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Imagine the Return to a Revolutionary Ideal
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Once upon a time there was the Black Robe Regiment which was the name given by the British to the Colonial Preachers who supported American independence. Not only did they preach independence, they very often were officers in the militias against the Red Coats. The British did all they could to murder these preachers and many gave their lives for the Revolution but the danger did not curtail the Black Robe Regiment preachers who refused to be cowed and were one of the main inspirations of the American revolution. Their sermons inspired and often their brash and brave actions kept the Revolution alive and brought a number of victories against the odds with their bravery and words motivating their fellow congregants often at the most crucial of moments. The United States owes much of the founding in the fighting and the religious basis of the Founding Fathers and the state legislators whose input and approvals were required in the formation of both the federation of America and then the Constitution which was the foundation for the United States of America. There is a possibility that the Revolution could have failed without the local inspiration and organization which was often centered around the churches and their Black Robe Regiment preachers.
Black Robe Regiment
All that changed in 1954 at the behest of Texas Senator Lyndon Baines Johnson's proposed legislation to amend the tax codes affecting houses of worship such as churches, synagogues, mosques, or temples and other nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) tax exemptions. The amended tax code limited the freedom of speech by members of organizations and entities who had tax exempt status under 501(c)(3) regulations making any political speech such as supporting a candidate, party or other specified political speech. The amendment to the tax codes was named for its presenter and is called the Johnson Amendment. Particularly prohibited was conducting political campaign activities to intervene in elections to public office or other sermonizing which may be perceived as backing a candidate or party. The language was vague and unspecific enough that many clergy were silenced from mentioning even certain Bible passages near election times as they might be construed as taking sides on a campaign issue and by doing so backing a particular candidate or party. Such brought to an end political preaching from the pulpit, at least in theory as some such still exists but as long as the parishioners are singing the same tune, nobody complains and such activity continues. This was specifically used to target and silence clergy from endorsing candidates. Over time this embargo on political speech became partisan in nature in too many locations as a ban against conservative politicking while backing leftist causes or progressive Democrat candidates. Still, care was taken to never mention any names and instead to often mimic campaign slogans working them into sermons or choosing verses carefully for recitation which would appear to back one candidate's positions or damn the opposing candidate. Still, clergy still need be far more reserved and careful and a far cry from the history of clergy, especially when one remembers the Black Robe Regiment.
Texas Senator Lyndon Baines Johnson
Should Donald Trump as president keep his word and successfully repeal the Johnson Amendment thus freeing certain tax exempt institutions and their personnel from conducting any political activities, especially campaigning or endorsing candidates, imagine the consequences. We would witness the liberation of the clergy and the resultant rebirth potentially of a new Black Robe regiment preaching and supporting political positions more aligned with their religious beliefs. There need be no great fears from secularists as they won't be in houses of worship forced to hear any sermonizing, especially political sermonizing. Rescinding this regulation, expunging it from the tax code, would be a strike for freedom of speech. Placing a political muzzle on the clergy and threatening their tax exempt status was a bad idea from the start, one might even say criminal. But then Lyndon Baines Johnson was not exactly known for tact or freedom of expression for anybody disagreeing with his views. He was better known for strong-arming political rivals by any and all means at his disposal. This was most evident during his time as President which also served to allow his passing every piece of legislation which became the backbone of his "Great Society" and a remaking of the social safety net and the start of an increased welfare system. Some have blamed this for many societal problems being faced by American society currently. Just maybe a little moralizing before Election Day voting would serve as a positive influence. Just Maybe.
The Threat Facing Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Others in Gaza
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Tags: Artillery, Civilian Combatant Ratio, Counter Fire Systems, Drone Strategy, Egypt, Escallations, Former President Morsi, Hamas, Iron Dome, ISIS, Islamic Jihad, Islamic Purity, Islamic Threats, Israel, Israeli Defense Force, Mortar, President Sisi, Presise Radar, Rocket, United States
This summer may prove to end differently than previous summers; it may end without the usual rocket attacks ramping to a crescendo eventually forcing Israel to mount an offensive to put an end to the rockets raining down on Israeli civilian areas. This came to mind that the summer rocket season may have started as a rocket was fired into Israel instigating an Israeli response. Those of us who follow the news in Israel are well attuned to the Hamas and friends usual offensive play out. It starts with a single rocket followed by an arrest to show the European and other Western media that Hamas is a real governing body that does what they can to interdict terrorist activities, especially rockets launched into Israel. There will be a few weeks where one or two rockets are fired on Israel with a smattering of arrests of supposed rocket launchers. The one item missing from actual governance is there are never any arrests of those running the production of the rockets. Also, before launching at Israel, Hamas holds some tests firings into the Mediterranean Sea of their newest rocket designs to test their accuracy and range. If this ends up being a normal summer, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Fatah and the rest will start to fire a rocket a day after the first few weeks of slowly ramped up rocket firing into Israel. Within the next three weeks there will be increases in rocket launches into Israel initially forcing Israel to deploy Iron Dome interception batteries around the civilian areas to protect the population. The launches soon reach tens of rockets per day to eventually hundreds of rockets, many fired in barrages, eventually forcing an Israeli military response into Gaza. Then will begin the Great Hypocrisy.
The comparison is easy to make if the media were not attempting to sensationalize the story and make it all about how Israel is causing disproportional civilian casualties. There will be daily releases of each day's body count as well as a running body count intended to depict Israel as inflicting such harm while there really was no need as virtually no Israeli had been harmed by anything Hamas, Islamic Jihad et al had done. So what if a few rockets are launched at the Israelis as most do not strike built up areas and those that might are intercepted with amazing success by the Iron Dome systems. That lead story sets up the body count comparisons. So, exactly what causes such a high body count within Gaza and such a comparatively low casualty count in Israel? Israel has an extensive warning Code Red System in place where as soon as rockets are fired, using advanced tracking radars the Israelis plot its most probable strike profile and then sound Code Red alarms off in any area which potentially could be struck and the Israelis head into shelters and safe rooms until the threat subsides. This alone would make for a minimized number of casualties within Israel. Secondly, Israel deploys the Iron Dome Intercept Systems around the civilian areas where it will serve the most effective. These systems track the rockets very carefully and can with great accuracy compute their trajectory and determine whether or not each rocket will strike within urban or other populated areas. These systems will compute which battery needs to intercept rockets determined to strike populated areas and then the Iron Domes fire an intercept rocket and intercept the rockets with an unbelievable over ninety percent success rate thus adding another layer of protection.
On the Hamas ruled Gaza areas the story is quite different. The first thing to remember is that Israel pulled every Israeli civilian, police and military personnel out of Gaza during the disengagement intended to permit the Arab Palestinian Authority, their presumed governance, to take control of the area and prove their ability to run an efficient governance. This experiment gave almost immediate results which were less than promising as the well-armed and United States trained Arab Palestinian Authority armed forces were unable to prevent the Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other terror entities from launching a coup which sent the Arab Palestinian Authority troops running for their lives into Israel and eventually back to their protected areas in Judea and Samaria. The showing of force put up by the Arab Palestinian Authority troops who were trained in Jordan by United States Special Forces and armed with modern weapons by the United States proved to be of little value when it came to protecting Gaza and its Arab Palestinian Authority governance. They were almost as pitiful as the Iraqi troops have proved in fighting ISIS, and this may prove problematic in the near future. This means that Gaza is a self-ruled entity which is governed by a coalition of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other terrorist representatives who are intentionally kept separate from the actual terror acts they willingly permit to be launched and financed by the Gaza leadership, which is only loosely allied with the actual government. So, we need to remember two items. First is that Gaza has been a separate area outside of any Israeli influence since the disengagement in August of 2005. Second is that Gaza has its protection and governance provided by terrorist government provided mostly by Hamas and Islamic Jihad which also runs their police and military units as well.
With Hamas and Islamic Jihad responsible for protecting the civilian population of Gaza, one might inquire exactly what kind of protection is provided by their governing bodies and their military forces which term is loosely applied to the terrorist forces which wear face concealing ski masks and often parade through Gaza City shooting AK 47s and other weapons into the air as a show of force and meant to impress upon the civilians exactly who is in charge in Gaza, as if they need constant reminders and cowing. Hamas, Islamic Jihad and company (HIJ) have an extremely unique system in place to protect the Arab and other civilians within their jurisdiction; they initially rely on Israel taking extreme care in choosing their targets when they strike such that the possibilities for human losses are minimized. The recent strike was a perfect example as Israel struck a rocket making facility and storage area, otherwise known as a Hamas government building of importance, at an hour which was most likely to prove it to be unmanned and thus having the least possibility for civilian casualties. This is the first line of protection provided by Hamas, Islamic Jihad and company, a complete reliance that Israel will minimize the possibility of civilian casualties. It must be noted that should this actually highly effective manner in which Israel provides for the safety of the Arab population in Gaza, then it can be counted on that there will be press conferences and memos sent to every media agency listing the name, number of unfortunates who now have no means of support and everything required for a fully fleshed out story about the horrors under these incessant Israeli strikes which appear to have no rhyme or reason and just come out of the blue. This rendition of the events will be copied studiously by the reporters as they would not want to have to explain to HIJ how and why their story did not include the entirety of the story line and Heaven forbid should the fact that the responses by Israel are to the provocations of the rockets raining down on their civilian populations. It can never be reported that HIJ have been launching rockets into Israel targeting civilian targets in hopes of maximizing casualties. If it proves necessary to report that HIJ have been firing rockets into Israel, such mention must come after the coverage of the Israeli strike and be framed as much as possible as a retaliatory strike for the Israeli initialized cycle of violence. HIJ know exactly what story must be made the central pillar of the coverage and this is largely predicated on the idea that Israel started the violence, while Arabs are being murdered by Israeli strikes there have been almost no Israeli casualties and most hypocritical is that Israel has not positioned any of the Iron Dome batteries in Gaza to protect the civilians in Gaza, especially in Gaza City and the refugee camp located on the outskirts of Gaza City. There is also never any question of why there are Arab refugees held in Gaza as refugees but not permitted citizenship or freedom, very peculiar, are not these so-called refugees part of the Arab Palestinian population which needs to be repatriated with the rest of the Arab Palestinian population such as that of Gaza? Sometimes one just has to go, 'Huh??!??'
Once the rocket fire by HIJ out of Gaza and striking in Israel with many targeted at civilian population centers and Israel is launching return fire with the intent of destroying the launch site, then HIJ immediately apply their second level of protection for their Arab population. This is a very interesting system used by HIJ as it makes one wonder how it is supposed to minimize the number of Arab residents injured or killed, especially children, during periods of exchanges of fire with the Israelis using highly accurate artillery in counter-fire modality. Counter-fire modality is a highly technological achievement which can be found in the arsenals of most advanced nations. The manner in which this functions is almost automatic and with minimal human input other than to interdict to prevent a return fire for some reason. The event train of counter-fire technology is very simple to explain and much harder to accomplish. Upon the firing of a rocket, artillery round or mortar fired the radars intercept its trajectory and which type of projectile is being tracked. These radar systems are so pin-point accurate in their calculations and so fast that human response of similar complexity would take hours, but that is why we have computers and advanced systems. The computers use the trajectory and type of projectile to compute both its likely area it will strike and even more accurately the exact location from which it was fired. This second set of coordinates are then automatically fed to the fire and control module of an artillery piece which then targets the location and fires a return round meant to destroy the firing location and equipment preventing its further use. All of this computing, targeting and firing of the return counter-fire takes less than fifteen seconds until the computed and counter-fired round strike its target. The HIJ system employed to prevent casualties is allowing and even encouraging children, often under age ten, to stand around the firing battery so they can see how it works. This evil use of children just to provide media coverage pictures of a slaughter, the more gruesome the better and children killed is putting the cherry on top as such guarantees front page top of the fold coverage of the inhuman carnage caused by Israel. The eventual story and caption to the article will completely ignore the five ton artillery piece having been rendered a twisted wreck at the center of the carnage as the pictures will be ever so carefully framed so as to not include the weapons which was central to the attack.
The hypocritical and inhuman use of women and children goes much further. When HIJ knows of a coming Israeli air strike, something requiring the most minimal of intelligence work as the Israelis will first send a drone or strike aircraft to pass over the location and environment around it dropping leaflets warning of the coming air strike advising the people to be elsewhere for the immediate future. Upon such warnings the HIJ controlled radio station will make a call for women and children to protect the building or whatever target by ringing the roof or target location with their bodies such that upon reaching the location to make the strike the IDF pilot will see the civilians and abort the strike mission. Once again HIJ is depending on the humanity of the Israeli soldiers and airmen and directly risking their civilians' lives. Another defense of the people provided by the HIJ leadership is their placements of their rocket launchers, mortar tubes and artillery pieces. It is a rule of warfare to place such tools of war distant from places where civilians are gathered, especially if such place is purported to be a safe zone by their government, but HIJ commanders and operatives intentionally place these weapon systems adjacent to civilian designated shelters counting on the human carnage which such acts potentially can cause when counter-fire systems are being utilized by the other side, a practice often employed by forces to destroy such enemy position and a known system used by Israel. The HIJ forces have been known to place rocket and mortar launching systems on the roof of buildings being utilized for displaced civilians to be cared for, schools and even hospitals. Israeli counter-fire systems are given the coordinates for schools and hospitals and these locations and close proximity require a human to interject and permit such strikes only if the location has multiple launchers or other extenuating circumstances which might make firing necessary. These officers make their decisions with the full knowledge that every such decision will be reviewed by a panel of ranking officers which will include non-infantry and line officers and may include lawyers from the JAG offices. Such consideration likely caution the officers making such decisions to opt for the most passive of responses and not risk a strike going bad.
The final hypocrisy is the HIJ commanders place the majority of their troops and leadership underground in their bunker and tunnel systems. If instead of being utilized to strike more effectively at the Israelis the HIJ commanders would allow for Gazans to also take refuge in these sheltered areas there would be far fewer civilian casualties. Unfortunately the HIJ commanders would rather have a larger than necessary body count so as to be able to point to the fact that the Gazans have died as a result of Israeli actions than have Israelis died from anything HIJ had succeeded in doing. The implication is that Israel does not care and ruthlessly murders innocent Arab Gazans as all one need do is view the disparity in the numbers of casualties. Never mind that the Israeli forces attained the highest percentage of combatant to civilian ratio than any other modern day army in recent history and far superior ratio than the drone strikes ordered by United States Presidents Bush or Obama where the ratios approached nine-to-one civilian to combatant kill ratios. That is nine civilians killed for every combatant killed in the United States drone strike program since 2010 while during Protective Edge Israeli actions in Gaza killed at a one-to-one ratio, a far better average than the United States drone strikes which President Obama had lauded as one of the best and most effective programs available to strike terror targets. Meanwhile, a review of the media coverage of the Protective Edge military intervention from last summer we find some telling trends. The main theme was 'disproportionality' which accused Israel of using disproportionate force. This was a farce in that the HIJ forces fired a greater number of rockets, artillery and mortar rounds intended for Israeli population centers than Israel fired or bombed in Gaza. Israeli strikes were clearly intended for military targets and safeguards were taken in an attempt to minimize civilian casualties in Gaza. It was in order to minimize Civilian casualties which led to the Israeli ground troops going into Gaza rather than continuing to use aircraft and counter-fire ordinance. Had Israel honestly not cared about loss of life in Gaza she could have indiscriminately fired into Gaza City where most of the HIJ firing locations were placed and simply leveled all of Gaza city and the bordering refugee camp, Arab Palestinian refugee camp. Israel did not need to send her young men into urban areas to fight the most dangerous and difficult of all forms of warfare. This also is why the Arab casualty count was so high and needlessly so. Despite the lie that Gaza is so heavily populated that HIJ forces have no choice but to fire from urban areas as no open areas exist, this is disproven when one also remembers that the HIJ spokespeople often criticize Israel for not doing enough to allow for the Gazan farmers to get their produce to market. Farmers? That means farms, right? That means open fields if I remember what farming requires. We covered this in the article "Gaza, Hamas, Corrected Falsehoods, Frightening Realities". There is a short video exposing the placement of rocket launching sites to endanger civilians, this time reporters staying in one of Gaza's hotels, and has a small map showing the urban areas versus the open areas where according to the rules of war is where one is supposed to place their artillery, rockets and mortar tubes.
