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'The beginning, not the end': What are the prospects of return for Syria's internally displaced?
By Alice Al Maleh, Sage Smiley
Syrians flee their homes in Idlib on September 6. Photo by Aaref Watad/AFP.
As the Syrian government gradually reasserts control over the majority of the country, officials have repeatedly called for not only refugees, but also internally displaced persons (IDPs), to return to the "embrace of the government."
And while displaced people in some parts of the country have indeed started to return to their homes in areas under renewed government control, displacements elsewhere haven't stopped. According to UN estimates, almost 40,000 people have been displaced throughout Idlib province this month alone—amid widespread fears of an all-out pro-government offensive that has been put on hold, for now.
Unlike refugees, who by definition have crossed at least one country's border in search of safety, the protection of internally displaced persons remains the responsibility of the government.
In the case of Syria, however, the government lacks the capacity to ensure the protection of 6.8 million people displaced within its borders. It has also actively used displacement as a tactic of war to retake opposition-held pockets across the country—often through a combination of sieges and bombardments that eventually left rebels with no other options than to either reconcile or board the government's green buses heading towards rebel-held areas of northwestern Syria.
In this interview with Syria Direct, Erin Mooney, a researcher and UNHCR policy advisor focused on internal displacement, outlines some of the central challenges to finding sustainable solutions for internally displaced around the world.
Even though it has been 20 years since the UN adopted the so-called "Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement"—a list of 30 guidelines setting out the rights of IDPs and defining who is responsible for their protection—Mooney says that there are still "tremendous gaps" in national and international responses to protect the rights of IDPs.
Key challenges include ensuring housing, land and property rights for returning IDPs, Mooney tells Syria Direct's Alice Al Maleh, drawing on 25 years of experience working in the field of internal displacement.
And while neighboring countries increasingly talk of returning Syrian refugees from outside the country despite the myriad risks and barriers involved, things are often just as complicated for internally displaced Syrians as well.
"It is often assumed that as soon as conflict ends or war ends, people will get up and return, or that return in and of itself marks a solution," Mooney explains. "[But] that's usually the beginning, not the end, of a solution to displacement."
Q: What are the main challenges for protecting IDPs, compared to refugees who have been displaced outside the borders of an origin country?
The fact that internally displaced persons are still within their own state means that the state bears primary responsibility for the protection of IDPs and other citizens in its territory. This means that protection relies on the capacities of the government to address internal displacement.
There may also be areas that are outside of the government's control, which is often the case in internal armed conflict.
And then there are challenges of political will. Political will needs to be present in order for IDPs to be adequately protected. In a number of countries around the world, particularly when the government is a party to that conflict, that political will can be a challenge.
Each context of course is different, [but] often it's a combination of all of these things—both the capacity and the will.
Q: It has been 20 years since the UN adopted the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement. But how far have we come since then, in terms of ensuring the protection of internally displaced people?
It can be hard to be particularly optimistic when the scale of displacement globally has vastly increased over the past 20 years. But despite the worsening scale of the problem, a couple of developments indicate that progress [has been made].
In the early 1990s, notions of state sovereignty meant that the displacement of people within their own countries was still seen as a strictly internal matter for the state. The matter of sovereignty [was] almost a barricade for international scrutiny.
However, with the end of the Cold War and changing concepts in the understanding of sovereignty, internal displacement is now seen as a matter of legitimate international concern—particularly in cases where the state is unwilling or unable to fulfill its responsibilities to safeguard the welfare and safety of its own population.
That's quite a breakthrough.
But while these are steps in the right direction, we're not quite there yet. Even with these improvements over the past 20 years, there are still tremendous gaps in national and international responses to ensure that the rights articulated in the guiding principles are a reality.
Displaced children in the Atma camp in northern Idlib in September. Photo by Malik Abo Obayda for Syria Direct.
Q: It's one thing to have a set of guiding principles establishing that the responsibility for protection lies with the government, but if the government is unwilling or even unable to secure the rights of internally displaced people—and some suggest that's the case in Syria—then what mandate does the international community have to intervene?
These principles are based on existing international human rights law and international humanitarian law commitments. So it's not so much a question of new laws or any sort of legal challenge, but about implementation.
The guiding principles flag that primary responsibility for internal displacement rests with national authorities, but in those cases where they are unwilling or unable to fulfill that responsibility there is also a role for international actors to offer help and to try to ensure a quick response. It is important to ensure that support is available if there is a capacity that is lacking. But there's also a key role for advocacy, accountability [and] monitoring.
