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BTPL unveils ceremonial ethnic fabric collection in collaboration with Manish Malhotra
Mumbai, January 10th, 2022
BRFL Textiles Private Limited (BTPL), home to India's largest single-roof state-of-the-art fabric processing facility, has launched its premium ceremonial ethnic fabric line under its fabric's brand, "LinenVogue – La Classé". The collection has been crafted in collaboration with renowned fashion designer Manish Malhotra.
Through the launch of this fabric line, BTPL aims to cater to the pent up demand for the wedding and festive season, and to promote linen as a preferred ethnic and festive wear fabric amongst the Indian audience.
The fabrics, which are designed for the upcoming festive and wedding season, has been handpicked by Manish Malhotra, to complement the intricate embroidery. This is the first time that Manish Malhotra has curated a festive line using the versatile linen fabric, and the collection is a true representation of the elegant curations the designer is synonymous with. This is also the first time that linen has been adorned using a monochrome and vibrant palette with a combination of intricate coated embroidery, vintage zardosi and Rajasthani sequin work. The intricate embroidery and the collection has been worked on by over 60 skilled karigaris at BTPL over the span of 6 months.
The festive catalogue which consists of 36 looks for both male and female customers, will be available across LinenVogue la classe' exclusive brand outlets as well as through the 3000 Multi Brand Outlet's spread across the country. For the convenience of customers, the company's exclusive brand outlets has inhouse trained tailors, who will be at the store to facilitate and guide customers and to customize the fabric's as per their requirements.
Speaking about the launch of the collection, Mr. Prashant Agrawal, Managing Director at BTPL, said, "We are delighted to launch our novel festive line collection as we look to provide our customers with a wide range of premium ethnic wear. The collection is a true representation of the superior quality, design innovation, and heritage value that the brand embodies. Each and every fabric has been uniquely and intrinsically designed and curated keeping in mind the rising demand for festive attire. We are confident that the premium linen fabric that has been used to curate the collection will redefine ethnic fashion, and position ethnic wear as a sought after apparel segment. Manish is particularly recognized for his exquisite designs, and it is a honour for us to have him work on our fabric line and lend it a touch of elegance and finesse that he is globally renowned for."
Through this signature collection line, BTPL is expecting substantial revenue growth, and a 15-20% increase in in-store footfalls.
Speaking about this new collection, Mr. Manish Malhotra, said, "Linen is a fabric I have worked very rarely with, so when I was asked to style a range of the new fabrics with Linen Vogue, I was most excited. I wanted to travel through a diverse palette of prints & colors that oscillates between the old-world regalia and the modern repertoire. The alluring fabric of LinenVogue – La Classé is a symphonic harmony of various heterogeneous elements that span from staid classic to the edgy take of new-age appeal. They inspire a sense of reminiscence and reflect upon the transient nature of time in a range of new-age, dynamic and wayward selection of linen this season."
LinenVogue – La Classé is one of the leading linen fabric brands, renowned for its high-end, niche, designer fabrics that are crafted, spun, woven, processed and finished in the company's Tarapur unit, which is one of the most technologically advanced and leading fabric processing unit in India. LinenVogue – La Classé is certified by CELC (European Confederation of Flax & Hemp), a guarantee of traceability for premium linen fibre grown in Europe, and is a natural and sustainable fibre cultivated without artificial irrigation and is GMO free.
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BTPL is engaged in processing a wide range of fabrics at its plant located at Tarapur in Maharastra, India. The Tarapur plant is a multi-fiber fabric processing unit using cotton, linen, giza cotton, viscose, polyester, tencel, modal, lycra, along with their blends. With its annual processing capacity of 144million meters (400,000 meters per day), the Tarapur plant is the largest single roof fabric processing unit in India adequately supported by its captive power, effluent treatment, RO water and other utilities enabling cost competitiveness. It also has a captive yarn dyeing unit with annual capacity of 10.6 million kg (29 tonnes per day).
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Couturier, costume stylist, entrepreneur, and revivalist; Manish Malhotra's prolific career spanning 30 years has seen him redefine fashion. Founder of the eponymous label, Manish Malhotra is known in the industry for his pathbreaking makeover for actors on the silver screen and giving them an individual style narrative in personal lives, whilst walking alongside in their journey of stardom. The first-ever fashion influencer and bold fashion creator, Manish Malhotra has extended his influence beyond fashion to carve his niche as an Indian luxury designer. The designer has been acknowledged with multiple felicitations for his leadership position in costume designing in Bollywood. Being the first ever recipient for the Best Costume Designer award, he was celebrated with 4 Filmfare Awards, 4 Filmfare Glamour & Style Awards, 7 Bollywood Movie Awards, 5 IIFA, the Rajiv Gandhi award for designing & HT Most Stylish Award amongst the 50 other illustrious awards and numerous nominations. Manish Malhotra's body of work on numerous movies and innumerable designs makes him a leading name in the Indian fashion design fraternity.
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The Lithuanian government approved on Wednesday a university network reorganization plan worked out by the Education and Science Ministry and will now send it to the parliament.
Under the plan, Vilnius University, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU), the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, the Academy of Arts and the General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania, will continue to operate in the capital, higher school representatives who were present at the Cabinet's meeting confirmed to BNS.
Vilnius-based Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) would be merged into VGTU.
The second-biggest city of Kaunas would have three universities: Vytautas Magnus University (VDU), the Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) and the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LMSU).
The Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences (LEU), which is currently based in the capital, would formally become part of VDU, but a teacher training centre would also be established at VU.
Aleksandras Stulginskis University (ASU) would also become part of VDU and Lithuanian Sports University (LSU) would be merged into LMSU.
Šiauliai University (SU) would become part of VU, but Klaipėda University would continue to operate as an independent university.
"The government gave its final approval for the plan itself, but the Seimas as the founder is yet to make its decision," Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis told reporters.
"As far as the university network (reorganization), which is only one of the measures envisaged in our plan, is concerned, we have clarity now," he added.
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The old question–doth a trilithon a Stonehenge make? And the answer may be, It depends how desperate you are for material for your blog. In this case we have no qualms including the item since noted Stonehenge replica scholar Simon Burrow suggested it. We'll blame him! Looking at his blogs, he seems like such a thoughtful, intelligent, good-hearted person, it's difficult to understand how he became involved in this sordid henge business, but there it is. You may see his posting of this trilithon here.
Mr. Burrow likens the spiral on the hitching stone near the trilithon to the Anasazi snail design, but some of our readers may be reminded as we were, of the spiral designs carved in to stones at the Newgrange passage grave in Ireland. Although California is closer to the Anasazi sites, the trilithon's possible reference to Stonehenge makes the Newgrange reference just as likely. Of course, the spiral is universal, and for all we know could be the logo for their tanning studio!
It's just a trilithon with two shorter stones that we could charitably call bluestones. As for the spiral stone, well, at least it's not an Easter Island head! Score: 5 druids. Of course, if it should turn out that everyone on this block had a trilithon and two bluestones, the score would rise rapidly. A community Stonehenge replica . . . for now it remains but a happy dream!
Thanks for the kind mention and the upgrade to community ratings. I'll take your mention of my mention of my "good-heartedness" as a reflection of my not yet needing to take lipitor and not a judgement on my nature.


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Palestine Park
by J.A. Miller / December 12th, 2007
Desiring Westerners
This past fall I traveled to Boston to attend the Sabeel Conference on the "Apartheid Paradigm in Palestine-Israel" held in the Old South Church. Global warming was in full swing on the muggy weekend which coincided with the October 27th anti-war demonstrations organized by UFPJ. Sabeel — Arabic for "path" — is a Palestinian Christian organization billing itself as an "ecumenical, international grassroots peace movement that promotes nonviolence, human rights, international law, democratic principles and Gospel teachings on justice and peace-building". Since the Zionist project was originated by Protestants hundreds of years ago and is now sustained not only by the murderous brutality of the Israeli army, the efficient ministrations of The Lobby and American largesse but also by the very edifice of Protestantism I was curious to see what the liberals among them were up to these days in this regard. The use of the word "apartheid" seemed promising so I bought my ticket and off I went.