But there may be a wholly different war this summer and it has nothing at all to do with Israel initially. There have been threats against Hamas, which will mean all of HIJ, made by ISIS claiming that they have been too light and easy in their so-called war with Israel. That is ISIS's complaint, not mine. ISIS has promised HIJ that they will soon be replaced by real Islamic warriors who fight for the glory of Allah, not wimps such as those forces so ineffective against Israel who are unable of even keeping up a continuous level of assault. So, ISIS is threatening to come in and firstly make sure that the Gazans and the members of HIJ meet the strict standards if ISIS in their observance of the proper and righteous form purported by ISIS. What will be interesting should this calamity strike the people of Gaza, I am less concerned about the holy and Islamic members of HIJ as their stringent observance of Islam has to be beyond question, at least which is what I have understood their statements to prove. Maybe ISIS has a different measure of Islamic purity than the various members of HIJ, though I am a bit concerned for the members of the nationalist and secular Fatah members. There is a definitive possibility that ISIS will arrive just in time to judge the efforts made by HIJ as they should be getting close to hitting their stride and launching over a hundred projectiles a day into Israel. Past experience has taught the world that this is where Israel draws the line, seventy-five or so missiles a day, potentially understandable, moving towards one-hundred, not as easily explained away and may require avoiding public appearances and microphones, over one-hundred a day, well now you've gone and gotten Israeli leaders undivided attention. This will be made obvious as speeches will ring forth from the podium of the Knesset. You will know you are in a dire situation when the Prime Minister takes to the floor and demands an end to the rockets raining from Gaza or else. After that warning a simple launching of that two-hundred-fiftieth rocket and loose the IDF and the dogs of war. Then again, ISIS might actually mean that their forces in the Sinai Peninsula are going to be tasked with replacing HIJ this summer. They might need Gaza to hide from the Egyptian forces which Egyptian President Sisi (the opposite of ISIS) is reaching the end of his rope, a wholly different meaning than that will have for former Egyptian President Morsi in the near future. ISIS forces may believe they can hide in Gaza as that would place them beyond the reach of the Egyptian army, or at least that may be their assumption. Either way it sounds like HIJ may have some real problems heading their way and then ISIS will find that should Egyptian President Sisi really wish to strike them, their being in Gaza will be of no help as Israel will have no complaints for Egypt sweeping ISIS from Gaza would probably be looked upon favorably by the Israeli government. They might even place the IDF strategically around Gaza just to assure that no ISIS fighters or members of HIJ cross into Israel seeking sanctuary. Perhaps a sign put in place stating 'No Vacancies' would be helpful. Looks like any way one slices it, Gaza is in for a rough and tumble summer.
West Ignoring Fatah Naqba Day Message
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As has become customary in this new age, the messages by Mahmoud Abbas headed Fatah Party including its militant wing the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and the Arab Palestinians from within and outside the governing Palestinian Authority were united in their message during their fulfillment of their most cherished and important ideals this recently passed Naqba Day observances, the destruction of all of Israel by violent actions presumably conquering by force that which was stolen by force. Probably the most efficient way to convey their intended message would be to quote a direct translation made on the Fatah 'official' Facebook pages for May 14, 2015, which is Naqba Day (Day of the Catastrophe) where it was translated by PMW (Palestinian Media Watch) where the entry read, "What was taken by force can only be regained by force, the 67th anniversary of the Nakba." This post was accompanied by a poster remembering that this was presumably the 67th anniversary of Naqba Day seen below. It should be noted that one of the numerical figures has been constructed using a AK-47 assault rifle attached as the blade of an ornate and old key presumably to the home lost in 1948 during the formation of Israel and the ensuing Arab war to destroy Israel at birth and map showing all of Israel including all of the areas within the Green Line, the boundaries marking the frontline positions at the end of hostilities in 1949 which were the results of the two years of assault by seven Arab armies to destroy the nascent nations of Israel immediately after it was established on May 14, 1947, and all of Judea and Samaria, renamed West Bank by Jordan while they held those lands under occupation which were finally liberated after Jordan joined the forces of Syria and Egypt, then jointly referred to as the UAR (United Arab Republic) on the second day of the Six Day War in June of 1967, which matches the popular chant even repeated on the campuses of colleges and universities throughout the Western World which states, "From the (Jordan) River to the (Mediterranean) Sea, Palestine must be free."
PMW Naqba Day 67 Anniversary poster for the conquest of all of Israel by force replacing Israel with Palestine after removal of the Jews by any means necessary, an old and resurgent theme in Arab-Palestinian society directly resulting from government efforts through the media, schools and celebratory remembrances of the martyrs of the revolution naming streets, parks, schools, sporting events among other events and area after these martyrs.
The representation on the post puts to lie the claims made by Arab-Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in English when speaking to the Western leaders and media that all he seeks is the return of the lands liberated from Jordanian occupation resulting from the June 1967 Six Day War. Abbas often uses an obscure and easily misinterpreted claim to only desiring the 22% of the lands for the state of Palestine without defining what exactly he means by the 22% of the lands. Often this is interpreted by the Western media and political leaders to mean the areas of Gaza and Judea and Samaria (West Bank) which makes up just short of 23% of the total lands between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea which is quite close to the mentioned and implied 22% of the lands. There is another reference for 22% of the lands and that is the division of the British Mandate Lands dividing them along the Jordan River establishing what today is Jordan on the lands east of the Jordan River and bordering Iraq in the eastern border which constitutes exactly 78% of the lands of the British Mandate which the lands west of the Jordan River were promised to be totally used for the establishment of the Jewish State and never to be divided by guarantee of the British and allied powers at the time of the forming of Jordan after World War I, lands which equal exactly 22% of the British Mandate lands and the actual 22% Mahmoud Abbas claims for the making of Palestine. This demand that the 22% actually is meant to describe 22% of the British Mandate and equates exactly to the claims and decrees issued by Mahmoud Abbas, the Fatah Party he heads, the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization) which he cofounded in 1964 with Yasser Arafat for the purpose of destroying Israel replacing it with an Arab state freed of all Jewish presence three years before there was any occupation as the Western leaders define such meaning Gaza and Judea and Samaria, and the borders Abbas has demanded even before the United Nations, the lands constituting all of Israel both within the Green Line and the disputed and mislabeled occupied territories.
Another post was presumably made by the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades in commemoration of Naqba Day stated, "When the al-Asifa (the storm) roars and the nation applauds the eternal Fatah, the world's dwarfs should remain in their burrows." The mention of "world's dwarfs" in a reference which has two meanings in this declaration, the Israelis and particularly the IDF (Israeli Defense Force) and on a more general level to mean all the Western nations, their militaries and their peoples and is, obviously, meant in a very derogatory and demeaning reference implying their fear and submission before the all-powerful forces of Islam in general and the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades specifically. See depiction of the posting made by the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades depicting one of their terrorist members with his AK-47 holding a decorative headdress pointing towards the Fatah logo with two rifles clenched in fists placed over a map depicting the entirety of Israel, the actual target for the establishment of Palestine replacing Israel, not living side by side in peace as is often the claim allowed to stand by the silence of Abbas to its mention. His silence does not mean agreement as it is oft taken to mean, it merely means he prefers to allow you your mistaken beliefs as there is no need to correct a fool who is deaf to the words spoken by Abbas to the Arab-Palestinians in Arabic as to the Western media and leadership Arabic is a language which cannot, or must not, be translated into any Western language as then those words would need to be explained away, much easier to pretend the fool.
The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades commemoratory poster depicting one of their terrorist members with his AK-47 holding a decorative headdress in his hand and pointing towards the Fatah logo which bears two rifles clenched in fists and arms decorated in the declared colors representing the Arab-Palestinians all placed over a map depicting the entirety of Israel.
The theme of this year's Naqba Day also is a complete farcical redefinition of the connotation for the term Naqba which means 'catastrophe' but originated long before there were Arab-Palestinians or the PLO or Palestinian Authority. 'The Naqba' was the term applied to the formation of the Mandates over the province of Greater Syria by the Allied Powers after World War I. In the Mandates the area of Greater Syrian Province was divided into two parts, the northern Mandate which was assigned to France and the southern Mandate which was assigned to the British. It was this division and the new requirement for those Arab Muslims residing under the British Mandate in the south to get permission from both the British and the French to travel to Damascus which had become the new destination for the Arab Muslims of the areas of Greater Syria to perform a version of making of the Hajj. The formal definition for the Hajj required travel to Mecca except during the times when Mecca was under separate Islamic rulers than the Muslims in the area of Greater Syria, such as under the Ottoman Empire, there was a ban on travel between Greater Syria and the Arabian Peninsula and thus their being cut-off from Mecca and making the actual required Hajj at least once in their lifetime so the powers ruling over Greater Syria invented reasons to turn Damascus into the objected destination for the Hajj standing in, so to speak, for Mecca. The new requirement, though most likely a formality in order to retain assigned populations and prevent excessive travel which might lead to the fomenting of an uprising, thus the regulating of such travel caused great distress for the residents of British Mandate lands as they feared being cut-off from Damascus and that was a great hardship, a catastrophe even, and thus was called the Great Naqba all the way back in 1922 thus far preceding the adopted, or should we say stolen, use for Naqba Day. Of course this too was stolen by the Arab-Palestinian movement just as they have stolen the entire historical legacy of the Jewish People and with some changes adopted it to establish their claims to all of Israel as it was presumably their ancestral lands from, if one is to believe even the most absurd of claims, over nine-thousand years ago when they first settled in the area now making up Israel. The small fly in the ointment, about a ten ton fly in five ounces of ointment, is that they have no historic leaders' names. They claim Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon and many of the other names of leaders from the Jewish Bible and writings. It is interesting that they claim Noah as the Jews do not claim Noah as having been Jewish as Abraham, the first Jew, followed years after Noah and the ark and great flood and thus the Jews define Noah as one who had a relationship with G0d and was a righteous man amongst barbarians of the most uncouth and perverted nature who had invoked the wrath of G0d and were to be destroyed to the last individual with the exception of those taken aboard the ark. As they stole the Jewish history they stole from their own history and redefined Naqba not to mean difficulty in travel to Damascus but instead to the formation of a state for the Jewish People in their ancestral lands which even the Quran states that the lands are to belong to the Jews rightfully and be observed and permitted by Islam, but why bother with any truths at this late stage.
The declaration by virtually every side this marking of the founding of Israel as per the Western calendar, Israelis use the traditional Jewish Calendar thus the date is different on the Western Calendar every year which is good as it permits the Israeli celebrations to be less disturbed by the Arab-Palestinians with it not coinciding with their Naqba Day. One wonders why the Arab-Palestinians use the Western Calendar and not the Islamic Calendar. The reason is obvious, they wish to remind the Western world of the calamity which presumably beset them by the founding of Israel on almost a whole one percent of land in the midst of the sea of Muslim lands stretching from the Pacific Ocean in the southern Philippines all the way across Asia, the Central and Middle East and along northern Africa to Morocco on the Atlantic Ocean and it is that less than one percent which must be destroyed for the formation of a new and never before heard of state called Palestine. Some of the lands under Islamic rule have open spaces where nary an individual treads each year, let alone resides in, and these Arabs insist on taking the most populated space for the establishment of their state and demand the removal of any residing there who are in any way different than they.
This is interesting as how does one define the Arab-Palestinians who mostly arrived in the areas now under Israeli control within the past four or at most five generations, that equates to under a century. At the beginning and before the times the final decade and a half before the Twentieth Century saw the rebirth of the lands coinciding with the return of many Jews, the earliest Zionists returning to reclaim their homelands. These lands were mostly a collection of rocks, desert, swamps and ancient ruins with a few small pockets of barely populated cities with the greatest being Jericho, Akko, Tiberius, Jerusalem and a few other names familiar from the Old Testament. Probably one of the most famous descriptions of the lands of Israel, the Holy Lands, is the description from Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) writings across these lands in his worldly travels described in his writings titled, "Innocents Abroad" and specifically the parts described as "Mark Twain in the Holy Land." Perhaps a few excerpts will give a flavor of his reports starting with his most astonishing comment on Jerusalem compared to the city as it stands today he wrote, "A fast walker could go outside the walls of Jerusalem and walk entirely around the city in an hour. I do not know how else to make one understand how small it is." Describing the trip from at the Sea of Galilee in Chapter XLVII Twain wrote the following:
We traversed some miles of desolate country whose soil is rich enough, but is given over wholly to weeds — a silent, mournful expanse, wherein we saw only three persons — Arabs, with nothing on but a long coarse shirt like the "tow-linen" shirts which used to form the only summer garment of little negro boys on Southern plantations. Shepherds they were, and they charmed their flocks with the traditional shepherd's pipe — a reed instrument that made music as exquisitely infernal as these same Arabs create when they sing.
In their pipes lingered no echo of the wonderful music the shepherd forefathers heard in the Plains of Bethlehem what time the angels sang "Peace on earth, good will to men."
Part of the ground we came over was not ground at all, but rocks — cream-colored rocks, worn smooth, as if by water; with seldom an edge or a corner on them, but scooped out, honey-combed, bored out with eye-holes, and thus wrought into all manner of quaint shapes, among which the uncouth imitation of skulls was frequent. Over this part of the route were occasional remains of an old Roman road like the Appian Way, whose paving-stones still clung to their places with Roman tenacity.
Gray lizards, those heirs of ruin, of sepulchres and desolation, glided in and out among the rocks or lay still and sunned themselves. Where prosperity has reigned, and fallen; where glory has flamed, and gone out; where beauty has dwelt, and passed away; where gladness was, and sorrow is; where the pomp of life has been, and silence and death brood in its high places, there this reptile makes his home, and mocks at human vanity. His coat is the color of ashes: and ashes are the symbol of hopes that have perished, of aspirations that came to nought, of loves that are buried. If he could speak, he would say, Build temples: I will lord it in their ruins; build palaces: I will inhabit them; erect empires: I will inherit them; bury your beautiful: I will watch the worms at their work; and you, who stand here and moralize over me: I will crawl over your corpse at the last.
Such as that was the lands which today lie between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea and produce a richness of life, agriculture, invention, production and vibrancy returning the lands to their exalted state of preeminence and stature in the world. No longer are these lands ignored by the world and actually have become an unfortunate obsession beyond description. Often there appears to be a driving impetus to force these lands back to their quiet ruin described so aptly by Mark Twain who traveled and wrote in an age before political correctness ruled the tongues and pens of even the mightiest of men and the agencies of their minds and hands. The scorn once reserved for the Jew and often only the Jew has now turned their nation out claiming it to be a pariah amongst nations deserving of scorn and denounced in the harshest of terms whether they actually apply or not. There are groups formed around the idea that the multi-cultural state where women have equal rights and every religion is practiced freely with free and open elections should be deemed a practice of Apartheid while the neighboring nations it is forbidden for a Jew to tread and selling lands to a Jew is punishable by death, where ISIS beheads Christians and Muslims alike for failing to answer questions in their peculiar way, where women are not permitted to drive a vehicle and may only leave the house accompanied by a male relative, places where courts will convict a woman victim of rape to a sentence of death by stoning for having sexual relations with her rapist, where barbarity rules and civility a sign of weakness and forgiveness as much a sin as the sin being forgiven, but Israel is the oppressive nation. This is the state of the world and if the leaders of Israel and the world do not awaken and view the horrors that are fast approaching then once again, and potentially for the final time for many millennia, mankind will gather their swords and shields, their bows and arrows, their aligns and spears and prepare to do battle. The problem is the new weapons do not require even facing one's enemies to destroy them. Now one pressed the red button, flips a plastic switch, launches a deadly missile and an entire city is consumed in the blast leaving nothing standing, nothing breathing and a band of pain and eventual death at the edges of what was. Armies of steel beast shoot flames pushing projectiles with great speed and greater accuracy and the steel beasts from both sides burst into flames and roast their crews alive. Silver and black birds grace the skies dropping fiery eggs which streak to their target leaving twisted wreckage in its wake. These birds fire streaking spears aimed at the other's signature locked by computers removing most chances for failure guaranteeing a defrocked bird falling, crashing in flames to the earth below. This war will not require the gathering of great armies for the new armies are automated destruction on scales never before imagined unless those who claim we were once greater than today and we destroyed it all and began again are correct and we are repeating an ancient calamity from which a few may restart and soon forget the higher math and nuclear physics and start by planting seeds and tending herds avoiding areas which nobody dares to tread as only death rules these desolate skeleton of once great metropolises. There will be a great forgetting as the necessity of assuring food will replace the need for education, especially education which produced the destruction because mankind has never invented weapons so powerful that he refused to use it and thermo-nuclear tipped missiles will be no exception. Especially as the next nuclear race will arm those who are largely oblivious to the horrors the use of such weapons are and will have little compunction towards utilizing such weapons as their preferred first-strike equalizer. The abhorrence will come far too late to save civilization from the least civil amongst us. Perhaps this is why mankind will never develop much past tribal affiliations ruled by clannish patriarchs whose minds are fueled by testosterone, not refined postulations and cost analysis, they desire only victory no matter how hollow so they may inherit the world, but this world will be the result of an End of Days scenario turning all into a world made largely of ashes.