Q: In your research, you emphasize the importance of not only establishing internally displaced people as a separate, defined category of concern but also defining when their displacement ends. Why is this important?
Because IDPs are citizens or habitual residents of their country, we don't need to establish a formal legal category as we do in the case of refugees, who need a legal status to be regularized in another state.
The point about calling attention to IDPs as a category of concern is not so much as a legal category, because they would have all the same rights as other citizens or habitual residents of the country, but to make sure there is specific attention to the distinct needs of IDPs.
Displacement, whatever its causes, creates distinct needs: the loss of shelter, livelihood, family separation, loss of documents. These needs arise time and time again in situations of displacement and [they] wouldn't necessarily be [noticed] if you looked at protection of civilians writ large.
[Another] example is that even the act of forcible displacement can be a crime in international law if it's a deliberate displacement that is considered arbitrary. So just being displaced in some cases can be a crime.
[Ed.: Since 2016 in particular, the Syrian government has pursued a tactic of encircling and besieging rebel-held areas, cutting them off from the outside world and eventually forcing them into surrender agreements. Those agreements have seen tens of thousands of rebels, their family members and local civilians evacuated to other rebel-held areas in northwestern Syria. Human rights groups have previously stated that the government's tactics of sieges followed by forced displacement amount to a "war crime."]
Because there are distinct protection and assistance needs that warrant attention, it is essential to ensure that those distinct concerns are addressed, before shifting attention away from displacement.
It is often assumed that as soon as conflict ends or war ends, people will get up and return. Or that return in and of itself marks a solution. However that's usually the beginning, not the end, of a solution to displacement.
Q: One of the challenges with return that we have seen in Syria is that families sometimes return only to find their homes inhabited by other people. On top of that, most internally displaced people have been displaced repeatedly, from one place to the next, meaning that property may have changed hands repeatedly as well. All of this can make the return of internally displaced Syrians seem like an almost insurmountable task. Is it?
Housing restitution absolutely must be a part of any sort of peacebuilding or peace agreement because, unless it's addressed effectively, property ownership disputes can be a new source of conflict—even a new source of displacement and violations.
Returning people to their properties does become a great challenge when other people are occupying the property: whether [the property was given] as a reward, for instance, to certain armed actors; or whether the new occupants are other displaced persons themselves.
Those two situations require very different approaches. Because if the new occupants are displaced persons who have in turn lost their house, the property is providing them temporary shelter, and measures have to be in place to give them a place to stay before they're evicted and the rightful owners can reinhabit the property.
In Bosnia for instance, resolving housing and property restitution issues for one family often required secondary and sometimes tertiary housing solutions for other families, compounding the problem down the line so that each of the people who were affected by this would have a solution—a sort of complex domino effect.
When I left [Bosnia] a few years ago, there was a 98 percent restitution rate.
[Ed.: Syria Direct was unable to independently confirm this figure.]
[So having people return] is not impossible, but it takes time, investment and a great deal of unpacking of the legal issues to find solutions for people affected at all stages of the process. It takes the involvement of the international community, both in providing technical expertise and also in monitoring the process to make sure it happens in the proper way.
Hopefully, Syria can draw from historical examples and the lessons learned—Bosnia, Kosovo and Iraq in particular—and adapt those lessons to its particular situation.
Q: Given the complexities involved in property restitution, is return necessarily always the most sustainable solution? What other options are there for IDPs?
The key point is to follow the lead of the IDPs themselves. [And] IDPs can choose from a few [potential] solutions.
The first is for them to return to their original place of residence. Another is for IDPs to integrate into the area where they have been living while they've been displaced—[and] the last is for them to resettle in another part of the country.
It's their right to choose [between these solutions], a right which is underscored by the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement. That right has to be safeguarded, and IDPs need to know they will be supported in whichever solution they choose.
Return is often the preferred solution, or at least it's assumed to be a preferred solution. What's vital is that return has to be voluntary. There absolutely cannot be forced returns of IDPs, nor of refugees. That would be contrary to international law and the principle of non-refoulement, [which] prohibits return to any place where people would be in danger or be subjected to violations of fundamental rights.
[Ed.: While the principle of non-refoulement is mostly referred to as the cornerstone of the 1951 UN Refugee Convention, which only applies to cross-border displacement outside the origin country, similar concepts are widely accepted as applicable in cases of internal displacement.]