Passing through the demonstrators stalwartly standing by Israel on Boylston Street brandishing shiny new blue-and-white placards, I entered the church and after receiving my conference packet entered the sanctuary where I was presented with an additional handout. Old South had apparently had taken flack beyond the demonstration outside for allowing such an anti-Semitic confab on the premises so the first document was a "public statement" signed by the Reverend Nancy Thompson defending the decision to host the conference as well within the fine liberal tradition of Old South. The Reverend further declared that Old South and the United Church of Christ "stand firmly in support of Israel…. firmly in support of Palestinian Christians" adding that UCC and Old South "grieve" for the suffering of both the Israelis and Palestinian Christians who both "possess narratives that are fraught with suffering, insecurity, injustice and anguish". Perhaps Rev. Nancy felt that a robust display of Judeo-Protestant solidarity coupled with a pointed exclusion of Palestinian Muslims from the balm of her grief would certify the church's bona fides to the critics without.
During the course of the two-day conference, celebrated leftist patriarch Noam Chomsky held forth in his soporific New York Times-quoting style on the topic of Boycott/Divestment/Sanctions and although he seemed to concede that BDS could kind-of-sort-of possibly be a pretty good idea at some unspecified future point he warned sternly that the groundwork has not been laid for its success and much organizing and education must be done first. Chomsky's deep structure might therefore translate: "Take your time. Take lots of time. Let's not rush out and inconvenience the Jewish state any time soon". I prepared a question for the Professor on my conference-issue card asking if this meant that he had changed the position he took in 2001 when he told the Harvard Crimson, "I've probably been the leading opponent… of the campaign for divestment from Israel and of the campaign about academic boycotts".1 But Chomsky toddled off at the panel's conclusion after taking only one question from the audience so I was unable to learn the answer.
Jeff Halper of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions likewise exuded a bossy ambiguity. A native Minnesotan who plugged in his "birthright" but then apparently was dismayed to discover that his fellow Israelis were not so very nice, Halper exhorted the assemblage to take the apartheid-in-the-occupied-territories route because (this was said hurriedly, emphatically) "the single state is a non-starter". The glaring, nay screaming contradiction of opposing both apartheid and a single democratic state thus hung in the air. Nevertheless, Halper made me wax nostalgic putting me in mind of my local UFPJ shop steward who waggled her finger at me some years ago and declared that a mysterious entity which she was pleased to call "our community" did not want to hear about the single state, and if I continued to rudely bring it up, I should go form my own group. She may even have concluded her scolding in the playground idiom of my youth, "So there!" but I cannot swear to it.
Canon Ateek delivered unto us ringing and eloquent words about Zionist apartheid. But he also stated that although Palestinians do not like the two-state solution they will have to accept it because the West — and here the good Canon sounded puzzled — "wants a Jewish state". This bizarre Western desire was not elaborated upon however and thereby hangs the crux of the matter. In fact it hung right up there with the Halper Contradiction, suspended above the enormous sanctuary of Old South filled to capacity with mostly middle class white folk.
The West indeed wants a Jewish state, a state where the majority of the citizenry (perhaps all, if the Lieberman boys get their way) enjoy sole ownership of stolen Palestinian real estate based on some sort of DNA qualification. Why the West (and this includes the liberal, progressive and democratic West) wants this is a question that has never been effectively addressed by any pro-Palestinian or progressive group as far as I know. And it is this precisely this Western desire that lies at the core of the so-called difficulty of the problem. As you may recall after 9/11 there was a load of sanctimonious rubbish written about how Islam was in dire need of a Western-style "enlightenment" to bring it up to speed. But the fact that a majority of Western Christians and Jews harbor such a non-negotiable, religious/racist desire suggests that they would be better employed examining their own commitment to enlightenment principles rather than snottily preaching to others.
Imam Mahdi Bray, Farid Esack and Desmond Tutu offered up ringing condemnations of Israeli apartheid but to be sure they were all black and therefore on some level invisible to the nearly all-white audience. White privilege runs strong and deep in the likes of Old South as Rev. Nancy was careful to demonstrate. The Archbishop was uniformly charming although I felt he did make too much of us all being "the children of Abraham". I've never understood the monotheistic regard for Abraham who abandoned one wife and son to die in the wilderness and then hawked the other about as a harlot to the local royalty. Not a particularly appealing father figure by any cultural measure. I rather agree with the great but deliberately ignored Lebanese historian Kamal Salibi who suggested that Abraham represents the West Arabian god of impotence.
Still I was in a Christian milieu, so I forgave the Archbishop because he comes from circumstances in which scripture might be said to carry some weight against oppressors although this was really only possible in South Africa because the West did not "want" a Boer state the way they "want" a Jewish state in Palestine. South African real estate — in spite of Boer hallucinations — was never coveted or covenanted the way Westerners feel that Palestine has been contracted personally to Protestants and Jews. Because the Bible constitutes the property deed to Palestine it is impossible to use it effectively in the struggle against the Zionist project because its supporters can simply flip to Genesis 13:15 and smirk "So there"!
Then up spake the bespectacled David Wildman, Executive Secretary for Human Rights & Racial Justice with Methodist Global Ministries. Wildman wielded religious metaphor to level accusation directly at the sea of well-fed white faces as he bade them examine the log in their own eye, in the eye of their churches and in the eye of the American left, a log that has long silenced debate on Palestine. Wildman charged that this silencing contributed directly to the apartheid now in place in Palestine and harked back to the example of the enormous anti-nuke demonstration in NYC in 1982 one week after Israel invaded Lebanon, when speaking out against Israel was explicitly banned by the organizers. It was bracing to hear Wildman use this little-known incident which I believe heralded the subsequent demise of the American left. For a millisecond I thought "Well shucks, put me down for a Methody".
"Our reason for turning to Palestine is that Palestine is our country"
So now let us go a-logging. I am looking at an old postcard circa 1879 entitled "Oriental Group in Palestine Park".2 The scene comprises a gaggle of Americans clad in oriental dress clustered round a Protestant chapel. The revelers are frolicking in Palestine Park, a scale model of the "Holy Land" constructed in 1874 on Lake Chautauqua, New York by the Reverend John Heyl Vincent as a visual aid for the legions of Sunday school teachers who flocked to the Chautauqua Institute to bone up on biblical history and geography. This first ever example of a theme park — that quintessential American construct — featured:
…a life-size Tabernacle built to the specifications given in Exodus, a pyramid, a model of Jerusalem, and a small scale replica of the biblical Holy Land itself—complete with a ten-foot-long Dead Sea, a smaller Sea of Galilee, and markers for important biblical sites—landscaped into the rocky terrain of the shoreline …which serves as the Mediterranean Sea.3
Established in 1874, the Chautauqua Institute spawned hundreds of "assemblies" throughout America, their popularity lasting until radio and cinema decimated their customer base. First and foremost the model at Chautauqua was liberal and Protestant. Upper and middle class Americans flocked to the Institute and its branches, first to imbibe Protestant party line and later to indulge in an array of adult ed courses, what Rudyard Kipling called "the apotheosis of popular information". Chautauqua's visiting luminaries included Amelia Earhart, Helen Keller, Thomas Edison, George Gershwin and at least nine presidents. Ida Tarbell, famed muckraker of Standard Oil, happily recollected cavorting on Palestine Park's Mount Hermon as a girl.
Although there were many smaller precursors on American church grounds, Palestine Park is the iconic example of what geographer John Kirtland Wright called geopiety, "a deep religious devotion to a vision of the Holy Land concocted from a 'curious mix of romantic imagination, historical rectitude, and attachment to physical space' [emphasis added]".4 Geopiety is a particularly Protestant obsession originating in England in the 16th century and culminating in the Balfour Declaration. Long before Herzl revved up the Jewish branch of geopiety, the Archbishop of York pugnaciously encapsulated the concept in 1875: "Our reason for turning to Palestine is that Palestine is our country. I have used that expression before and I refuse to adopt any other".5
The Archbishop may have been ready for a fight, but Wright's mix is not in the least curious. Palestine Park is no quaint bygone exhibit of exuberant 19th century American religiosity. Although the "historical rectitude" of situating biblical events in Palestine has melted away as biblical archaeologists continually come up empty-handed, Protestant theology maintains its fervid "attachment to physical [Palestinian] space". Americans supersized their geopiety, objectifying it not only in Palestine Park but also countless miniature biblical re-creations in 19th century Sunday schools and sanctuaries across the country. Public constructional geopiety climaxed at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair which featured a ten-acre Jerusalem Exhibit in the center of the fairgrounds with full-scale replicas of such Palestinian landmarks as the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Temple Mount, Solomon's "stables" and the Wailing Wall. Imported "natives" provided picturesque accents for fairgoer's amusement. Direct descendants of Palestine Park abound today in such venues as Holy Land, USA (VA), The Holy Land Experience (FL), Golgotha Fun Park (KY) and God's Ark of Safety (MD).