"The church needs many repairs but the most important is our need for children, our future. I would love to see the children have computers to help them be ready for the real world."
Alana was at work when she got the good news. Her co-worker at the law firm, Karen, made sure Alana was at her desk. Karen's daughter, Shelley, was standing by with a camera so this mom and daughter team was a big help. When Alana got the news, she was screaming into the phone! It was such a fun call to make. Alana later told us that the Pastor's wife was "floored" at the news. We also learned that 30 members of the church prayed for 30 days for a blessing and that this was it. What a great feeling.
We heard that they just graduated another class from the Christian school in June. "The computers and furniture continue to work and look great," says Alana. "Thank you for securing the future of the babies."
Also, one of Alana's poems was recently published in Optimal Living Magazine.
Alana sent a note to say the church school now has 8 children who are enjoying the new bright, colorful environment. They learn Spanish - it's amazing to see a 4 year old count to ten in Spanish!
We got some photos from Alana so now we can all see the new computer lab she gave to her church and all the other great stuff that will benefit the congregation and its children.
Alana tells us that everything has arrived. She has taken pictures of the new classroom and also pictures of this year's graduates but still has not gotten the film developed. It is on her to do list. The kids are all on summer break but returning to vacation bible school soon. We look forward to seeing her photos soon.
Alana tells us that she's received most of her new supplies and the tables are really cute! Also, the computers have been installed and by next week, all the new furniture will be installed, set up, and shined up! She promises to send photos.
4/04: Jenny wrote... "Alana, these children will benefit for years to come because of you. Congratulations."
4/04: Damon wrote... "Congrats, Alana. Your dream has come true and it's going to make a real impact in your church and community. Your gift will really help the children and spark their future."
4/05: Anthony wrote... "God Bless you, Alana!.... The children of the church will enjoy this new blessing. I'm sure this was awesome for your daughter Kelly to get this on camera. Plus thanks to Karen for making sure Alana was at her desk."
4/07: Terri wrote... "Hi Alana, the kids will never forget what you've done for them. This is truly a turning point in their lives. Also, the power of prayer is at work! Congratulations!"
4/11: Jeanine wrote... "Congratulations! This award epitomizes how wonderful you are! You've had your own trials but you still think of everyone else. You've been my friend and inspiration for many years now. Thank you! What a wonderful thing for the children. Love you, Jeanine"