Connected to this idea of voluntariness is that any decision should be a well-informed one. That's the benchmark of voluntariness. IDPs and refugees both need to receive accurate, up-to-date and objective information about the situation in the area of possible return. What are the conditions they will be returning to? How will the return be organized? What kind of support can they expect in that area? To what extent have basic services been reestablished?
There are no wholesale solutions. Returns, or whatever solution IDPs choose, should be based on individual assessment. Additionally, any solution has to be supported by ensuring basic conditions: safety, livelihoods, access to basic services, justice and reconciliation. All things that require long-term investments and long-term independent monitoring in order to ensure IDPs achieve durable solutions.
This interview is part of Syria Direct's month-long coverage of internal displacement in Syria in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and reporters on the ground in Syria. Read our primerhere.
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The Civil Rights Movement in the United States formed in the middle of the 1950s. The terrible legacy of slavery – the inferior position of African Americans – demanded an immediate reconsideration and structural changes. However, it turned out difficult to change the country's mentality. While some part of the white population supported the Movement, there were many people who did not want to change the established order of things. What is more important, the authorities were in no haste to introduce changes to legislation. Taking into consideration that there were cases of violence against African Americans, it would have been natural for them to respond in a similar way. However, the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement chose the strategy of civil disobedience with a wide range of nonviolent actions such as sit-ins, marches, and boycotts. Seeing that nonviolent resistance led them nowhere, some African Americans began to question the strategy and, as a result, a series of new movements appeared. The most prominent was the Black Panthers headed by Malcolm X who believed that African Americans should take what belongs to them, namely freedom and equal rights. Nonviolent resistance became the major stumbling block for the Civil Rights Movement and, in contrast to considerate and peaceful appeals of Martin Luther King and other leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, Malcolm X and the Black Panthers had their strategy – aggressive tactics of the people who wanted real and fast results.
One of the most prominent figures of the Civil Rights Movement was Martin Luther King, who was an avid supporter of civil disobedience. As a Protestant preacher, King expected that the Biblical tactics of "turning the other cheek" would work and the white America would see its injustice and unfairness of the treatment of a large part of its citizens. King appealed to the sense of justice and morality and hoped that sooner or later the humble condition of African Americans would convince white Americans of their unfair treatment of their brothers and sisters with different skin color. However, such pleas were ignored and even though there were a significant number of white supporters of the Civil Rights Movement, African Americans did not achieve equality in an economic level and residential and working opportunities.
Meanwhile, a new generation of young people saw such a humble attitude as ineffective. In 1963, segregation was the least of a range of inequalities African Americans had experienced and even it had a hard time in being abolished. Opening all public facilities for all groups of people disregarding their skin color did not require any funds or efforts. King wrote: "Even the more significant changes involved in voter registration required neither large monetary nor psychological sacrifice;" however, he continued, "turbulent events that dramatized the demand created an erroneous impression that a heavy burden was involved" (as cited in Litwack, 2009, p. 8). If it was so difficult for some white people to learn new ways, what could be said about new economic realities and providing African Americans with equal opportunities that required considerable funds? Obviously, some African Americans were aware that sit-ins and peaceful marches were not enough.
In 1963, seeing that the problem of segregation and racial inequality was still not solved, the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement arranged the March on Washington in Washington, D.C. Its aim was to raise the awareness of the problem and attract the attention of the authorities. The March was attended by a large number of people and was broadcast on TV. The leaders needed such a wide audience so they could exercise their rhetorical power to involve as many white supporters as possible. King's "I Have a Dream" speech had a huge impact. Until the broadcast, King had been known among the African American community and Civil Rights supporters; however, after the speech, his fame reached the national level. To suggest a framework and persuade the listeners in the legitimacy of African American's demands, King referred to the Civil War and the Declaration of Independence. If "all men" were promised "unalienable Rights" of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness," they included "black men as well as white men" (King, 1963, para. 4). Recalling how African Americans were brutalized and treated unfairly, King, however, reminded his audience that it was not the reason to change their line of behavior. On the contrary, he stated, "We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence" (King, 1963, para. 8). Nevertheless, many African Americans did not see any point in continuing the strategy that did not yield any results they needed.