Although today's biblical theme parks have a definite red state tinge, youthful Protestant congregants in all states are still subject to Old Testamentary teaching and its obsession with property. In the liberal blue state Congregational Church of my youth, we Sunday school students built a scale model of the Tabernacle using specs from Exodus and surplus tile from teacher's bathroom renovation. While we converted tiles into cubits, Johnston's map of the Holy Land hung on the wall behind us and later when I was confirmed at age sixteen the testament bestowed on me featured the same map on the frontispiece. Only a few years ago during a rummage sale at a nearby ultra-liberal UCC church I spied the same map hanging in the choir room where the soft goods were on offer. Palestine Park and its derivatives are simply tangible examples of historic Protestant ownership regard for Palestinian real estate. It is precisely this theological component that now underpins Western insistence on a Jewish state in Palestine.
So while the great-great-grandparents today's Palestinians were tending their fields and orchards and plying their crafts all unawares, Americans in Arab drag acted out their ownership fantasies in a Palestine theme park. Mind you, Palestine Park and the American tradition of biblical re-creation is only a small part of what is a long dense tradition of mainstream Protestant Zionism which includes such 19th century political milestones as: London Society for the Promotion of Christianity Among the Jews (1809); London Memorandum on the Restoration of the Jews (1839); Gawler's Association for Promoting Jewish Settlement in Palestine (1852); and the Blackstone Memorial Petition presented to President Harrison entitled "Palestine for the Jews" (1891).6
All of these proto-Zionist constructs (which by the way contained elements of anti-Semitism) were created to realize Biblical prophecy for political ends. An even more pervasive and influential strain of this Protestant desire is scattered profusely through British and American literature, culture and nomenclature. All of these political and religious desires constitute what the late Israel Shahak identified so eloquently as the "weight of history". It is important to understand that to this day this historic desire weighs on the Christian West on all levels — from right wing dispensationalists to the liberal clergy to the ranks of the anti-war progressives. That the West "wants a Jewish state" — whether consciously or not — is what enables the continuing bloodshed and injustice in Palestine and even Iraq. It is crucial that these desires be "dragged into the light" using Shahak's example:
… politics is an interaction between realistic considerations… and ideological influences. The latter tend to be more influential the less they are discussed and 'dragged into the light'. Any form of racism, discrimination and xenophobia becomes more potent and politically influential if it is taken for granted by the society which indulges in it. This is especially so if its discussion is prohibited, either formally or by tacit agreement. When racism, discrimination and xenophobia [is] being fueled by religious motivations it is like its opposite case, that of antisemitism and its religious motivations.7
The unexamined historical weight before us is the Protestant theology of real estate — the long Protestant theological desire for a Zionist project. Self-examination is particularly difficult when religion is involved. Former President Jimmy Carter writes candidly of his life-long "infatuation" with Israel and describes the giddiness he felt the first time he visited Israel, a giddiness experienced by the thousands of British and American travelers who flooded "their" Palestine in the 19th century and then published equally giddy accounts of their travels which enormous body of work constitutes a literary phenomenon unprecedented at any other time or place. Nevertheless, Carter — like Halper — is unable to violate the "biblical" borders of Israel: Apartheid is to be found only in the occupied territories and Palestine Park itself is a "democracy". Progressives, smugly thinking themselves liberated from such baggage, are particularly loath to examine the personal impact of this historical religious weight and instead seek refuge from the effort by hiding behind the issue's "complexity" and other ruses. No doubt they are all held back by a certain reluctance to relinquish their G-d given right to frolic in Palestine Park.
David Weinfeld, "Chomsky's Gift", Harvard Crimson, Dec. 12, 2002. [↩]
The History Project, UC Davis [↩]
Timothy Beal, Roadside Religion, 2005, p. 28. [↩]
Ibid., p. 27-8. [↩]
Issam Nassar, "In Their Image", Jerusalem Quarterly, October 2003. [↩]
For a detailed historical chronology of Christian Zionism, see Mohameden Ould-Mey, "The Geopolitical Genesis and Prospect of Zionism", Political Geography, 2003. [↩]
Israel Shahak, Jewish History, Jewish Religion: The Weight of 3000 Years, 1994, p. 2. [↩]
J.A. Miller is a grandmother activist from the Middle West who spent many years traveling and studying in the Middle East. She has published essays on Counterpunch, Dissident Voice and StateofNature. Her poetry also was included in Remi Kanazi's 2008 anthology Poets for Palestine. Miller is currently writing a book on the Protestant origin of the Zionist project. She can be reached at: jsec_miller@hotmail.com. Read other articles by J.A..
This article was posted on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 at 5:01am and is filed under Israel/Historical Palestine, Justice, Zionism.
mary said on December 12th, 2007 at 5:34am #
http://www.redress.cc/palestine/dhalpin20071211
Perhaps I could put this article into the debate and add some reality.
gerald spezio said on December 12th, 2007 at 9:57am #
Big Zionism here;
http://www.theunjustmedia.com/the%20zionist_plan_for_the_middle_east.htm
jaime said on December 12th, 2007 at 10:22am #
A few points…
"…Halper exhorted the assemblage to take the apartheid-in-the-occupied-territories route…"
It never ceases to amaze me how many euphemisms there are for deligitimizing and demonizing the modern State of Israel. The writer, Ms. Millier refuses to actually call the place by its proper name, instead using terrorist nomenclature like the Hamas or Hezbollah or other euphemisms.
The plight of Christians in the Palestinian areas is given very short shrift in her piece. There have been Christians in the area since the time of Jesus.
see: Gaza's Christians fear for Lives http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1181813061916&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
I'd be surprised if she was aware of or cared about their predicament today. The approximately 2400 Christians in Gaza are simply terrified these days, as the Hamas consolidates its grip religiously as well as politically.
This was my first news that Jeff Halper has done a 180 degree turn on his big notion of the single nation state, which he has been a leader in promoting for years and years. Guess even he figured out that you can't very well cobble a state together, when a significant portion of the players are intent on exterminating the others.
A bit more about the Christians in Gaza:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1196847287392&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
"…Christians living in the Gaza Strip told the Post that they were very worried about the increased attacks on members of their community and religious institutions. "The latest incident is aimed at sending a message to all the Christians here that we must leave," said a Christian leader. "Radical Islamic groups are waging a campaign to get rid of us and no one seems to care."
Thanks GS, that's an up-to-date study too. Well, for here, anyway.
gerald spezio said on December 12th, 2007 at 10:41am #
Would the Zionist Propaganda Colossus with its toiling peeyar yuppies be smart enough to continually publicize Martin Luther King's "I've Seen the Promised Land" speech as perfect peeyar for the Zionist's Promised Land of all Palestine and beyond?
King's "Promised Land" speech is everywhere these days
Whose interests are served by this sentence by Miller?
"The unexamined historical weight before us is the Protestant theology of real estate — the long Protestant theological desire for a Zionist project."
NPR just did another "piece" with the MLK "Promised Land" theme.
J A Miller's "piece" leaves many readers with a Biblical and scriptural "justification" for Zionism's promised land. requiring the genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians.
Miller throws out Jimmy Carter's "life-long infatuation with Israel."
But she doesn't even mention Carter's book, PEACE NOT APARTHEID.
Our fearless editor, Joshua Frank, could label Miller's piece, "convoluted."
jaime said on December 12th, 2007 at 1:03pm #
Zionism isn't necessarily synonymous with "genocide and ethnic cleansing."