What to do first on a cruise.
Many first time cruisers wonder if there is a protocol for the period immediately after boarding. Is there a special place to gather? Are passengers required to immediately sign up for the shore excursions? Or, go wait in their rooms to be told what to do next?
The answer is as varied as the passengers. The most common answer is to check out the cabin and then get something to eat. If the ship is leaving shortly, it might be fun to stand on deck and watch the port fade away, perhaps with a camera in hand the whole time.
Others like to wait in their cabins until the luggage arrives and meet the cabin steward. This is a perfect time to get to know the staff that will be handling room service and if you are so inclined, offer a small advance on the tip. Sometimes a couple of dollars offered early can help ensure top-rated service.
Many passengers say the first thing they do is check out the ship, including finding their staterooms. One tip that rose recently was to carry a piece of colored yarn, a door hanger or some cheap beads to hand on the cabin door knob. It can make finding the cabin much easier among a whole hall filled with similar looking doors.
Still other recommend dropping the carry-on luggage at the stateroom and then immediately checking on the seating for dinner. It might also be advisable to locate the main stairways, elevators and entry/exit points from the various onboard rooms.
The best recommendation is simply to have fun. Relax and enjoy the experience. Great Lakes cruises are about the fun of the experience and the relaxation of being away from day-to-day problems. So, get something to eat, check out the cabin or just stand on deck and watch the port fall behind, all options are good.