In 1963, the Civil Rights Movement's accomplishments were insignificant. Segregation and other instances of economic and social inequality were still in place. African Americans saw that their cause was moving slowly, and even if they were able to make some laws and practices change, it was not that easy to change the white population's attitudes and habits to command black people's lives. Whites were not ready to share their economic prosperity and reside side by side with black people. Therefore, even after anti-segregation laws had been enacted, white Americans simply attempted to arrange their lives elsewhere. Aptly calling it "white flight," Litwack (2009) mentions how whites left downtowns and public schools and moved to the suburbs.
The stalemate revealed that probably the Civil Rights Movement's strategy should be changed. A new generation of young African Americans did not have such reverence to the ruling class and were ready to demand, instead of politely asking for their rights to be respected. It resulted in civil disturbances and upheavals which "revealed the depths of frustration and despair" (Litwack, 2009, p. 12). For African Americans, their struggle was not about a nominal observance of civility but about physical survival. One Civil Rights Movement supporter said, "Civil rights, drinking water from a public fountain, eating in restaurant, going to bathrooms – all that is secondary to survival" (as cited in Litwack, 2009, p. 7). The black population still largely depended on whites economically (Litwack, 2009, p. 7).
Coming home from the Vietnam War, African American males were surprised to see that nothing had changed and they had to engage in another war – the war for equality. This is where their military preparation was useful and ex-soldiers became valuable members of the Black Panther (Litwack, 2009, p. 14). It became unbearable for African Americans to see that their nonviolent actions did not yield any results.
Malcolm X directed his severe critique at Martin Luther King's approach. In his speech "The Ballot or the Bullet," Malcolm X inquired, "Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner, unless you eat some of what's on that plate" (as cited in Litwack, 2009, p. 9). While African Americans were as much American citizens as the white population, they were not included in the distribution of American wealth and resources. An even better explanation of the way African Americans felt at the moment is a comparison of whites and blacks racing at the track. While saying that their conditions are equal, a black person is being held at the starting line and then released with wishes to win the race (Litwack, 2009, p. 11). Even though Malcolm X was also a believer like King, he rejected the idea of false humiliation. Instead of the Civil Rights Movement's anthem "We Shall Overcome," belligerently oriented black youth offered to sing "We Shall Overrun" (Litwack, 2009, p. 10).
In his 1964 "The Ballot or the Bullet" speech, Malcolm X mocked King for believing white people and agreeing to their conditions. After a year with no significant changes in the lives of ordinary African Americans, Malcolm X had the reasons to say, "[The white man] made you think you were going somewhere and you end up going nowhere but between Lincoln and Washington" (Malcolm X, 1964, para. 27). He also referred to the Civil War to show that without violence and physical feedback, America would have gained nothing from England. Therefore, Malcolm X simply repeated that same idea, "liberty or death," that liberated whites from the burden of the British Empire (Malcolm X, 1964, para. 30).
In his speech, Malcolm X said that a hard, unresponsive system could be cured only by a revolution. Revolutions happened in France, Russia, and China, and it was about to happen in America. Revolutions were usually bloody, but for America, it could be without bloodshed because it was easy to meet African Americans' demands. He said, "All she's got to do is give the black man in this country everything that's due him – everything" (Malcolm X, 1964, para. 49).
Whether with a united front or splintered, the Civil Rights Movement had moderate successes. Even though the 1964 Civil Rights Acts eliminated segregation and any kinds of discrimination, it was more on paper than in real life. Indeed, there were some improvements. For instance, Black middle class increased and African Americans were in Parliament and other branches of power. However, considering everything, the white population was still more privileged that African Americans. There still were issues of predominantly black schools, black ghettos, and cases of structural discrimination in housing, job application, and health care, among others. Therefore, the Civil Rights Movement laid the foundation for a significant struggle, but the battle is not over even till the present.
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Europe's new migrant policy comes at a moral price
Brussels' solutions to the migration crisis - such as more money for holding camps - may cut the headline numbers, but thousands are still drowning. (Photo: Frontex)
By Dina Yazdani
Portland, Oregon, 6. Oct 2017, 17:51
The European Union has sought to absolve itself of addressing what many of its leaders have described as the "migrant crisis" with a quick-and-easy-fix that will have—and already has had—severe consequences.
Its new containment policy deflects its own legal obligation to migrants onto the gatekeepers of popular migration routes like Libya, which is already struggling from a myriad of its own issues.
On top of the rise of ISIS and other radical extremist groups, divisions between two warring governments and a crumbling economy, not to mention its own internally-displaced people, Libya has now been tasked with upping efforts to prevent migrants from reaching Europe by sea, as well as hosting them while they undergo preliminary review for asylum.