Zionism is the concept of the existence of a land for the Jewish People.
gerald spezio said on December 12th, 2007 at 1:14pm #
Zionism is the fundamentalist concept of the Palestinians' land for the fundamentalist Judaic people..
hp said on December 12th, 2007 at 2:18pm #
Phony baloney parasite democracy. Too bad we can't all close our eyes, wish real hard and it would just disappear..
dan elliott said on December 12th, 2007 at 6:06pm #
Just some quick props for author Miller. The Christinane-Zionist aspect of the problem is one that has been neglected far too long & too much, incl. by yrs truly.
I recently shelled out for a book by one Greg Felton titled "The Host & the Parasite". That it was published by Dandelion Press does nothing to enhance its credibility in my eyes, nor does Felton's recital of various versions of the Conventional Wisdom according to various 911 Truth hobbyists — but he includes a big chunk of research into the early days of US Xstian Zionism which revealed to me how ignorant I am in that area.
Of course Darby et al exemplify only the overt, relatively extreme trend; from infancy a certain amount of Zionism is inhaled by US Protestants with the air they breath. Nobody notices it, just as nobody now notices all the other omnipresent pollutants.
Joseph Anderson said on December 12th, 2007 at 10:05pm #
Copy — Open Letter:
From: Joseph Anderson
Sent: Tue 11/27/07, 1:47 PM
To: Noura Erakat, Palestinian-American legal activist, 2007 Boston Sabeel Conference speaker
Dear Noura,
I was listening to Democracy Now this morning and Amy Goodman was playing the recorded October 26-27, 2007, Sabeel Conference speeches of Noam Chomsky and Desmond Tutu. I see from the program that you also spoke at –and perhaps helped to organize?– that conference. So, that is why I email you. I will share my thoughts with others in the CC.
(I was surprised that Amy played Chomsky's speech first, since Tutu apparently gave the keynote address. If one didn't know that, one would have assumed that Tutu followed behind Chomsky, and that maybe Chomsky gave the keynote address.)
In fact, Chomsky opened by saying:
"Well, I've been asked to talk about the apartheid paradigm and the proper response here, so I'll do that, though not without some additional reservations. We have to recognize that there will be no clear answer as to the question of whether the apartheid paradigm applies in Israel or in Boston, right here, or elsewhere. The genre has, after all, only one example: South Africa. [I guess that Chomsky doesn't think that the almost century of legal and *Constitutionalized* American Southern Jim Crow, and little things like the American Black Codes, and various forms of American anti-miscegenation (anti-"race-mixing") laws, qualified as another example.] And there are similarities elsewhere in many dimensions, and it's fair enough to bring them up, but there's very little point debating whether they are close enough in one or another case to count as apartheid, because that will never be settled, we know that in advance."
But, in fact, Tutu pointed out that what's been going on in historic Palestine since Zionist colonialism has been *WORSE* than apartheid. So, *who* is Chomsky deferring to when he said that "there's very little point" in making the comparison? I'll offer my answer: Chomsky always *fundamentally* defers to the ultimate sensibilities, when not wishes, of Israeli/Zionist Jews (like some of his old Zionist Jewish friends living in Israel — where *he* used to live). The *oppressors* must morally approve of boycotts, divestments and sanctions; the *oppressors* must morally approve of the apartheid comparison; the *oppressors* must morally approve of a reunified state (even in theory). When it comes to Chomsky and *only* Israel, we must always consult the *oppressors* first, defer to their sensibilities, and the oppressors always gets the ulitmate moral veto: that is his determination of what is even moral "practical" support.
The recordings did not make the Democracy Now listeners privy as to whether there was any Q&A afterwards, but if Chomsky went unchallenged after his speech, then –in my most humble opinion– I think that's pathetic that he can apparently just spoon-feed people his distortions, obfuscations, underminings and even outright lies. In fact, Chomsky's got his own little propaganda machine going — to deceive progressives/leftists. Anyone supporting the Palestinian cause who is hanging onto Chomsky (or inviting him to speak) merely because he's a white left guru will be taken to a *dead* end. Chomsky also falsified the history of the anti-South African apartheid divestment movement. It didn't start only *after* some great international consensus was built up: it started as an educational and consciousness-raising tool to *build up* the consensus for divestment, as well as economic, cultural, and athletic boycotts, against apartheid South Africa.
I just wanted to express to you that, in my most humble opinion, I am surprised that someone like Chomsky would even be invited to speak — someone who seems to subtly work to actually *UNDERMINE* the Palestinian cause as a *practical* issue. Chomsky gives subtle cues to this whenever he speaks long enough. The reasons I hold this position can be exemplified by my FWD'd email below, as well as the articles I list below. (And aside from that, Chomsky has never *renounced* political Zionism as, indeed, a racist political ideology.) In fact, just as Chomsky said at the beginning of his speech, his response to the Palestinian struggle is, indeed, pretty abstract. I'd humbly suggest reading my email below first to get an additional overview of my intellectual and moral objection to his speech and then read the articles, as your busy time permits.
"Gnome Chomsky" — a *GREAT* little poem!
http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/133840/index.php
Damage Control: Noam Chomsky and the Israel-Palestine Conflict — interview with Jeffrey Blankfort
Damage Control: Noam Chomsky and the Israel-Palestine Conflict — by Jeffrey Blankfort
http://www.leftcurve.org/LC29WebPages/Chomsky.html
The Left and the Israel Lobby — by Joseph Anderson
https://www.dissidentvoice.org/June06/Anderson08.htm
I hope you find this information of some interest:
In case you missed the MAP of BIG ZIONISM;
You won't have to be bewildered about why there is never any peace in Palestine.
Fundamentalist Judiasm wants it all and will lie, distort, manipulate, and murder to get what they want.
"Israel from the Nile to the Eupfrates."
"God likes us best!"
Lloyd Rowsey said on December 15th, 2007 at 8:21am #
Thank you, Ms. Miller and Joseph Anderson.
Thank you, Ms. Miller. For what I'd term wry-JessicaMitford-reporting, but have never before encountered. I attended a book club discussion of The Devil in the White City, about 50 miles outside the SF Bay Area, a couple of years ago. But I hardly spoke a word, so parochial and narrow were the comments by the others.
And I'm still returning to this most enlightening description of protestant *world fairs* in the 19th century, with Palestine as their holy land.
And Joseph Anderson. Thank you for extending Ms. Millers' opening comments regarding Professor Chomsky and confirming my conviction that the world and the resistance movement in America have passed this great beacon by. In my opinion we owe the man our thanks, however, not derision.
greybeard said on December 15th, 2007 at 8:36pm #
The portion of James Petras' book, "The Power of Israel in the United States", on Chomsky is a great read. For some one as informed as Chomsky is, why he avoids arriving at the moral conclusion of condemning Israel's policies–backed by the moral pressure of boycotts, etc.–is astonishing. Tribal loyalties may explain it; Blankfort thinks that Chomsky is always looking out for what is good for Israel. But Ted Kaczynski was turned in by his own brother, who saw what his moral duty was, and did it.
Joshua Frank is the toiling editor of DV, and Joshua says that Zionism isn't even a factor in the Palestinian land grab by the Israelis.
James Petras's scholarly and detailed book, THE POWER OF ISRAEL IN THE UNITED STATES, documents the murdering power and intrigue of the murdering Zionist agenda.
Is Joshua Frank working to advance the murdering Zionist agenda?
greybeard. Thank you for jumping in. After entering "greybeard" in the "enter search term" box above, I see you have been as trenchant as you are sparing in your postings.
gerald. The word "working" is ambiguous in your question: are you asking if Joshua Frank is intentionally working to advance the Zionist agenda? Or do you intend to be ambiguous, presumably in order to not appear to be a fool?
Lloyd Rowsey
greybeard. I plan to read Petras. I believe Chomsky considers himself more valuable as an information-resource than as an activist or even advocate. Such I believe is the position of many academics. I recently saw a video of a presentation in Boston by N.C. (last spring?) in which he very obviously ducked a question as to whether he thought it was a good idea for students to rally for kicking military recruiters(?) off campuses, a la Mario Savio. Does Petras say or imply that Chomsky slants information, or avoids it, in his "reporting" on Israel's policies?