I went on 08/07/2014 and 08/08/2014. Unfortuatenly due to short funds and it being a ( 3 ) hour drive we did not participate in their Hunka Hunka Burning Lights from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. to celebrate Elvis' last ride on the Zippin Pippin back on 08/08/1977.
The park is owned by the City of Green Bay. Thus, it has the most value I have ever experienced at any theme park. The rides are immaculately maintained. Everything in the park looks like it was just bought!
It costs nothing to enter the park. Parking is free! The food is beyond reasonably priced. A double cheeseburger cost $2.50. A large fountain soda costs $1.25. They use carinival tickets. They sell for 25 cents each. They have a lot of rides that are appropriate for young kids up to teenagers. Each ride costs between 25 cents up to one dollar if you want to ride their wooden roller coaster Zippin Pippin. Here is a first person view of the Zippin Pippin.
ADMIN EDIT: PLEASE DO NOT LINK TO VIDEOS ON COASTERFARCE AS THEY DO NOT GET PERMISSION FROM THE PARKS FOR MOST OF THEIR VIDEOS.
I plan on going again next year 08/08/2015 to enjoy their Hunka Hunka Burning Lights event. That's on a Saturday. Hopefully TPR can get a group of people to enjoy this ride next year. I'm sure I'm going!
Last edited by robbalvey on Sun Aug 10, 2014 12:15 pm.
Looks like Bay Beach is getting three new rides for 2015 and 2016!
Coming in 2015 and 2016! This year we will expand the train, which will pass underneath the Zippin Pippin. In addition, we will be adding three new rides to be installed in 2015 and 2016! They are the Tot Jumping Spring Ride, The Rockin' Tug, and The Falling Star!
Solid set of rides for this park. I'm glad the place is going to keep on expanding. Adding Zippin Pippin was such a big political risk, but it sure worked and now this park is such an excellent example to point to when discussing the potential of smaller community amusements.
Falling Stars are really cool in any case. Don't see a whole lot of them around anymore either. Hope this one doesn't have the bearing troubles that have taken out some of the others.
Both of the used rides are coming from the same seller on the east coast, so detectives, which park could be offloading these rides?
Three new rides could be coming to Bay Beach Amusement Park soon under a private donation worth more than $1 million.
The private Friends of Bay Beach group is offering to donate the new attractions, known as the Tot Jumping Spring, the Rockin' Tug and the Falling Star.
The Tot Jumping Spring and Rockin' Tug both are designed as parent-child rides and could be installed during the upcoming 2015 season.
The Falling Star, a larger ride designed for older kids, is tentatively scheduled for installation during the 2016 season.
With other improvements planned by the city, including installation of a second train ride, visitors to Bay Beach this summer will be able to enjoy the park's current attractions while also watching construction crews assembling the future.
"We're going to be busy people," city Parks Director Dawne Cramer said.
The City Council will be asked Tuesday to approve the estimated $1 million donation, along with $631,000 in city expenditures for the new train and other upgrades. The city's investment will come from park operating funds rather than tax dollars.
The new improvements are part of a long-term Bay Beach expansion plan that was initially designed to take 20 years at a cost exceeding $20 million.
Because the private friends group has been successful at raising money and acquiring rides so quickly, officials now believe the entire plan could be implemented in 10 years or less.
David Charles, president of the friends group, said that with so many amusement parks shutting down across the country, his group is working to locate and obtain top-quality attractions while they are still out there. All three of the new acquisitions were too good to pass up, Charles said.
"They're just beautiful rides," he said. "And they fit in perfectly."
Bay Beach, a historic city-owned attraction, has been entertaining families for decades along the Green Bay waterfront with its traditional carnival-style rides costing as little as 50 cents each. Many have been acquired from other amusement parks and refurbished for Bay Beach visitors.
The park is open between May and September.
The city added the Zippin Pippin roller coaster in 2011 and then the Sea Dragon swinging gondola in 2013. A private donor near Milwaukee last year contributed a miniature train, but rather than incorporate it into Bay Beach's existing train, officials have decided to erect a second train ride on the western side of the park.
The Tot Jumping Spring is a vertical ride that carries riders up and down a 40-foot column, while the Rockin' Tug is a boat that moves along a horizontal rail while rotating. Both are designed to fill a growing need for attractions where parents can ride alongside their kids.
"This is that different dimension," Cramer said.
The Falling Star, intended for older kids, is a large ride that carries riders in a compartment rotating in a circle. It is comparable in size to the Sea Dragon, officials said.
The Tot Jumping Spring and Falling Star are coming from a seller on the East Coast, while the Rockin' Tug is a new ride being assembled in Italy.
Cramer credited Mayor Jim Schmitt with bringing the Zippin Pippin to town and jump-starting plans to upgrade Bay Beach. She also said the friends group has done an impressive job of fund-raising.
"They're an awesome group of people," she said.
As far as I know, the Top Jumping Spring could be in fact the Beanstalk from Martin's Fantasy Island!
There was a minor accident on the Zippin Pippen today. A train failed to stop on the block brakes is what it sounds like. 3 people with minor injuries.
Ride expected to be closed for at least a week.
Bay Beach appears to be ready to build their second miniature train loop. The park currently has three trains running on a single track. They are proposing the construction of a second track and they would keep two trains on the existing track and move that third train, plus one train that was donated to the park, to the new second loop. The track for the new loop and the second train were donated by the Carmex family back in 2014.
GREEN BAY - Construction could start soon on a new $1.2 million train ride at Bay Beach Amusement Park, while the proposed redevelopment of East Town Mall is scheduled for a final vote Tuesday.
Here's a rundown of key government meetings this week in Green Bay.
Green Bay City Council members on Tuesday could approve a second miniature train ride at Bay Beach Amusement Park.
The new ride would be on the west end of the amusement park and would travel behind and beneath the Zippin Pippin roller coaster.
Two trains would be on the new tracks while another two would run on the existing tracks, said Dan Ditscheit, design and development superintendent for the Green Bay Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department.
Construction of the second train ride will cost about $1.2 million. Council members on Tuesday are scheduled to consider a contract with Advance Construction for the project.
Should the new train ride move forward, crews likely will start work within weeks and it could be open by May, Ditscheit said.
Money for the project comes from the sale of tickets, concessions and souvenirs at Bay Beach.
The City Council meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 100 N. Jefferson St.
Last edited by larrygator on Tue Sep 19, 2017 5:43 pm.
Sweet! Sounds like a good thing for this park. Miniature trains like this are always popular.
Interesting. I guess the other train ride is probably very popular and this is a way of relieving it? Kids do love trains.


