Today's Events
 

Today's Events

1. Mothering Day, UK: 13-03-2011

Have a great day all you Mummys!!!

2. Daylight Savings Time (U.S.): 13-03-2011

Don't forget to put your clocks forward all you Americans!!

Remember the old saying

"FALL" back, "SPRING" forward,,,,, :D

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Where I'm at we watch everyone else turn clocks ahead...... Ours Never Move..

:grins:

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Ditto itisjust4fun we don't either. But believe me they are still trying to do it. Plans of doing half of Queensland on DST and the other half not??? How stupid.
Family living a mile away can be on DST and going to bed and you turn up for a visit??? Now that's intelligence for you. Leave things as is, Status Quo I say.

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Quite right too, they use the excuse its for the farmers, but I dont know anyone in the UK that agrees with it. Its daft. Im adding it to the vbe calendar and other events so I hope we automatically see reminders of special events at the bottom of the main page when they occur

Please give me special dates in Canada, US, Aussie and UK so I dont miss them

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US launches military action against Libya



President Barack Obama authorized limited military action against Libya Saturday, saying Moammar Gadhafi's continued assault on his own people left the U.S. and its international partners with no other choice. The Pentagon said 112 cruise missiles were launched from US and UK ships and subs, hitting 20 targets. Obama said military action was not his first choice.
"This is not an outcome the U.S. or any of our partners sought," Obama said from Brazil, where he is starting a five-day visit to Latin America. "We cannot stand idly by when a tyrant tells his people there will be no mercy."
A senior military official said the U.S. launched air defenses Saturday with strikes along the Libyan coast that were launched by Navy vessels in the Mediterranean. The official said the assault would unfold in stages and target air defense installations around Tripoli, the capital, and a coastal area south of Benghazi, the rebel stronghold.
Obama declared once again that the United States would not send ground forces to Libya, though he said he is "deeply aware" of the risks of taking any military action.
Earlier in the day, Obama warned that the international community was prepared to act with urgency.
"Our consensus was strong, and our resolve is clear. The people of Libya must be protected, and in the absence of an immediate end to the violence against civilians our coalition is prepared to act, and to act with urgency," Obama said.
Top officials from the U.S., Europe and the Arab world meeting in Paris, where they announced Saturday immediate military action to protect civilians caught in combat between Gadhafi's forces and rebel fighters. American ships and aircraft were poised for action but weren't participating in the initial French air missions.
As the military action was announced, French fighter jets swooped over Benghazi, the opposition stronghold that was stormed by Libyan government forces earlier Saturday, in defiance of a proclaimed ceasefire

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Totally agree with you The Ethereal Being