Is this beautiful lady, Anne Baltzer, trying to understand and help her fellow man , or is she another propagandist trying to throw pepper in our eyes?
Watch, weep, rejoice, & hope.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtRLtm507tQ
Lloyd Rowsey said on December 16th, 2007 at 10:08am #
I have never heard so clearly stated a rage
May it not desert you, gs, in your age.
gerald spezio said on December 16th, 2007 at 12:06pm #
Let us not desert our suffering fellows and their innocent children in Palestine and Iraq who are being murdered everyday for Israel.
Lloyd Rowsey said on December 16th, 2007 at 1:02pm #
It is no question of deserting the suffering and innocent, gs.
Certainly they are being murdered, gs. But for Israel? In Iraq as well as in the Levant? In any case, it doesn't follow that aiming one's venom and efforts — after all, we all have limited amounts of both — against Israel is more likely to reduce the murder than aiming it at the Chimpunk's America (I almost wrote, Amerika. Doubtless you remember that sixties' spelling) . Ron Jacobs writes persuasively about this.
When one observes the mad dog Zionists pleading for more destruction and murder in Iran, what happens to the – "It's all for the oil" theory?
Re-read "A Clean Break" written in 1996 by Zionist monster Richard Perle and his murdering Zionist pals for a stated prelude to the Zionist designs for murder in Iraq and Iran;
Ron Jacobs toils to obscure the clear causal chain of Zionism.
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/63/21831
Ravinder said on December 17th, 2007 at 8:14am #
>>…But Chomsky toddled off at the panel's conclusion after taking only one question from the audience so I was unable to learn the answer…
I too attended this conference in Boston October 26. Chomsky, as ever, was willing to take more questions from audiences. But unfortunately, that day's proceedings were lagging behind schedule as Desmond Tutu was suppose to deliver the keynote address around 1:30pm. I don't know about the one question which J.A. Miller is referring to. But I remember very clearly Chomsky did answer Miller's question (check on youtube or sabeel's web page for full video) about his controversial stand on Israel. He spoke about 15-20 minutes. All this happen when many of the audiences were already leaving for the lunch after the organizers had decided to skip the discussion following the panel's talks. So the brief account which Miller gave about the conference in beginning of her article above is a near misrepresentation of what happened on that day.
Joseph Anderson said on December 17th, 2007 at 6:24pm #
"NOAM CHOMSKY, 'THE ABOLITIONIST' ":
THE CONFEDERACY, ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
ABOLITIONISM , THEN, AND ANTI-ZIONISM, NOW
As an African American, I'M GLAD THAT NOAM CHOMSKY CERTAINLY WASN'T AN "ABOLITIONIST" back in the days of American slavery.
He would have monotonicly intoned at length against the *excesses* and abuses of slavery — but *OPPOSED* a *true* democracy and a singular, re-unified, truly democratic country with absolutely equal rights for all people.
He would have *OPPOSED* calling slavery _white-supremacy_, _racism_, _chattel apartheid_ or _(internal) colonialism_– "because there's too much disagreement from the Confederacy", the *oppressors*, which [quite naturally] *opposes* those terms.
He would have said that The Slave Plantation Confederacy Lobby *has no* power and doesn't really even exist, so there's no point in opposing and working against it, "except if you might stretchingly, in some wild imagination, call it a lobby in some vague, amorphous, highly abstract form" — that "there's no point in using such terms (as the Confederate lobby, racism, apartheid, even slavery, as opposed to 'certain excessively unpalatable and overly-exploitative employment abuses')" — that "we have to recognize that there will be no clear answer as to the question of whether the slavery or chattel apartheid paradigm applies" — and that, in fact, it's highly *offensive* to the Confederacy, the plantation system, the slave owners and slavery supporters themselves: the *oppressors*.
He would have condescendingly said that Confederacy-questioning, anti-*unequivocally*-slavery-centric academics, "deserved credit", he off-handedly supposed, but are misguided: that, "they didn't factor in *the windsail energy lobby* with its interests of thousands of windsails on our seafaring merchant ships necessary for any thriving internationally-oriented country!" [Actually, two highly-acclaimed and highly-appointed "Realist" imperialist establishment professors who realized that expanding chattel slavery and a predominantly agrarian economy throughout the expanding nation was incompatible with an industrially aspiring world power.]
He would have opposed any form of divestment, boycotts or sanctions against the Conferderacy or even against corporations that did business with the Confederacy or the Plantation plutocracy, and therefore would help to sustain it. He would have said that such measures against the Confederacy would merely hurt the *slaves* — "would merely hurt the very people you're trying to help!"
He would have insisted that it was *world capitalism & imperialism* –*NOT* the Confederacy or its white-supremacist national slavery ideology– that was "the *real* problem", and that we had to defeat world capitalism & imperialism FIRST! — the people from whch the Confederacy is *really* taking its orders. *Don't* morally attack or call for sanctions against the boys in *Richmond*.
He would have said that the Confederacy doesn't approve of divestments/boycotts/sanctions against it and that it would be _UNREALISTIC_ to just expect it to just let millions of Black slaves be free with equal rights! — that there would be the problem of "too many free Blacks" — and therefore "A NON-STARTER".
He instead espouses the high-noon carillon concert call of deliberate, micrometic *grrrradualism* — or going for the Marxist/Anarchist utopia, *FIRST*, of abolishing ALLL capitalism, imperialism and, supposedly, ALLL states and borders, before abolishing the immediate suffering of millions of people. (Really, a "leftist" excuse to do, effectivey, *NOTHING* practical.)
[Well, the Palestinians have been held STATELESS for the past *60 years* and their land has no respected BORDERS, so I guess *that's* certainly in keeping with Chomsky's "Anarchism".]
He would have condoned slaveryism in the Confederacy — as long as the Confederacy agreed that those Blacks in the North could be nominally "free".
He would have used his personal cottage industry "Unquestioned White Leftist Walk-on-Water Guru" status (still regularly homaged and promoted, who's editors and groupies permit no serious expert/competent contention, on that ante-bellum broadsheet, 'Democracy Now') and otherwise carefully culitvated "leftist" promulgations to actually *OPPOSE* and *SUPPRESS* any demands to abolish slavery in *both* the Union and the Confederacy.
Finally, IN HIS, BY NOW, *BILLIONS* OF SPOKEN AND WRITTEN WORDS, he would have *NEVER* RENOUNCED the white-supremacist ideology and institution of SLAVERYISM–participated in by *both* white European Christians and, to a lesser extent by virtue of Anglo-American demographics, white European Jews.
Oh!!: And it would have turned out that Chomsky *himself* used to *live* in Ole Dixie, used to *be* a _pro-slavery_ "Marxist/Anarchist" — became a "daring", *fully and senior tenured* academic given the high honorific, "University Professor" by one of the *establishment's* most top academic institutions in the world — and *STILL HAS* old, feel-good, "Peace Now", "liberal", *PRO-SLAVERY* friends and, perhaps, even relatives still, then, living in the Confederacy!
And so it be's…
Joseph Anderson,
J.A. Miller said on December 18th, 2007 at 7:40am #
The careful reader will find Chomsky's Sabeel speech (available on Democracy Now) thoroughly depressing which is the usual effect of the Great Master's speeches.
Chomsky stated quite baldly that the "genre" of apartheid has "only one example: South Africa". Perhaps the Professor regards apartheid as merely some sort of school of artistic endeavor. Worse yet, these words were a direct slap in the face to Archbishop Tutu who spoke after him and who has stated on several occasions that Israeli apartheid is worse than the South African variety.
Chomsky also stated that there is "no clear answer as to the question of whether the apartheid paradigm applies in Israel or Boston" and that there is "little point" in debating the similarities of the two apartheids because the debate will "never be settled, we know that in advance." Thus does Chomsky trivialize the issue by the irrelevant mention of Boston and then preempt and shut down debate about the very topic around which the Sabeel conference was organized.
Perhaps Chomsky is still the self-proclaimed "leading opponent for years of the campaign for divestment from Israel and of the campaign about academic boycotts". Near the end of his Sabeel speech after recounting some of Israel's crimes he basically calls for inaction: "The kind of popular measures that were effective against apartheid by the late 1980s are not only ineffective in the case of Israel-Palestine today, but in fact sometimes backfire in harming the victims".
