 SHOT Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. For the full post: www.itstactical.com/centcom/its-information/shot-show-201...
Join ITS Tactical as we bring you an inside look from the fourth day of the 2011 SHOT Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. For the full post: www.itstactical.com
Join us for Hummingbird Festival at Land Between The Lakes Nature Station, the first weekend in August each year. Staff photo
One of the scarves in our new Crochet Lace Scarves Collection.
These scarves add an edgy yet feminine touch to any outfit: equally fabulous “classing up” jeans and a tee shirt as they are paired with a suit for work. Lace works up fast and uses less yarn than more “solid” crochet fabric.
* Papyrus: Papyrus uses a reversible broomstick lace “feather and fan” pattern to create a quick and lacy throat scarf.
* Nicolette: Nicolette is crocheted in only eight rounds, with the final two rounds worked in a contrast yarn to highlight the sculptural picot loops which border the piece.
Join us for an evening to honor the Capital Pride Heroes and Engendered Spirit honorees and their dedication to the LGBTA community in the national capital region. The Heroes Gala is generously presented by Hilton and hosted by the Historical Society of Washington, DC at the Carnegie Library.
In recognition of Women's History Month, the FDNY hosted a special training for aspiring Firefighters on April 1 at the Fire Academy on Randall's Island in Manhattan.
Hundreds joined us for the Pontifical High Mass on the feast of Candlemas on Sunday, February 2nd.
Candlemas commemorates the purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary and is also known as "The Presentation of Our Lord." This feast traditionally closes the Christmas season. The Holy Mass was celebrated by Bishop Joseph N. Perry.
The name Candlemas comes from the activities associated with the feast. It came to be known as the Candle Mass. A procession with lighted candles is the distinctive rite. This procession into the church for Mass commemorates Christ’s entrance into the temple.
Simeon, upon seeing the Messiah, gave thanks to the Lord, singing a hymn now called the Nunc Dimittis which is chanted at this particular Mass:
Lord, now you let your servant go in peace, your word has been fulfilled: My own eyes have seen the salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of every people: a Light to reveal you to the nations and the Glory of your people Israel.
I JOINED IN 2010 , LEFT WHEN THEY WERE TAKEN OVER THEN CAME BACK THREE MONTHS LATER.
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Please join the Smart Women, Smart Power initiative for a discussion of “Fighting Terrorism in the Age of ISIS” with Fran Townsend, former Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Adviser to President George W. Bush. The Islamic State, known as ISIS, ISIL or Da’esh, now controls territory in the Middle East that’s nearly the size of Belgium and is pushing into North Africa. It continues to recruit fighters to the cause, including some from Western Europe and a small number from the U.S. Ms. Townsend will offer insights on protecting the homeland and countering the threat.
Featuring
Fran Townsend
Former Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Adviser to President George W. Bush
Moderated by
Nina Easton
Senior Associate, CSIS
Editor and Columnist, Fortune, and Chair, Most Powerful Women International
Thousands join to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe
Story and photos by Andrew Junker | March 15, 2010 | The Catholic Sun
An unusual sight met passersby in downtown Phoenix Dec. 4.
A seemingly endless line of men, women and children snaked through the city’s streets. They wore colorful clothing; some had masks on or loud metal tappers attached to their shoes.
They danced and sang and honored Our Lady of Guadalupe, whose feast day they were celebrating. All told, more than 4,000 people from 80 different groups joined in the procession that ended at an altar set up in the street facing St. Mary’s Basilica.
Bishops Thomas J. Olmsted and Eduardo A. Nevares stood before the altar and blessed all those who walked and danced by. It took more than an hour for the procession to end.
“There were some powerful symbols evident,” said Armando Ruiz of this year’s Honor Your Mother event, which culminated with a Mass where Bishop Nevares gave the homily.
Ruiz — who helps plan the celebration — saw a coming together of the whole diocese at the event. St. Mark, a predominantly Hispanic parish, and St. Theresa, which is predominantly Anglo, sponsored this year’s Honor Your Mother, which in itself is a symbol of the power of Our Lady, Ruiz said.
“The whole idea that you had Hispanic and non-Hispanic parishes coming together to celebrate the Virgin of Guadalupe as a patroness of the diocese,” he said, “she’s that hope of bringing diverse groups together as she did when she first came 500 years ago.”
Bishop Olmsted said something similar as Mass began.
“We are all children of God today, grateful for the way Mary inspires us to bring the great news of her Son to everyone we meet,” he said.
Ruiz was also pleased with how many people participated in the procession — the event’s largest yet — and by the traditions and practices those marchers celebrated.
“Most of the dances and the costumes were indigenous and Bishop Nevares, when he spoke, talked about that,” Ruiz said. “They remained true to those long-time traditions, and as they’ve come to this country, they shouldn’t abandon those traditions of faith for what can sometimes be materialistic or non-faith promises of this society.”
Bishop Nevares delivered his homily in both Spanish and English. He began with a brief explanation of the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
“The image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is so powerful because we see Mary, the conqueror of all the Aztec pagan gods. She is the bridge between the Aztec culture and the Catholic faith.”
Likewise, the bishop encouraged the congregation to turn to Mary and leave behind all the distractions that modern society offer: cell phones, the Internet, iPods.
“There are so many distractions that take us away from our life of prayer. We need to get back to praying in our family, to praying individually, to praying the rosary,” Bishop Nevares said.
It’s from this devoted prayer life that men and women can find their vocations, he added, and asked the congregation where they thought priests come from.
“Do they fall down from the sky?” he pointed above his head. “No. They come from your families.”
As Christ told the Apostle John from the cross that Mary was his mother and that John was her son, so too should Catholics live out that familial relationship, the bishop said.
“As the disciple took Mary into his care, each of us is invited to take Mary into our home and into our heart. Let us accept her and love her as our heavenly mother.”
Ruiz said that the homily — like the entire Honor Your Mother celebration — helps prepare local Catholics for a new evangelization.
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Sydney C-class 290, and 29, J-class 675 and former D-class now scrubber car 34s welcome guests to Sydney Tramway Museum.
Sydney O-class tram 1111 turns 100 on 31 July 2012. So, over the weekend 28-29 July the Sydney Tramway Museum provided special running for visitors to the site. The weekend saw special night running on the Saturday evening and visits on the Sunday of former NSW Minister for Transport, Milton Morris as well as the current Minister Gladys Berejiklian. Sunday also saw the unveiling of special plaques both commemorating the occasion and giving thanks for the assistance of Milton Morris for his support of the Museum both in his private capacity as well as when Minister in a former NSW Government.
Join ITS Tactical in this guest post as we recap the 24 Hour Sniper Adventure Challenge.
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