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    let(:infer) { lambda { |klass|
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     } }

    it 'can infer boards on Trello::Board' do
      expect(infer.call(Trello::Board)).to eq('boards')
    end

    it 'can infer cards on Trello::Card' do
      expect(infer.call(Trello::Card)).to eq('cards')
    end

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      expect(infer.call(Trello::Member)).to eq('members')
    end
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Savers lose out on millions as 10pc of deposits earn no interest
Apathy and perceived hassle mean savers are not switching Credit: Dominic Lipinski /PA
21 June 2019 • 4:00pm
Savers are missing out on millions of pounds in interest, with £1.10 in every £10 held in deals paying nothing at all.
The total amount of cash earning 0pc at the end of February was £170bn, the most recent figures show.
Deposits in accounts paying nothing have risen 70pc from £100bn in December 2010, according to research by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), a think tank.
Andrew Thatcher, from savings platform Flagstone, which commissioned the research, said savers were not switching due to poor savings rates and the perceived hassle of swapping.
"A decade of persistently low rates in the high street has resulted in widespread inertia among the nation's savers," he added.
Savers momentarily snapped out of their stupor in 2017, after an increase in Bank Rate – the interest rate set by the Bank of England – rose and firms began paying more interest.
This effect was short-lived, however. Of all savings, 63pc are deposited with Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, Royal Bank of Scotland and Santander, banks that tend to pay low savings rates.
CEBR found that savers could earn a collective £3.4bn over the next year if they took out the best rates from the big banks' instant access, one and two-year fixed term deposits.
But they could earn double that by swapping to better deals from smaller rivals seeking to attract new customers.
The best-buy savings deals that tail off
Tom Adams, of financial experts Savings Champion, said: "There is a lot of savings money still held with some of the high street banks, because it's easy and they are well-known brands."
Last month Hargreaves Lansdown, the fund shop, found that a quarter of savings deals pay less than Bank rate, currently 0.75pc.
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Міжнародна комісія з питань зниклих безвісти (, ICMP) — міжурядова організація, що займається проблемою осіб, що зникли безвісти внаслідок збройних конфліктів, порушень прав людини і стихійних лих. Головний офіс компанії знаходиться в Гаазі (Нідерланди). Комісія допомагає урядам в ексгумації масових поховань та ідентифікації осіб, зниклих безвісти, за ДНК, а також надає підтримку асоціаціям сімей зниклих безвісти і допомагає у створенні стратегій та установ для пошуку зниклих безвісти. В грудні 2014 року була підписана угода, яка заснувала комісію як «самостійну міжнародну організацію»: угода визначає Гаагу як місце розташування організації.

Історія
Міжнародна комісія з питань зниклих безвісти (ICMP) була створена в 1996 році за дорученням президента Сполучених Штатів Америки Білла Клінтона — на саміті G7 в Ліоні (Франція). Метою створення було вирішення проблеми осіб, зниклих безвісти внаслідок різних конфліктів з 1991 по 1995 рік, що мали відношення до Боснії і Герцеговини, Республіки Хорватія та Югославії. Першим головою Міжнародної комісії став колишній держсекретар США Сайрус Венс, якого потім змінив на цьому посту американський сенатор Боб Доул; сучасним головою ICMP є .

Хоча Комісія базувалася в Сараєво (Боснія і Герцеговина), вона здійснювала широкомасштабну діяльність, що розповсюджувалася на колишні зони конфліктів як на Західних Балканах, так і на Близькому Сході, а також, на райони, постраждалі від стихійних лих, зокрема, постраждалі від цунамі регіони Південної Азії і навіть американський штат Луїзіана (після урагану «Катріна»). У 2001 році, після атаки на Всесвітній торговий центр 11 вересня 2001 року, на прохання влади Нью-Йорка, Комісія направила у місто двох своїх провідних судових експертів.

В даний час організація має в своєму розпорядженні три центри судової експертизи, два з яких займаються ідентифікацією людських останків, пов'язаних з різаниною в Сребрениці; вони носять назви Podrinje Identification Project (PIP) та Lukavac Reassociation Centre (LKRC). Третій центр — Krajina Identification Project (KIP) — є основним об'єктом для впізнання останків, що належать до області Санський Мост і Прієдор. ICMP має офіси в Сараєво, Тузлі, Баня-Луці, Багдаді, Ербілі та Приштині. До кінця серпня 2011 року зусиллями ICMP за допомогою ДНК було ідентифіковано 16289 осіб з колишньої Югославії.

У червні 2008 року Філіппіни опинилися в зоні тайфуну «Франк», який забрав життя понад 1000 осіб. В цілях надання країні допомоги у впізнанні осіб, Інтерпол запропонував ICMP працювати спільно з ним, у зв'язку з чим вперше було підписано відповідну угоду (у листопаді 2007 року) про спільне реагування на надзвичайні ситуації.

Мандат
Міжнародна комісія з питань зниклих безвісти працює над забезпеченням співробітництва урядів та інших органів влади у виявленні осіб, зниклих безвісти внаслідок збройних конфліктів, інших бойових дій чи порушень прав людини, а також стихійних лих. ICMP також підтримує роботу інших організацій, заохочує участь громадськості в її діяльності і робить свій внесок в увічнення пам'яті зниклих осіб. Крім того, згідно зі своїм мандатом, організація допомагає урядам виконувати свої зобов'язання в галузі прав людини: як стосовно жертв, так і їхніх родичів, що залишилися в живих, а також «створює інституційний потенціал, який сприяє довгостроковій суспільній довірі».

Структура
ICMP керується Радою комісарів, в яку входять: нинішній голова Томас Міллер (з травня 2011 року), Джим Кімсі (голова з 2001 по 2011 рік і почесний голова), Вім Кок, Алістер Берт, королева Йорданії , Кнут Воллебек, Рольф Екеус і Кароліна Барко. Попередніми членами були Боб Доул (голова з 1997 по 2001 рік) та Сайрус Венс (голова з 1996 по 1997).

Генеральний директор організації — Кетрін Бомбергер — була призначена комісарами ICMP в квітні 2004 року в якості основного виконавчого директора організації, що відповідає за керівництво та нагляд за всіма заходами та програмами у всіх галузях діяльності. 14 червня 2007 року Бомбергер отримала Орден Почесного легіону як «доказ уваги і визнання французького уряду за [її] роботу і виняткові досягнення ICMP».

Після спільних зусиль ICMP і Інтерполу з виявлення жертв тайфуну «Франк» президент Республіки Філіппіни Глорія Макапагал-Арройо нагородила Кетрін Бомбергер за «виняткову прихильність і видатні досягнення у пошуку та виявленні осіб, зниклих безвісти внаслідок стихійних лих або антропогенних катастроф».