Please see the excellent three part article by Jeff Blankfort at voltairenet for further analysis and information:
http://www.reseauvoltaire.net/article143703.html
Joseph Anderson said on December 18th, 2007 at 11:56am #
To: [150+ recipient list]
Subject: _Palestine Park_, Dissident Voice — "This is a superb piece of writing"
Date: Wed 12/12/07 8:35 PM
"I very rarely, if ever, send out articles (even important ones), but this is a very incisive, intellectually urgent, and particularly important one for the left. — J.A. [Joseph Anderson]"
Kudos! Excellent article, J.A. Miller!
I particularly note a sentence in your follow-up comment just above: "Near the end of his Sabeel speech after recounting some of Israel's crimes he basically calls for inaction" — or ineffectual (anything the Lobby/Zionists *don't* strongly object to) busywork.
Yyyep: *THAT'S* THE CHOMSKY WAY! — of *appearing* critical, at length, of Israel while UNDERMINING any *practical* methods of moral opposition.
Blankfort (and in their own similar words other _serious_ social & global justice, anti-colonialist, anti-imperialist, anti-racist and, thus, anti-Zionist Jews) called it correctly and frankly about Chomsky (and other, especially, also characteristically, Israel lobby deniers, dismissers and minimizers; boycotts, divestments and sanctions opposers; and, sometimes openly, ideologically, "Jewish state" advocates– some of the most well-known Jewish lecture circuit "progressives/leftists" in the U.S. and Canada):
"5TH COLUMN ZIONISTS".
It's time to call –or hold– them to account.
Gee. Just out of curiosity, Anderson, did your copying Palestinian Park to "150+ recipients" include the posted comments following it, in particulat the posts of greybeard and myself?
Deadbeat said on December 20th, 2007 at 12:08pm #
J.A. you forgot to mention one of Chomsky oft repeated excused that he would have said about slavery … "Facts on the Ground".
. I believe Chomsky considers himself more valuable as an information-resource than as an activist or even advocate
Chomsky writings, speeches, and books and his celebrations by the "left" makes him an advocate — unfortunately he's one of Zionism's best advocates.
According to Blankfort, Chomsky was against MIT's divestment from Isreal. Also I the "J.A", I was referring to was John's brilliant analogy of Chomskyism had he been around during slavery days.
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Bangkok [Wikipedia]:
Bangkok, population 8,538,610 (1990), is the capital and largest city of Thailand. The city is located on the east bank of the Chao Phraya River, near the Gulf of Thailand. Bangkok is located at 13°45' N 100°31' E. [1]
Bangkok is one of the fastest-growing, most economically dynamic cities in Southeast Asia. Local people like to think that it is emerging as a regional centre to rival Singapore and Hong Kong, but it suffers from major infrastructure and social problems as a result of its rapid growth. It is also one of the world's most popular tourist destinations.
Bangkok began as a small trading center and port community, called Bang Makok ("place of olive plums"), serving Ayutthaya, which was the capital of Siam until it fell to Burma in 1767. A capital was established at Thonburi (now part of Bangkok) on the west side of the river, before in 1782 King Rama I built a palace on the east bank and made Bangkok his capital, renaming it Krung Thep, meaning "City of Angels". The village of Bangkok ceased to exist, but its name continues to be used by foreigners.
Bangkok is the economic center of Thailand. The Chao Phraya River allows Bangkok to function as a port. The Stock Exchange of Thailand is located in Bangkok. Tourism is a major source of revenue. The city contains many Buddhist temples (known in Thai as Wat), among the best known being Wat Pho and Wat Arun. Khaosan Road, near the Grand Palace complex, is a popular destination for young backpackers. The Loy Krathong festival of light is a popular time for tourists to visit with impressive fireworks displays along the river accompanied by many lit up boats parading up and down the river.
Bangkok's educational and cultural facilities include several universities, a fine arts academy, a national theater and a national museum.
Processed food, timber, and textiles are leading exports. Industrial plants include rice mills, cement factories, sawmills, oil refineries, and shipyards. The city is a famous jewelry center, buying and selling silver and bronzeware. Although technically illegal, prostitution is a major activity in Bangkok, making the city a popular destination for sex tourism.
An elaborate network of canals (khlong) gave the city the nickname "Venice of the East", at a time when all transportation was done by boat. Today almost all are filled in and converted into traffic-filled streets. However, many do still exist, with people living along them, and markets being conducted there as well.
Several elevated highways, and a partially-finished ring road around Greater Bangkok, have been built to overcome the jams.
In 1999 an elevated two-line 'Skytrain' (officially called BTS) metro system was opened. The first line of the underground Bangkok Metro opened to the public in July 2004. The remains of a failed elevated railroad project (the Hopewell project) can still be seen all the way from the main railroad station out towards the Don Muang airport - due to the Asian financial crisis the construction was halted and the concrete pillars were left unused. Locals call them Stonehenge.
In July 2004, a new MRT subway system was launched connecting the northern train station of Bang Sue to the Hua Lamphong railway station near the city center, while going through the eastern part of the city. It connects to the BTS system at BTS Stations Mo Chit, Asok, and Sala Daeng.
For travel by train, most passengers begin their trips at Hua Lamphong, at the southern end of the Metro. Here, trains connect Bangkok to Malaysia to the south, Chiang Mai and beyond to the north, and Khon Kaen and beyond to the northeast.
Virtually all cities and provinces are easily reachable by bus from Bangkok. For destinations in the southwest and the west, buses leave from the Southern Bus Terminal, west of the city. For destinations in the southeast, such as Pattaya and Ko Samet, buses leave from the Eastern Bus Terminal, at Ekkamai, the third-eastern-most stop on the Skytrain. And for all destinations north and northeast, the Northern Bus Terminal at Mo Chit, which is reachable by both Skytrain and Metro, is the place to start.
Bangkok International Airport, commonly called "Don Muang", the busiest in South-East Asia, is located north of the city, now already enclosed by urban areas. Construction for the new Suvarnabhumi Airport (pronounce Suwannaphum), in the Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan Province to the south-east of the city started in 2002, it is scheduled to be opened in early 2006. Once the new airport is completed, all international traffic is expected to go there and Don Muang will become domestic only. There is also a train station at Don Muang for destinations to the north and northeast.
Air pollution is a major problem in Bangkok, blamed on the city's massive traffic jams. The recent construction of elevated second-level expressways has eased the problem a little.
The sale of illegally copied copyright material (mostly software and DVD movies) is widespread in Bangkok. One of the most popular locations in Bangkok for purchasing pirated software is Pantip Plaza. Although many attempts have been made at cracking down on illegal copying by raiding Pantip and other venues over the years, these have been ineffective and illegal copying of copyrighted material is still a booming business. The BSA, an American software copying prevention group believes that it could extract 80 million USD from Thailand if all of illegally copied software there was stopped [2]. Due to heavy, long term pressure[3] from groups such as the BSA and the Recording Industry Association of America, which threatened difficulties for trade agreements for Thailand [4], the Thai government has now started to crack down heavily on the unauthorised copying by its citizens including the introduction of "one of the most aggressive legislative schemes for the protection of intellectual property rights in any developing nation"[5]. However, these measures have not yet halted the appetite of Thai citizens for unauthorised copies, the sale of unauthorised discs continues and the raids have been called "half hearted". The BSA states, however, that reduction of illegal copying is a long term goal [6] and that the aim now is more to re-educate the Thais towards the BSA's own views.
Bangkok [Wikitravel]:
Bangkok is a large, sprawling city, but its districts are not very clearly defined.
Sukhumvit — The long road known variously as Sukhumvit Rd, Ploenchit Rd and Rama I Road is Bangkok's modern commercial core, full of glitzy malls and hotels. The Skytrain intersection at Siam Square is the closest thing Bangkok has to a center.
Silom — To the south of Sukhumvit, the area around Silom Rd and Sathorn Rd is Thailand's sober financial center by day, but Bangkok's primary party district by night when quarters like the infamous Patpong come alive.