Last month, European leaders met with African leaders at a mini-summit in Paris to discuss incorporating more countries with major migrant travel routes into its containment policy. Like Libya, the EU is now providing Niger and Chad with funding to host migrants in camps and asylum centers, in addition to more funding for border controls.
Unsurprisingly, the bloc's attempts to expand its new approach towards migrants have been met with criticism by human rights groups, who argue that it would unfairly burden Niger and Chad while doing nothing to address the underlying causes of migration. Most importantly, while Europe's containment policy may have curbed the number of migrants crossing over its borders in the short-term, it comes at expense of weak states – and the lives of migrants.
Dozens of migrants are feared dead after another overloaded boat capsized last week off the shores of Libya en route to Europe. Although the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean between January 1st to September 13th this year has dramatically declined (to 128,863 from 293,806 during the same period in 2016), some experts say that the proportion of those dying at sea has risen.
According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), if this trend continues, one out of every 50 migrants who try to make the journey will die. Last year that rate was one out of every 90 migrants.
The Mediterranean graveyard
Already, more than 2,550 refugees and migrants have died while making the dangerous crossing to Europe. This is largely the result of greater restrictions on international aid organizations operating in the Mediterranean, which means less search-and-rescue missions for capsized boats. Similarly, Italy's injection of funding into Libya's coast guards has pushed smugglers to take more dangerous routes with smaller, even more overcrowded boats.
Instead of focusing on a containment approach to the "migrant crisis," Europe must prioritise the development needs of the countries that these migrants feel compelled to leave as a strategy to curb the flow of migrants across the Mediterranean, rather than leaving them stranded in countries like Libya—or worse, at sea.
Of course, one plan of action is already underway thanks to the efforts of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Inspired by the US Marshall Plan that helped rebuild the European economy after World War II through foreign investment, Merkel announced earlier this year a similar plan to help stimulate the African economy. The plan's backers argue that boosting aid and promoting private investment in Africa will help give aspiring migrants a reason to stay home. While the 'Merkel Plan' is a commendable start, simply pumping in money without finding ways to combat deeper issues won't be enough to truly make an impact.
A viable tactic Europe should pursue in addition to the 'Merkel Plan' would be reforming the global remittances market. In Africa, total revenues from remittances are higher than from foreign investment and aid.
One report claims that a 10 per cent increase in per capita remittances leads to a 3.5 percent decline in the number of people living in poverty. This is because for millions of Africans, remittances are a much-needed lifeline.
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call for reducing the cost of sending remittances to 3 percent, or 5 percent where there is no corridor.
Remittances come at a price
However, dominant money transfer operators like Western Union and MoneyGram charge high fees for migrants to send money back home to their families, and have exclusive agreements with local agents that drive the fees even higher.
This year, the average cost of sending remittances is 7.45 percent, far higher than the SDG target, and fees are highest of all in sub-saharan Africa. European leaders should pressure these firms to reduce fees and end anticompetitive agreements, which will maximise the impact that remittances have on developing countries. By injecting a larger proportion of migrants' hard-earned money into local economies, the EU could help improve economic conditions in host countries and drive down the pressure to migrate.
To be fair, both of these strategies are long-term, and it may take years before their impacts are felt. However, walling off Europe and deflecting its responsibility to countries like Libya is only a short-term, politically motivated strategy that will only end by endangering the lives of migrants.
Europe needs to understand that Libya does not have the capacity to humanely detain migrants as they await preliminary review for amnesty. It also needs to recognise that restricting international aid vessels from conducting search-and-rescue missions is immoral, even if it does limit the number of migrants reaching European shores. For a short-term strategy, Europe should shift from a strategy focused on turning Libya and other countries into holding zones to instead opening legal avenues for migration and helping to improve economic conditions in these countries.
Otherwise, migrants will only continue to find ways to cross the Mediterranean, even if it means in rickety boats, and even if it means a greater chance of drowning.
Dina Yazdani is a reporter for Fair Observer
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A recent paper from the EU's mission to Libya for the EU's foreign policy branch, the EEAS, says the country's poor overall political, operational and security environment remains dire.
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The Hoswick series of workshops is back for Shetland Wool Week 2016. Organised by Elizabeth Johnston of Shetland Handspun and Niela Kalra of Nielanell, this year's programme of classes sees world-renowned Shetland knitters, spinners and dyers teaching alongside a visiting tutors Hadewych van der Werf and Ruth Gough - all in the friendly, village atmosphere of Hoswick on Shetland's South Mainland.
