Isaac targets New Orleans; 6-12 ft "storm surge" will test levees

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Isaac approaching Louisiana Coastline today

85 mph? NHC forecasting a Category 1 hurricane at landfall tonight

6 to 12 feet - expected "storm surge" with Isaac

High tide? Isaac expected to come ashore at high tide tonight

Levees tested - This will be the 1st significant test of New Orleans levee system since Katrina in 2007

7 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans on August 29, 2005

Protesters march through Tampa on the eve of RNC

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Protesters march through Tampa on the eve of RNC

Published on Aug 27, 2012 by RTAmerica

A tropical storm forced the Republican National Convention to be postponed, but thousands of protesters didn't let a little rain stop them from rallying in Tampa, Florida Monday morning to voice their grievances against the GOP.
Demonstrators from across the country gathered in downtown Tampa early Monday , where they then marched around the city's streets chanting messages for the Republican Party.
GOP leaders will convene later this week at the convention, where they are expected to formally nominate Mitt Romney to challenge incumbent Barack Obama during November's presidential election.

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RNC Protest Brings Seniors, Occupy Movement Members To St. Petersburg

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Jason Cherkis, 8/26/12

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People gathered outside Tropicana Field on Sunday, August 26, in St. Petersburg, Fla., to protest the opening of the Republican National Convention.
 

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A diverse coalition of senior citizens, religious leaders, community organizers, and activists in faded Occupy T-shirts joined up here Sunday for the first major march of the Republican National Convention. Under overcast skies and persistent drizzle, the demonstration clanged through this sleepy Florida city, passing by closed storefronts, as well as RNC event staff snapping pictures from behind tall gates.

The protest aimed to mock the RNC's welcome event at nearby Tropicana Field, which had been billed as a large cocktail party. The activists hoped their snare drums and chants would at least spoil the mood for RNC attendees.

Angel Wisdom with Sharon Taphorn ~ Insight Gain understanding

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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

 

Angel Wisdom with Sharon Taphorn ~ Insight

Gain understanding

 
You can find tools for understanding any situation or relationship by seeking the answers within you. The angels can help you to see the bigger pictures of things if you ask. It takes focus, commitment and intention from you and trust that your angels will go to work on your behalf. Learn to trust your own instincts and don't give up because it is not happening fast enough or in the way you expect.  
 
Release the how and focus on the now.
  
Keep a journal and note all the times you trust your own innate knowing and found what you were seeking. Keep track of all the times you felt guided and got to where you wanted to be. Soon you will notice more of this in your life, and the more you trust and follow these feelings and thoughts, the more grand the adventure of life becomes. 

 Affirmation: "I trust in my ability to gain clear insight into any aspect of my life, and clearly move forward knowing that I am guided and supported along the way."

Vietnam markets lose $5b after bankers' arrests

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HANOI - Vietnam's stock markets have lost nearly US$4.0 billion (S$5.0 billion) in value after two top bankers were arrested this week in a widening police probe into the banking sector, state media said Friday.

 

Both the founder and former director general of Asia Commercial Bank were arrested this week for economic crimes, triggering a run on deposits and forcing the central bank to provide emergency liquidity to the institution.

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Visionkeeper – Awaiting Departure

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The boat is anchored at the shoreline as the sun begins to set. It will wait there until we are able to board and sail off towards the new world. The time is growing near, we can feel the pulse of humanity quickening at the thought of freedom at last! It is close, it has been a long time coming! Have we done our homework needed to purchase our boarding passes? We were told we must leave our ego and judgment and hatred at the gate before proceeding through. Have we been successful at discarding these unnecessary emotions that do nothing but hold us back from being who we truly are? These emotions were our learning tools that showed us what life was like when we engaged in this way of thinking. It is hoped that we have come to our senses and can now see the destructive nature of these emotions. We are being asked to find the strength now to abandon these emotions and instead embrace love and gratitude.

Hungary set for row with EU over non-profit energy

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BUDAPEST | Wed Aug 22, 2012 6:28am EDT

(Reuters) - Hungary expects heated debate with the European Union over government plans to transform energy distribution in the household sector into a "non-profit activity", Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Wednesday.

Orban's conservative government has often been at odds with Brussels over controversial policies such as Europe's highest bank levy or hefty windfall taxes on selected business sectors.


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Isaac near hurricane force off U.S. Gulf Coast

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By Scott Malone and Kathy Finn, August 28, 2012

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Isaac was near hurricane force as it bore down on the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday and was expected to make landfall in the New Orleans area seven years after it was devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

Isaac's swirling winds and rain could pose a major test of New Orleans' new flood control systems and reinforced levees. Forecasts from the U.S. National Hurricane Center showed the storm barreling ashore late on Tuesday or early Wednesday near southeastern Louisiana.

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012 Lady Portia ~~Your happiness and your new world are ready to be made known to you ~

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012

Lady Portia ~~Your happiness and your new world are ready to be made known to you ~~ 28/08/2012 by GLR Méline Lafont.

 
 
 
My dearest Hearts, I Am Lady Portia, and I want to elaborate in all earnesty about your Ascension process and your huge transformations that you are all undergoing presently. I wish to add that you are all most welcome in my Love energy of Light and of splendour. You are all much affected by my energies for they bring out the worst in you to get replaced by the best and most beautiful energies. You are all turned upside down and inside out in order to get the most out of you because all lower energies, and I really do mean all of them, have to be eliminated as they no longer serve you.

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