"
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- World's second largest airline Delta Air Lines said on Monday that all its flights worldwide scheduled for departure were grounded due to a widespread system failure.
""Due to a computer outage, flights awaiting departure are currently delayed. Flights en route are operating normally,"" the company said in a statement.
The computer breakdown was caused by a power outage at Delta's headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia at about 2:30 a.m. (0630 GMT) Monday morning, it said.
""Large-scale cancellations are expected today,"" said the statement.
The exact number of flights and passengers affected by the disruption was not available at the moment. However, according to aviation database provider OAG, it was estimated that about 3,300 Delta flights were scheduled for departure on Monday worldwide.
"
There are many words that come to mind when the name Martin Luther King Paulo Gazzaniga Jersey , Jr. is spoken. Peace, freedom, friendship and harmony are but a few terms which remind us of King's passion and hard work to make the United States a place where people of all races can unite, and be one as a society. As we celebrated the 25th federal observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday on January 17, 2011, we were reminded about what exactly King wanted and desired for America as a country. We need to understand where he came from, and why he did what he did. Most importantly Pau Lopez Jersey , we need to take a step back and see if we, as a nation, have really made progress and achieved King's dream of total unification and peace.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15th, 1929 to parents Martin Luther King, Sr., and Alberta Williams. He was a gifted and intelligent young man Nabil Bentaleb Jersey , who, at the age of 15, skipped both the ninth and twelfth grades, and went straight to college. By the age of 24, King married Coretta Scott in Alabama; the couple had 4 children together.
Martin Luther King, Jr. became a civil rights activist early on in his career, promoting the vision of a "color blind society." He participated in many nonviolent movements and protests, including the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott Moussa Sissoko Jersey , the 1963 March on Washington, where he presented his "I Have a Dream" speech, and he also helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957. King's efforts to end racial segregation and discrimination were noticed and rewarded, as Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1964, became the youngest person to ever receive the Nobel Peace Prize. By 1968, King had decided to refocus his efforts and try to end both poverty and the Vietnam War.
However Mousa Dembele Jersey , not everyone agreed with and respected King, because on April 4th, 1968, James Earl Ray assassinated Martin Luther King, Jr. while King stood on his hotel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. King died at 39 years of age, but according to biographer, Taylor Branch Michel Vorm Jersey , Martin Luther King's autopsy revealed that King had the heart of a 60 year-old man, probably due to the thirteen years of civil rights stress.
Martin Luther King, Jr. died a prominent leader and activist of the civil rights movement. His dreams of equality continue to inspire many people and his famous words freedom still live on today. Martin Luther King Day was established as a U.S. federal holiday in 1986, and as we celebrated 2011's MLK Day, many reflected and noticed how much has changed since the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
Today, America is a stronger nation than it was 4 decades ago. Martin Luther King, Jr. could only hope and wish for the extent to which equality is seen in our modern society. We have come far in achieving King's dream of children of all races going to school with one another and playing together. We have moved much closer to realizing King's dream of blacks and whites living civilly as neighbors and friends. We've seen King's vision of peace and harmony among races become reality in our "salad-bowl" nation.
The 1960s and the civil rights movement may seem like a long time ago-even though it has only been 4 decades. Some of us can still remember those days like they were yesterday. Hal Fleming, in his book Kyle Walker-Peters Jersey , Once Upon a Storm, takes the reader back to the emergence of the drug culture, rock and roll, and the fight for civil rights-through a story of mystery, deceit and passion. It is set in the 1960s during a time when not everyone was accepted.
This fascinating book follows a number of characters on their journeys, to a time when opinions of war and racism were freely spoken. Times become turbulent for the characters when Felicity, a white debutante, and Buddy Kyle Walker Jersey , a folk singer of West Indian descent, find passion and friendship with one another amid hard times. Because these two are of different races and backgrounds, not everyone approves of their relationship, and Felicity and Buddy are torn apart.
Once Upon a Storm, which can be purchased at Amazon, is a consuming read of adventure, love, and civil unrest. Hal Fleming vividly illustrates the unique times that marked 1960s Kieran Trippier Jersey , including the turbulence of the civil rights movement. Martin Luther King, Jr., is described as "the King," the King of harmony and justice among the many races of this nation. The March on Washington and the famous "I Have a Dream Speech" inspires Buddy, a rudderless and sexually promiscuous celebrity, to find meaning in his life and to join the fight for freedom and equality.
Find out more about Once Upon a Storm by visiting www.halflem.
NAIROBI, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Peaceful elections in Africa, a continent that had been haunted by election-related violence, have started becoming a reality, hence guaranteeing continued stability and development.
The latest case is presidential elections in Chad on April 10. H. Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys http://www.wholesalecollegejerseysforcheap.com/ Wholesale Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys Wholesale Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale Soccer Jerseys Cheap Cheap Jerseys From China