We'll be back at our 'Hoswick Hub' - the brilliant Hoswick Visitor Centre. Only 20 minutes drive from Lerwick, we can also help you with transport to our classes (contact us - info@nielanell.com).


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Back in the UK, central London claimed her for a while. Then it was off to Canada, where Marion taught French to recalcitrant teenagers before turning to translation. After a decade with an international accounting firm where she honed her skills as a financial and legal translator, she set up her own company that specialized in the translation of corporate annual reports.
Over twenty-five Canadian winters later, with a successful career in translation behind her, it was time for Marion to move to warmer climes and put the creative part of her brain to the test.
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The first Petra Minx novel, The Politician's Daughter, was set in Spain and Morocco and came out in 2011. Petra's second adventure, Dead Man's Legacy, takes her to the Bahamas, Las Vegas and the Great Lakes of North America, and was published in 2015. I'm working on the third book in the series which will see Petra on safari in South Africa, among other things.'
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WARNING : Coilguns are very dangerous things! Don't try anything unless you really know what your doing!!! Not only could you shoot someone, you also (more probable) might get electrocuted . The "experiments" described below are incredibly dangerous and should not be attempted by anyone who is not thoroughly familiar with the many safety procedures involved when working with lethal high voltages and high energy electrical impulses.Your first mistake will be your last mistake. Everything you try from this site is AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! Should you ever try to operate or make something similar, please include me in your last will.
A coil is very usefull too (made of 1mm thick wire, granddad's supplies) :-).
(I don't remember the values, and the schematic may not be as accurate:-) This is NOT a foolproof schematic! To use it: Swithc the S1 on, wait till the voltage on the cap rises up to your desired value, turn the charging off, aim and press the trigger. If you'd press the trigger when charging would be active, you'd burn the transformer, or the resistor R2.
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I got the best results when charging the cap up to about 300V. I tried also two caps parallel, but that didn't work well.
– The laser scope on it could hurt your eye, but it probably wont.
– It might fall on your or someone elses foot!
– You might point it at me and I will die of laughter.
01.06.2006 : New tests in my friends (Ludwo) garage!
The tests have a quite clear outcome: The "rifle" is useless. More effective than shooting someone with this would be if you asked him nicely to commit suicide. Throwing stones is better than this. 99% of man made weapons are more useful, including a stuffed penguin! The rifle has a range of about 7 – 10meters and is completely innacurate!
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Ilaria del Carretto (Zuccarello, 1379 - Lucca, 1405) fue una noble italiana. Pertenecía al linaje de los marqueses de Savona. Era hija de Carlo I del Carretto, desde 1397 primer marqués Del Carretto de Zuccarello. En 1403, con veinticuatro años, se casó con el señor de Lucca, Paolo Guinigi: era su cuarta esposa y con él tuvo dos hijos, Ladislao e Ilaria. Durante el parto de esta última, en 1405, Ilaria del Carretto murió.

Su esposo encomendó al escultor Jacopo della Quercia una estatua funeraria que se conserva en la catedral de Lucca. Se trata de la obra maestra de este escultor y una de las más famosas del Renacimiento italiano. El monumento se colocó en una capilla privada y quizá pertenecía a un conjunto escultórico más amplio, pero los avatares posteriores modificaron su aspecto original. La escultura representa a Ilaria del Carretto yacente con un pequeño perro a sus pies, símbolo de la fidelidad conyugal. Los relieves de la base muestran unos putti con guirnaldas. Toda la obra escultórica tiene una gran delicadeza y elegancia.

Tras la caída en desgracia y expulsión de la ciudad de Paolo Guinigi en 1430, el sepulcro fue modificado: se le arrancaron los relieves laterales de los putti y fue colocado cerca de la sacristía. En 1488 unos artista locales realizaron una nueva decoración lateral. Actualmente, se han recuperado y reintegrado los relieves de Della Quercia. El monumento fúnebre se puede visitar en la sacristía de la catedral.

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La figura de Ilaria del Carretto y, en especial, la escultura de Jacopo della Quercia, ha inspirado a numerosos poetas, como a Gabriele D'Annunzio (en el poema dedicado a la ciudad de Lucca en su obra Elettra, 1903), Salvatore Quasimodo («Davanti al simulacro d'Ilaria del Carretto» en su obra Ed è subito sera, 1942), Pier Paolo Pasolini («L'Appennino», publicado en el libro Las cenizas de Gramsci, 1957), Luis Javier Moreno («Escultura yacente de Ilaria del Carretto») o David Ferrer García («Visita al sepulcro de Ilaria del Carretto»).