Примітки

Література

Зниклі безвісти
Югославські війни
Міжнародні правозахисні організації
Організації Нідерландів

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Matt. 6:9 1 a-vee-noo she-ba-shah-ma-yeem yeet-kad-dash sh'-me-khah.
Our Father who art in heaven be sanctified your Name.
as it is done in the heavens.
Matt. 6:13a 5 ve'al te-vi-ei-nu li-dei mas-sah ki`im ha-tzi-lei-nu min ha-ra.
and lead us not into the hands of temptation but deliver us from the evil one.
Please note that the above Hebrew words are given in pronunciation form and not proper spelling for the convenience of learning for the chaciyd.


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After years of working for several gardening companies on Nantucket Island, Kristina's love for the gardens continued to grow as well as her love for the island. Thus, the creation of Kristina Wixted Gardens was developed. A self-taught gardener with deep roots from Europe, gardening had been a part of her life since she was a young child. Raised by parents who they themselves relished in the craft, they passed the skill of gardening on to all family members, from grafting fruit trees, to growing vegetable gardens, to tending to all flower care. The outdoors was the playground of Kristina's early years and continues to be so today.
KWG was created in 2005 with a mission to focus on creating gardens that showcase rhythm and balance, while applying color and textures that seamlessly blend together. The key elements that you will find in a KWG design are simplicity, tradition, and precision. We work very closely with our clients to ensure that their needs are met, all the while creating, cultivating and nurturing their future and existing landscapes. We establish gardens where the client feels at ease and can enjoy the display of flowers that continue to bloom throughout the seasons. Gardens are continuously nurtured throughout all of the growing seasons; from spring into summer into fall. Every garden experiences an explosion of bloom from one month to the next, with the exception of winter of course. At KWG our love for the island of Nantucket is always at the forefront of our being and we are continuously protecting our waters, while maintaining health, beauty and balance within the gardens.
Over the years, Kristina herself had received several requests from her clients to bring the beauty of her outdoor creations to the inside. In 2008 KWG began the floral design and arrangement services of the company, from weddings, cocktail parties, luncheons, to dinner parties or just to have throughout the home. In following the same lines as garden design, floral arranging continues to display the signature KWG classic and tasteful look.
Kristina Wixted Gardens is a member of the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) and adheres to Best Management Practices (BMP) for landscape fertilizer use on Nantucket Island.


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Die Deutzer Brücke in Köln ist eine Brücke über den Rhein. Sie verbindet die Kölner Innenstadt (Heumarkt) mit dem rechtsrheinischen Stadtteil Köln-Deutz und dient dem Stadtbahn- und Kfz-Verkehr, sie besitzt außerdem beidseitig Fußgänger- und Radwege.

Römerbrücke 310 bis ca. 950

Den ersten Rheinübergang an dieser Stelle errichteten um 310 die Römer unter Konstantin mit einer Holzkonstruktion auf steinernen Strompfeilern. Diese Rheinbrücke war eine Bock- oder Jochbrücke, die von 19 steinernen Pfostenfundamenten gestützt wurde. Diese Pfahlroste der Steinfundamente im Fluss bestanden aus etwa 150 Eichenpfählen, die tief in das Rheinbett gerammt waren. Darüber saßen rechteckige Pfeiler mit einer stromaufwärts gerichteten dreieckigen Spitze aus Quadermauerwerk. Sie trugen den hölzernen Oberbau mit der rund elf Meter breiten Fahrbahn. Ihr Standort lag an der heutigen Salzgasse in der Nähe von Groß St. Martin über den römischen Hafen. Sie verlief über die damals noch vorhandene Rheininsel in östlicher Richtung auf das Westtor des neuen Deutzer Kastells. Es wird berichtet, dass der Abriss der Brücke von Erzbischof Bruno (953–965) veranlasst wurde, nachdem die Unterhaltung der hölzernen Teile lange Zeit vernachlässigt worden war. Das kann sich nur auf Reste der Pfeiler beziehen, die Hindernisse für die Schifffahrt darstellten. Denn nach Konstantins Tod (337) findet sich keine Erwähnung dieses Rheinübergangs, sodass von diesem Zeitpunkt ab von einem relativ raschen Zerfall ausgegangen werden kann. Noch im Jahre 1898 wurden hölzerne Pfahlreste dieser Brücke aus dem Rheinbett entfernt.

Gierfähre

Seit etwa 1674 war Köln mit der anderen Rheinseite durch eine Gierseilfähre, auch "fliegende Brücke" oder "Gierponte" genannt verbunden.

Schiffbrücke 1822

Am 16. November 1822 wurde eine von etwa 40 Nachen getragene, etwa 400 m lange hölzerne Schiffbrücke eingeweiht. Sie ermöglichte eine feste Verbindung zwischen Köln und Deutz in Höhe des Holzmarktes und der Deutzer Freiheit. Jedoch beeinträchtigten Hochwasser, Treibeis und das Erfordernis, die Brücke dreimal täglich für den Schiffsverkehr zu öffnen, weiterhin einen reibungslosen Verkehr. Das Mittelteil der Brücke musste ausgeschwommen werden, um die Brücke für den Schiffsverkehr zu öffnen.

Die Kölner kämpften um die Position für die geplante Dombrücke, eine kombinierte Straßen- und Eisenbahnbrücke. Sie konnten sich aber nicht durchsetzen, sodass seit 1859 Schiff(s)brücke und die neue "feste Brücke" nebeneinander existierten.

Hängebrücke 1913–1945

Von 1913 bis 1915 wurde dann an dieser Stelle die "Deutzer Hängebrücke" errichtet, die 1935 nach dem im Vorjahr verstorbenen Reichspräsidenten Paul von Hindenburg Hindenburgbrücke genannt wurde.

Ein erster Wettbewerb für eine feste Straßenbrücke zwischen Köln und Deutz war 1898 unter vier Baufirmen durchgeführt worden, er führte jedoch zu keinem Ergebnis. 1910 erfolgte eine weitere Ausschreibung, an der sich nun alle bedeutenden deutschen Stahlbauunternehmen – zumeist in Kooperation mit bekannten Architekten wie Bruno Möhring, Theodor Fischer, Hans Poelzig oder Franz Schwechten – mit 29 Projekten beteiligten. Da sich die Jury abermals nicht auf ein Siegerprojekt einigen konnte, wurde im Juli 1912 unter den Verfassern der fünf preisgekrönten Arbeiten ein weiterer Wettbewerb ausgerufen, den die Firmen MAN Werk Gustavsburg (Stahlüberbau) und Grün & Bilfinger (Unterbauten) mit dem Projekt Freie Bahn für sich entscheiden konnten. Die architektonische Gestaltung der massiven Bauteile (Widerlager und Vorbrücke) besorgte der damals prominente Kölner Architekt Carl Moritz.

Nach der Wettbewerbsentscheidung erhoben die Deutsch-Luxemburgische Bergwerks- und Hütten-AG, Abt. Dortmunder Union, und ihr künstlerischer Berater Peter Behrens den Vorwurf, das Siegerprojekt sei zu großen Teilen ein Plagiat ihres eigenen Entwurfs Kunst und Technik aus dem zweiten Wettbewerb von 1910/11. Ein in der Folge unter Beteiligung zahlreicher namhafter Gutachter vor dem Landgericht Köln ausgefochtenes Gerichtsverfahren, das als Cölner Brückenstreit deutschlandweite Aufmerksamkeit erhielt. wurde erst im April 1914 durch eine außergerichtliche Einigung beendet.

Das auf der Basis des Entwurfs Freie Bahn errichtete Bauwerk wurde als selbstverankerte, versteifte Kettenhängebrücke in Nickelstahl mit einem Konstruktionsgewicht von rund 6.200 Tonnen ausgeführt und kostete über sieben Millionen Mark. Am Entwurf ihrer Pylone soll der amerikanische Ingenieur Holton D. Robinson beratend mitgewirkt haben, der später David B. Steinman einlud, mit ihm das Ingenieurbüro Robinson & Steinman zu gründen. Die Deutzer Hängebrücke diente 1924 als Vorbild für den Bau der Three Sisters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, und für die Kiyosu-Brücke über den Sumida (Fluss) in Tokio.
Die 18,2 m breite Brücke wurde 1939/1940 im Zuge des Baus der Ost-West-Straße (heute Hahnenstraße / Cäcilienstraße) auf 27,5 m verbreitert.

