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13/08/2023

By J.W. Rich How do you cover up an atomic bomb? The same way you cover up anything else: you don’t allow people to know what really happened. Of course, the magnitude and power of a mush…

13/08/2023

Indonesia’s 2024 presidential election may force the country to reckon with its authoritarian past and the frailties of its contemporary democracy, writes Liam Gammon (ANU).

13/08/2023

Extremely low frequency electromagnetic signal produced by speeding subs can be picked up by available devices, researchers say.

13/08/2023

Last weekend, Saudi Arabia hosted a two-day summit in Jeddah dedicated to ending the war in Ukraine. Nearly 40 countries attended, including the United States, India, and dozens across Eu…

13/08/2023

Japan plans to turn transport aircraft into ad-hoc missile carriers operating from austere and remote airstrips and using a system with significant tactical, operational and strategic implications …

13/08/2023

In theory, it is a peninsula, but actually, for all practical purposes, it is an island. South Korea is separated from the rest of the Asian continent by its intractable half-brother to the North, …

11/08/2023

The Albanese government announced its new International Development Policy which aims to create the foundations for a peaceful, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific.

11/08/2023

On Friday, August 4, eleven Chinese and Russian naval vessels sailed near the U.S. Aleutian Islands in Alaska, leading the Navy to dispatch four destroyers and a P-8 maritime patrol aircraft to monitor the formation. “This is unprecedented,” remarked U.S.

10/08/2023

Indonesia's commitment to acquiring advanced Rafale Jets enhances national security and bolsters aeronautical industry growth.

10/08/2023

The ongoing conflict in Myanmar has characteristics that extend beyond its internal boundaries, including regional and global dimensions. The ongoing violence in Myanmar has significant implication…

10/08/2023

China's military has undergone its biggest leadership shake-up in a decade after two top generals overseeing the country's nuclear arsenal vanished from public view and, with little explanation, were removed from their posts

05/08/2023

Australia continues to stock up on long-range precision firepower to deter China’s rapidly growing military footprint in the Pacific, with the first test-firing of the US Army Tactical Missile Syst…

05/08/2023

04/07/2023

Featured Book Title “Henry's Stories of the Sea”
Author: Harry H. Krane
140 X 216mms
222 pages
illustrated by the author
ISBN: 978-1-922958-43-3
Non-fiction / Sea Stories
RRP $24.95
SID HARTA PUBLISHERS, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

The Book
The tramp steamers went anywhere and everywhere. As the workhorses of the sea, they were cheaper than other cargo boats, so conditions were also cheap, dangerous and unpleasant.

The events and people in this publication are drawn from real life. The stories are about real people, real ships, real shipping companies and real situations. It is meant to be an amusing set of sea stories, offering a small glimpse into the constant hardships for seamen on the old tramp steamers as they ploughed the oceans of the world for so many years.
Henry, now in his nineties told many of his stories to his son whilst he was a youngster. This work is putting some of these stories of the life at sea into permanent memory. Henry was at sea for 5 years a total of 1,827 days so what is contained herein is just a small insight, but a completely different view from the many other books that romanticise the life at sea.

Author bio
Dr Harry H. Krane PhD was involved in education as a teacher, counsellor, researcher, consultant and writer. He also worked in private practice as a psychologist. Dr Krane’s background included the trades (fitting and turning), engineering, metal works, commercial art, tertiary education, industrial design and environmental psychology. As a retired Adjunct Professor, he taught for twenty-five years at Monash and RMIT Universities in Melbourne, Australia, lecturing to undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Other Works
The Third Culture (1972)
Building Blocks — Psychartechnology (1978)
Resolution of the Duality Syndrome (PhD Thesis) (1990)
IEM — Incidental English for Migrants in Australia (2005)
Building blocks — A Duality Of Thinking (2018)
Republished Works
IEM — Incidental English for Migrants in Australia (2014)
Works With Other Authors
ABETA Correspondence School (1956)
A New Education (1972)
Education for Survival in the Third Culture (1972)
IEM — Incidental English for Migrants in Australia (1974)
A Duality of Thinking (1981)
An Interdisciplinary Education (1981)
Acknowledged Contributions to Other Authors
Drawing Your Worlds (1987)

30/06/2023

China, like the rest of the world, was transfixed by the Wagner Group’s tactical advance on Moscow, threatening the Russian government.

30/06/2023

The manufactured ‘China threat’ is really about Taiwan’s hidden drive for independence and America’s need to preserve regional dominance.

30/06/2023

The US counter-intelligence centre said an update to Beijing’s anti-espionage legislation, that goes into effect on July 1, could compel companies’ locally employed Chinese nationals to assist in Chinese intelligence efforts.

30/06/2023

The Wall Street Journal reported this month that the People’s Republic of China has heavily invested in a cash-strapped Cuba in exchange for access to an electronic intelligence collection (ELINT) …