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Bibliografía
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The Survivors will perform at the Dance 2 Inspire: World Aids Day Edition on Friday, December 1.PHOTO:supplied
AFTER winning the 2014 Dance 2 Inspire (D2I) title, Survivors Dance Crew - a Durban dance group - will return to the City of Choice to defend their title as D2I champions.
Following their success they later won the national Shield Do-Dance dance competition, the prize of which was a trip to New York as guests at the World of Dance International competition. They continued to win several dance competitions throughout 2014 to 2015.
However, at the beginning of 2016, they suffered a loss to their three-man crew when they lost their co-founder, Sanele Charles Shangase to a car accident.
The remaining duo, Mlondi Ndlovu and Khulekani Ndimande, decided to continue competing, but needed additional talent, which they found in Enver Moolla, Phiwamanda Zwane and Linda Ndlovu.
"We chose the name 'Survivors' because that is what dance helped us do, survive. The name did not just mean we're dancers, it meant overcoming challenges and is meant to inspire people who are going through hardships," said Ndlovu.
Dance 2 Inspire: World Aids Day edition will take place at the Winston Churchill Theatre on Friday, December 1 at 12pm. Tickets R50 at the door.
The event has been sponsored by Vodacom NXT LVL, which will be giving away R15 000 in cash, and other Vodacom NXT LVL goodies.
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So what can you can expect from the new line-up? Three different models to be exact, namely the XR, the XS and the XS MAX.
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Next up, the iPhoneXS, that's a notch up from the revolutionary iPhoneX that broke all boundaries when it was launched last year. Boasting a Super Retina HD display, the iPhoneXS comes in two models, XS and XSMax that's essentially all about the big and bigger. Both models are equipped with custom OLED display, ensuring the most accurate colour ever in the industry, and comes with HDR and True Tone technology. Size wise, the iPhoneXS is relatively similar to the iPhoneX, measuring 143.6 mm by 70.9 mm and weighing 177 grams, with a 5.8 inch (when measured diagonally) display.
In comparison, the XS Max is similar in terms of phone size (it measures 157.5 mm by 77.4 mm) with the iPhone8Plus, but boasting a much bigger display of 6.5 inches (when measured diagonally). That essentially makes the iPhoneXSMax the biggest display ever on an iPhone, which is great for those of you who are all about 'bigger is better'.
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Aside from the noticeable differences in screen sizes when measured diagonally between the iPhoneXR (6.1 inch Liquid Retina HD display), iPhoneXS (5.8 inch Super Retina HD display) and the iPhoneXS Max (6.5 inch Super Retina HD display), the back cameras are slightly different as well. With the iPhoneXS and iPhoneXSMax, you will find dual 12-megapixel wide angle and telephoto cameras, while the iPhoneXR will only come with a single 12-megapixel camera.
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Last Friday, Evgeny Lebedev, owner of the Independent and the Evening Standard, was celebrating his nomination for a peerage. But while the future looks bright for soon-to-be Lord Lebedev (son of the former KGB spy Alexander Lebedev), there is bad news for some of those who work for him. Today it was announced that the Standard will sack nearly half of its journalists after its business model was shredded by the Covid-19 crisis.
Up to 69 poor hacks at Derry Street are said to be up for the chop, with 46 who work in other roles in the company also losing their jobs. It's a grim start for Emily Sheffield, founder of 'This Much I Know News' and former deputy editor of Vogue, who took over as editor from George Osborne last month, as the former Chancellor became editor-in-chief.
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Do Christians have to obey God's law?
Do Christians have to obey God's law?
In Matthew 5:17-18, Jesus spoke about the importance of God's law. Paul expresses his agreement here. The first Christians were eager in their support for God's law (Acts 21:20).
That causes a problem for many Christians today. They read the many rules and commands that appear in the first 5 books of the Bible. There, they find many commands that are clearly important to follow for moral reasons (see Exodus 20:1-17). However, they also find many rules and ceremonies which seem to have no moral purpose. Several of those rules would be difficult or impossible to follow today. So Christians ask which rules they must follow. However, Jesus insisted that the whole law remains important.