Am 28. Februar 1945 brach die durch Flüchtlinge und Militärfahrzeuge hoch belastete Hindenburgbrücke bei der Reparatur von Kriegsschäden unvermittelt zusammen. Möglicherweise hatte man die hohen Druckkräfte im Fahrbahnträger unterschätzt. Wie viele Opfer dieses Unglück am helllichten Tage forderte, konnte aufgrund der Kriegswirren nie festgestellt werden. Ein Augenstab, also eines der tragenden Kettenglieder der Konstruktion, befindet sich heute als Denkmal auf dem nördlichen Fußgängerüberweg der linksrheinischen Brückenseite. Übergangsweise diente am Ende des Krieges die McNair-Brücke neben der zerstörten Hängebrücke als Behelfsbrücke  dem Transport von Fahrzeugen und Fußgängern.

Neubau 1947/1948

Das heutige Brückenbauwerk wurde nur zwei Jahre später, 1947 bis 1948 neu errichtet. Die erste Stahlkastenträgerbrücke der Welt wurde von Fritz Leonhardt entworfen und von der GHH Oberhausen AG ausgeführt. Der Kölner Architekt Gerd Lohmer war künstlerischer Berater. Im Kölner Brückengrün gestrichen wurde die neue Deutzer Brücke am 16. Oktober 1948 eingeweiht.

Sie hat bei einer Gesamtlänge von 437 Meter Spannweiten von 132, 184 und 121 Metern und eine Breite von 20,6 Meter. Der Untergurt der Längsträger ist gekrümmt, sodass die Höhe des Überbaus über den Pfeilern 7,8 Meter und in der Mitte der Hauptöffnung nur noch 3,3 Meter beträgt.

Erweiterung 1976 bis 1980

In den Jahren 1976 bis 1980 wurde stromaufwärts eine zweite Brücke mit gleichem Profil als Spannbetonkonstruktion von den Basler Ingenieuren E. und A. Schmidt entworfen und gebaut. In einer mehrere Tage in Anspruch nehmenden Aktion wurde die neue Zwillingsbrücke an die alte Stahlbrücke herangeschoben, so dass zwischen den Richtungsfahrbahnen die Straßenbahn einen eigenen zweigleisigen Gleiskörper erhielt. Die Breite der kombinierten Brücken beträgt nun 31,5 m.

Die Entscheidung für eine Spannbetonbrücke war sehr umstritten. Ausschlaggebend war das Submissionsergebnis mit Angeboten einer Spannbetonbrücke für 12 Millionen DM und einer Stahlkonstruktion für 14 Millionen DM. Die außen sichtbare Stegfläche wurde mit vertikalen Rippen und einem unten aufgesetzten Flansch strukturiert, um sie dem Aussehen der Stahlkonstruktion anzugleichen. Wegen fehlenden Nutzens für die Beständigkeit des Betons ist sie jedoch als einzige Kölner Rheinbrücke nicht grün gestrichen.

Da der Stahlbetonkasten mit rechteckigem Querschnitt keine Einbauten enthält, bildet er drei begehbare Räume (ohne Tageslicht) mit gekrümmten Böden und variierenden Raumhöhen. Diese Räume werden immer wieder für Kunstinstallationen, Ausstellungen im Rahmen der Möbelmesse und für Konzerte genutzt.

Kunstaktionen

"über/mn/fluss"
Unter dem Motto "Spannung im Spannbetonkörper der Deutzer Brücke" wurde 2003 das Kunstprojekt "über/mn/fluss" initiiert. Es beteiligen sich junge Künstler aus zahlreichen Nationen (u. a. Deutschland, Dänemark, Argentinien, Weißrussland, Schottland, Japan, Island) aus den unterschiedlichsten Disziplinen (u. a. Musiker, bildende Künstler, Architekten, Filmemacher …).

Im März 2007 diente der Betonkörper der Deutzer Brücke zum dritten Mal nach "spaen" (2003) und "Dudeldack" (2005) als Kulisse für das Installationskunst-Projekt "über/mn/fluss". Einen Einblick in den Charakter des Raumes bieten die während der Kunstaktion entstandenen Arbeiten der beiden Filmemacherinnen Beate Gördes und Bea Dickas.

Subkulinaria

Im August 2008 fand mit internationalen Künstlern die Ausstellung Subkulinaria statt. Der ganze Hohlraum der Brücke wurde von der einen Uferseite zur anderen bespielt und für Besucher zugänglich gemacht.

Brückenmusik
Die 1995 von Peter Behrendsen ins Leben gerufene BRÜCKENMUSIK ist eine jährlich stattfindende Reihe für Klanginstallationen und akustische Kunst im Betonhohlkörper der Brücke.

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Einzelnachweise

Deutz (Köln)
Brücke in Köln
Auslegerbrücke
Stahlbrücke
Kettenbrücke
Spannbetonbrücke
Straßenbrücke in Nordrhein-Westfalen
Rheinbrücke
Hohlkastenbrücke
Erbaut in den 1940er Jahren
Erbaut in den 1910er Jahren
Erbaut in den 1820er Jahren
Erbaut im 4. Jahrhundert
Altstadt-Nord
Brücke in Europa
Bauwerk von Fritz Leonhardt


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In 1996 a renewable energy programme was launched by the Falkland Islands Development Corporation aimed at rural customers to aid the integration of renewable energy technologies.
In 1996 a renewable energy programme was launched by the Falkland Islands Development Corporation aimed at rural customers to aid the integration of renewable energy technologies within the islands whilst expanding on the governments existing environmental policies.
There are now in excess of 100 x SD3 wind turbines on the islands, widely regarded as the largest off-grid small scale wind turbine fleet in the world - providing 24 hour power to over 85% of the islands farms and rural dwellings.
With exception of the islands capital – Stanley, The Falklands are entirely off-grid and until the deployment of the SD3 wind turbines, integrators were solely reliant on diesel generators, expensive to operate and maintain, particularly in the more remote locations.
The SD3 wind turbine produces an annual average of 12,500kWh on The Falklands Islands where wind speeds average 8.5m/s in the summer and 14m/s in the winter months.
The SD Wind Energy range has been successfully utilised on the islands for powering farms, rural dwellings, nature reserves, telemetry stations and telecoms applications. In 2012 the Falklands off-grid fleet continued to expand with the installation of SD6 wind turbines, the first 6kW systems on the Islands launching Phase 1 of a new mini-grid strategy within the communities – maintaining SD Wind's unrivalled position as the global market leader in off-grid wind power solutions.
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Digicel donates kites to Special Education Unit and Children's Home
Curvis Jeffers & Digicel Representatives present kites to kids at Children's Home
ZIZ News…April 1, 2010 – Excitement flew high today as Digicel once again donated kites to the Special Education Unit & Children's Home, giving local underprivileged youngsters the chance to have a delightful Easter.
Through a strong and ongoing partnership which has lasted for two years between Digicel and local kite maker, Curvis Jeffers, 60 colorful kites were custom made for the handover. Both were present at each venue to make the presentations just in time for Good Friday, an occasion on which children across the Federation take much pride and pleasure in the kite flying tradition.
Jeffers proudly put forward, "We have been donating kites around this time to less fortunate children in St. Kitts & Nevis for years now, and we are glad to continue this work so that more kids can experience the joy of flying kites on the Easter Weekend. He continued, "I would like to thank Digicel for coming forward once again to support the Kite Making Project. Without them it would not have been possible. I have seen that Digicel really does care about children, not just with this venture alone, but with a lot more activities that I know they are involved in which benefit young people".
Genieve Hanley, Digicel's Marketing Executive, stated "Today is a very happy day, not only for the children receiving the kites, but for everyone who came together to make this moment possible. It gives us great pleasure at Digicel to be a part of such a great initiative which allows our young people to feel special and experience some good fun."
Marketing Manager, Sharez Laws, also remarked that Digicel is very pleased to be on board again with Mr. Jeffers, to ensure that more children have the opportunity to partake in the fun that Easter brings. We hope the kids enjoy their new kites, and on behalf of the Management and Staff at Digicel, we would like to wish everyone a very Happy Easter!" Sharez warmly said.
Big smiles beamed across the faces of the children in receipt of the kites, all out of yet another commendable initiative undertaken by Curvis James and The Bigger, Better Network.
Digicel Marketing Executive, Genieve Hanley hands over a Kite to a child at the Special Education Unit
Kite Maker, Curvis Jeffers & Digicel Marketing Executive, Genieve Hanley, hand over a Box of Kites to a Teacher at the Special Education Unit