Rattanakosin — Between the river and Sukhumvit lies the densely packed "Old Bangkok", home to Bangkok's best-known wats. Yaowarat (Chinatown) and sights around the Chao Phraya River are also included here.
Khao San Road — Bangkok's backpacker mecca and the surrounding district of Banglamphu is located on the northern part of Rattanakosin.
Thonburi — The quieter west bank of the Chao Phraya River, with many small canals and some offbeat attractions.
North — The area around Phahonyothin Road is best known for the Chatuchak Weekend Market and Don Muang Airport.
Just under 14 degrees North of the Equator, Bangkok is a tropical metropolis that is also one of the most traveller-friendly cities in Asia. A furious assault on the senses, the first things that impress many visitors are the heat, the congestion both on streets and sidewalks, the pollution inherent to rapid development, the squalor that accompanies a gaping chasm between rich and poor, and the irrepressible smiles of the Thais. Despite the sensationalized international news reports and first impressions, the city is surprisingly safe, more organized than it initially appears, and full of hidden gems waiting to be discovered. The high relative humidity and warm temperature favor the growth of tropical plants — you'll find exotic orchids and delicious fruit everywhere. Thai cuisine is singular, justifiably famous, varied, and affordable. Bangkok, for many, represents the quintessential Asian capital. Saffron-robed monks, garish neon signs, graceful Thai architecture, spicy dishes, colourful markets, traffic jams, and the tropical climate come together in a happy coincidence. It is difficult to leave with lukewarm impressions of the city.
Bangkok (originally Bang Makok) was a small village on the banks of the Chao Phraya river, until a new capital was founded on the west bank (present-day Thonburi) after the fall of Ayutthaya. In 1782, King Rama I built a palace on the east bank (now Rattanakosin) and renamed the city as Krung Thep, as it is now known to Thais -- the City of Angels (and much more: the full name is listed as the world's longest place name by the Guinness Book of Records; an English rendering goes like this: "Krung thep mahanakhon bovorn ratanakosin mahintharayutthaya mahadilok pop noparatratchathani burirom udomratchanivetmahasathan amornpiman avatarnsathit sakkathattiyavisnukarmprasit" -- "The city of angels, the great city, the residence of the Emerald Buddha, the impregnable city (of Ayutthaya) of God Indra, the grand capital of the world endowed with nine precious gems, the happy city, abounding in an enormous Royal Palace that resembles the heavenly abode where reigns the reincarnated god, a city given by Indra and built by Vishnukarn"). The original village has long since ceased to exist, but for some reason foreigners never caught on to the change.
Addresses & Navigation
Addresses in Bangkok use the Thai addressing system, which may be a little confusing to the uninitiated. Large roads such as Silom or Sukhumvit are thanon (???), often abbreviated Th or glossed "Road/Avenue", while the side streets branching off from them are called soi (???). Sois are numbered, with even numbers on one side and odd ones on the other. Thus, an address like "25 Soi Sukhumvit 3" means the 25th building on the 3rd soi of Sukhumvit Road. While the numbers on each side will always advance upward, the numbers often do not advance evenly between sides - for example, Soi 55 could be across from soi 36. Many well-known sois have an additional name, which can be used instead of the number. Soi 3 is also known as "Soi Nana", so the address above might thus also be expressed as "25 Soi Nana". The extension /x is used for new streets created between existing streets, as seen in Sukhumvit's soi pattern 7, 7/1, 7/2, 9, 11. Note that some short alleys are called trok (????) instead of soi.
To make things a little more complex, some large sois like Soi Ekamai (Sukhumvit Soi 63) and Soi Ari (Phahonyothin Soi 9) have their own sois. In these cases an address like "Soi Ari 3" means "the 3rd soi off Soi Ari", and you may even spot addresses like "68/2 Soi Ekamai 4, 63 Sukhumvit Road", meaning "2nd house beside house 68, 4th soi off Ekamai, the 63rd soi of Sukhumvit".
To further bewilder the tourist who doesn't read Thai, the English renderings of Thai street names are not consistent. The road running towards the airport from the Victory Monument may be spelled Phahon Yothin or Pahon Yothin or Phahonyothin or Phaholyothin depending on which street sign or map you consult. It's all the same in Thai, of course -- only the English varies.
And if that's not confusing enough, most of the larger streets tend to change names altogether every few kilometers. Sukhumvit is called Sukhumvit on one side of the tollway (roughly east), but it becomes Ploenchit when you cross Thanon Witthayu (aka Wireless) going towards the river. Keep going just a few more streets and it becomes Thanon Rama I (usually said as just Rama I) after you pass Thanon Ratchadamri. But if you were to turn right onto Ratchadamri, in just a few blocks you'll find yourself on Thanon Ratchaprarop (past Petchaburi, aka New Phetburi, which is called Phitsanulok closer to the river). Got it?
But wait, there's logic to these name changes: most of them are neighborhoods. It wouldn't make sense to call the road Sukhumvit if it's no longer running through the Sukhumvit area, would it? Thus, Sukhumvit becomes Ploenchit where it runs though the Ploenchit area. It's when you're able to grasp the city in terms of its neighborhoods that it both becomes more navigable and more charming. Likewise, Pratunam and Chatujak are much more than just markets; they're burroughs, each with its own distinct character.
Related to this last point, compass directions are not widely used by Thais to navigate in Bangkok. That's probably because they aren't very useful: the city's darwinistic layout, the changing street names, the winding river, and the lack of obvious landmarks all conspire to confuse your internal compass. Thus, asking for directions in terms of "is that west from here?" will probably earn you little more than a confused look from a local. You're better off to familiarize yourself with the neighborhoods and navigate to and from them. "How do I get to Thonglor?" will get you there faster than asking for directions to Sukhumvit Soi 55.
One exception: the Chao Phyra River is THE landmark in Bangkok, and many directional references can be made as "toward the river" or "away from the river". If you aren't TOO close, that is: since the river winds around the most popular tourist areas, river references tend to be most helpful when you're wandering farther afield than Banglamphoo or Sanan Luang or Rattana. And wander you should.
Most of Bangkok's sights are concentrated in the "Old City" on Rattanakosin Island. Out of Bangkok's many temples, the following usually make the top 3:
Wat Arun (The Temple of Dawn)
The Grand Palace, featuring Wat Phra Kaew (The Temple of the Emerald Buddha)
Wat Pho, home of the world's largest reclining Buddha and a famed massage school
Bangkok's many markets are an experience in themselves, see Buy for some suggestions.
One day in Bangkok — if you have just one day to spare and want to catch a feel for the city
Bangkok is an extremely popular place for all sorts of pampering. The options available range from massages and spa treatments to haircuts and manicures and even cosmetic surgery, all at prices far lower than in the West.
All self-respecting hotels in Bangkok will have a spa operating on premises offering at least (fully legitimate) massage services. These tend to charge a premium but also offer some the best treatments in town. Particularly well-regarded spas include Deverana [1] (http://www.devarana.com/) at the Dusit Thani and the eponymous operations at Banyan Tree [2] (http://www.banyantreespa.com/bangkok/index.htm) and the legendary Oriental [3] (http://www.mandarinoriental.com/hotel/510000004.asp) — the last of these being probably the most expensive in town, offering (among other things) a 6-hour Oriental Romance package for two costing a whopping US$535.
Independent spas offer much the same experience but are a little more competitive due to the lack of a captive customer base. Figure on 1000B and up per hour for most treatments.
The ubiquitous little massage shops found on every street corner in town offer the best value for money but the smallest range of services, with offerings usually limited to massage only. It is fairly easy to distinguish legitimate massage shops from more dubious places: the real deal will charge 200-300B/hour for massage and will often have a row of beefy farmers' daughters in white coats working on customers' feet in public view, while the other kind has wispy things in evening dresses and too much makeup yelling "hello handsome" at every passing male.
BODY Tune. Sukhumvit Soi 24 (10 mins walk from BTS Phrom Pong) and 56 Yada Bldg, Silom Rd (next to BTS Sala Daeng); [4] (http://www.bodytune.co.th/). A well-respected small chain offering an excellent traditional Thai massage for 350B/hour.