Perhaps an explanation of the word 'law' will help us to understand this better. The word in the Hebrew language is TORAH. The real meaning of TORAH is lessons or instructions. God gave his TORAH not to control people by rules, but to teach them how they should live. From it, they would learn how to live in the manner that pleases him. In particular, they would learn to have a relationship of faith (trust) in God, because the TORAH teaches that (4:1-5).
So God's law, or the TORAH, means the first 5 books in the Bible, and the lessons that they teach. Those books, and the rest of the Bible, are the word of God (2 Timothy 3:16). So, of course they do not change, because God does not change his opinions (James 1:17). We obey the commands that we should obey for moral reasons. However we should study the whole of God's law and the whole Bible, as God gives us the opportunity. God wants to teach us from all of the Bible; its lessons are important for our lives. We can learn important lessons even from the rules about the ceremonies that we do not carry out today (see for example, Hebrews chapter 9).


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She won the adidas Golden Ball which is awarded to the best player by the FIFA Technical Study Group (TSG).
Saori Takarada (JPN) and Moeka Minami (JPN) came second and third respectively.
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If two or more players score the same number of goals, the number of assists (as determined by members of the FIFA Technical Study Group) will be decisive.
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A Silver Boot and a Bronze Boot for the second and third highest goalscorers will also be awarded.
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Recently at PD HQ, we've been having some serious conversations about…hair. For Mary, 2018 is her "year of hair," which means finding effortless styles that work with her new-mom schedule. I on the other hand, firmly subscribe to the French philosophy that the older you get, the more polished your hair has to become so that it balances out your skin. That to me, is on par with "Always wear sunscreen" on the pedestal of words of wisdom. I'm 31, so I'm coveting shiny, blown-out long layers that make me at least *look* like a woman who has it all together, ahem.
My natural hair is super thick, numerous, healthy, straight, and grows like a weed. But I don't enjoy coddling my hair or styling it; blow-drying until your arm falls off is hardly relaxing like slathering your face with serum. I don't even own a hairdryer because I don't want to buy anything that will eventually get thrown out. This results in some haphazard hair days, all in the name of sustainable lifestyle.
Enter Gisele Bündchen's hair stylist Harry Josh.
As we know, Gisele is one of the most outspoken/visible conservation and environment warriors on the planet. She trots the world as a UN Ambassador, speaks about environmental protection in front of world leaders at President Emanuel Macron's invitation, cleans rivers in Brazil, stands up for safekeeping the Amazon, calls out ocean plastic problem, composts at home, and talks normally not-conscious designers like Donatella Versace into designing eco-friendly gowns for her to wear and promote. But I didn't expect her BFF stylist Harry Josh to be as outspoken about these issues as Gisele–and he's actually vegan.
Harry Josh's Instagram is a delight for anyone who needs hair goals and vegan inspiration at the same time. Here, he's giving the fiercest Italian movie star half-up do to supermodel Lily Aldridge. There, he's posting about veganism and how pigs are no different from dogs. Here, he's literally making Pinterest history with 21st century volume blow-out on Taylor Hill. There, he's blasting fur brands like Canada Goose and calling out exotic skin wearers. In a world where we're busy showing the prettiest side of ourselves, and especially in the hyper image-conscious fashion industry, Harry Josh isn't afraid to speak the truth.
I saw Lily Aldridge wear her hair half-up, so *I* wore my hair half-up.
Yes, you've definitely seen this photo before, the Taylor Hill blow-out that broke Pinterest. And it's by Harry Josh.
Don't wash your hair every day. He suggests washing every other day for fine hair, and as little as once a week for thick/coarse hair. Do a blow-out after the wash and preserve as much as possible!
To cut drying time, you can put your hair in a turban before blow-drying. But if you have frizzy hair, you have to blow-dry right away.
To grow thick, strong, healthy hair, make sure you use the best products. Harry Josh also suggests you try supplements like HUM, vegan gummies with biotin (healthy appearance), folic acid (healthy growth of cells), B12, zinc, and PABA (wards off gray). And they're shaped like little hearts! <3 weeee!
If you're busy and not really into spending hours on your hair every day, Harry Josh says, "I think a top knot or messy bun always looks cool. Don't forget about hair accessories." Given Meghan Markle has brought the messy bun back in a major way, I'm ready to default to this whenever my long polished layers thing doesn't work out. So this is way above my usual "do a pony then pull my hair half-way through" bun. But what is life without goals?