Bangkok's hospitals offer generally high quality services at a fraction of the cost of a Western hospital. Probably the best-regarded (and most expensive) is Bumrungrad [5] (http://www.bumrungrad.com/en/clinics/plastic.asp), which (for example) charges 60,000B (~US$1500) for an all-inclusive breast implant package. Bangkok is also well known as a center for sexual reassignment surgery for people wishing to change their physical gender, although needless to say this falls out of the scope of a casual vacation.
Related to the last point (although not exactly to pampering), Bangkok's pharmacies (drugstores) tend to offer a very wide range of (wholly legal and legitimate) medicines and herbal remedies at a fraction of Western prices, including many drugs that would require a doctor's prescription in other countries. Thai pharmacists tend to be exceptionally helpful, and most speak excellent English. There are small, independent pharmacists on almost every corner, and you'll find bigger (and more expensive) chains on the major streets and in shopping centers. Boots is probably the most ubiquitous chain; they're also a reliable source for traveler's toiletries.
Given its size and poverty level Bangkok is surprisingly safe, with violent crimes like mugging and robbery highly unusual. However, Bangkok does have more than its fair share of touting and scams. Some common scam and guidelines for avoiding them:
If an English-speaking Thai approaches you out of the blue and strikes up a conversation, be wary: they are almost certainly selling something.
Beware of tuk-tuk drivers offering all-day tours for prices as low as 20 baht. You may indeed be taken on a full-day tour, but you will only end up visiting one gem and souvenir shop after another; the driver will get a commission if you buy something and gas coupons even if you don't.
Likewise, be skeptical if a tuk-tuk driver tells you that your chosen destination is "closed" and offers to take you to a "special Buddha temple" (etc) instead.
Be particularly wary of any offers to sell you gems at a "discount", especially large quantities for resale back home at vast profits. These operations can be surprisingly convincing, with some even hiring down-and-out foreigners to act as happy customers. See the Thai gem scam page (http://www.2bangkok.com/2bangkok/Scams/Sapphire.shtml).
Make a photocopy of your passport and keep it with you at all times, especially at night. It is the law and police may check it at night if they setup a checkpoint to look for drunk drivers. Many night clubs will also insist on a passport (and ONLY a passport) as proof of age.
Also note that cameras are not welcome in go-go bars. Attempting to take pictures of the girls, even with your camera phone, is likely to result in your camera being taken and/or you getting beat up for good measure.
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Anti-GMO activists have reacted with fury to leaked proposals by the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) to develop federal rules governing GMO labeling that would pre-empt state-driven initiatives.
The pro-labeling movement went into overdrive on Tuesday after POLITICO referred to a 'discussion draft' it had obtained from an unnamed source summarizing the GMA's proposals.
1 - PRE-MARKET NOTIFICATION - The proposal would require developers of new bioengineered foods to notify the FDA 120 days before they are due to hit the market explaining why they think they are "as safe as a comparable traditional food". The FDA would then review the data and issue a letter of no objection if appropriate. Existing GM foods would be 'grandfathered' in. Currently, the notification process is voluntary.
2 - VOLUNTARY LABELING - The GMA proposal would authorize the FDA to develop regulations for the voluntary labeling of bioengineered ingredients. It would also allow manufacturers to voluntarily make claims about the absence of GMOs under a new FDA-regulated certification and verification process. However, firms would not be allowed to state or imply that a food is more or less safe because of the presence or absence of GMOs.
As part of the review process the FDA would also be able to stipulate if it thinks labels are needed "to protect health or safety, or prevent labels from being false or misleading based on any material difference between the bioengineered food and the comparable traditional food".
3 - NATURAL CLAIMS - The GMA urges the FDA to develop a federal definition for 'natural' claims on product labels including: 'All-natural', '100% natural', 'nothing artificial', 'naturally-grown', and 'no artificial ingredients'. It doesn't stipulate what the criteria might be, although a letter sent to the FDA last month indicates that the GMA believes that foods containing GMOs should be considered 'natural' (click here).
The GMA would not tell FoodNavigator-USA whether it has identified a sponsor for any proposed bill along these lines, although POLITICO claimed that House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) had been approached.
Explaining the rationale behind the proposals, the association says a patchwork of state-specific initiatives would be a nightmare for manufacturers and consumers, and that a federal solution would be in everyone's best interests.
However, those calling for mandatory GMO-labeling have reacted with fury to the leaked document.
The Center for Food Safety - which recently wrote to the FDA arguing that GE foods should not be defined as 'natural' - said that in 2013, 26 states introduced mandatory labeling legislation, with more activity planned in 2014.
Connecticut and Maine passed GMO-labeling bills last year, but both feature clauses requiring other contiguous states to implement similar measures before they take effect.
At the Center for Science in the Public Interest, director of biotechnology Gregory Jaffe told FoodNavigator-USA that regarding the safety/approval of new bioengineered foods it was "not clear" how what the GMA is proposing really differs from the current system, other than that pre-notification is mandatory.
What next for all-natural claims?


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Dogs can be truly hyperactive due to a medical condition, but many are just too active for the family they live with and are not getting sufficient mental and physical exercise to feel calm.
If you are concerned about your dog's hyperactivity, take him to a veterinary surgeon to be checked out. There is a medical condition called hyperkinesis in dogs, which is similar to Attention Deficit Disorder in humans, where the dog shows very high levels of activity, has an abnormally short attention span and is very impulsive and restless. They may also to be excited or nervous, have an above-average breathing and heart rate, and may never be still until they fall into an exhausted sleep. This condition is rare but will need medical treatment.
Many dogs that are unacceptably active and boisterous in the home have too much energy for their lifestyle. Most of these dogs will be descendants of working lines whose ancestors were expected to work all day every day. Confined to a home with owners who go out to work and have limited time for dog activities, these dogs have an excess of energy that all too often gets channeled into unwanted behaviour.
Dogs need plenty of physical and mental exercise and stimulation if they are to feel relaxed and calm, just as humans do. Each dog will have different requirements, but, in general, young dogs will need more than very young puppies or middle-aged/older dogs, and dogs from active breeds will need more than those that were bred just to be pets.
To give an example, a adolescent or young adult Weimaraner may need 2 x 1.5 hour walks per day with plenty of free-running off lead, as well plenty of active play with toys and training sessions throughout the day on a hourly basis to feel calm enough to be well-behaved and peaceful when at home.
Once medical conditions have been ruled out, take a good look at your dog's everyday life if he is hyperactive and boisterous in the house. How long does he spend running off lead and exploring each day? How long do you spend playing with him, teaching him, and taking him to new places where he can experience new sights and sounds? If the answers to these questions is 'not enough' or 'not enough for a dog of this age and breed', you will need to find ways to change his lifestyle by making time to do more with him. Get other family members involved if necessary or you may like to consider buying time from a professional dog walker or sitter.


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HOME: 5-19 years > Property and school transport > Projects and design > Designing schools > Property design standards and legal requirements > Accessibility design for people with special needs
Bathroom and toilet design
Reference designs: Universal School Bathroom
There are legal requirements for making your school accessible for students, their caregivers and staff with special needs. It is most cost effective to do the necessary upgrades as part of a new building project or an upgrade to an existing one.
Making your school accessible for people with special needs
Legal requirements for access
You need to work towards making your school accessible for students, caregivers and staff who have special needs. As a board of trustees, you must meet the legal requirements for access to your school.
It is most cost effective to do accessibility upgrades when you are doing other work, even if your school doesn't currently have any people with special needs.
When working with your designer to design a new building, or upgrade an existing one, consider how to make the building accessible.
Use the Ministry's Innovative Learning Environments assessment tool when planning upgrades to your school.
Innovative Learning Environment — enabling e-Learning website (external link)
Creating accessible car parks and drop-off zones
You should consider providing a parking space for people with disabilities.
As a school board of trustees, you must meet the following legal requirements for access to schools for students with special education needs. Some of these provisions also apply to access for staff and caregivers.
Education Act 1989
Section 9 of the Education Act 1989 gives students who need special education the right to be enrolled at:
a state school
a special class, or
a special clinic.
The school property must be able to accommodate their special physical requirements.
Section 9, Education Act 1989 — NZ Legislation website (external link)
Under section 57 of the Human Rights Act 1993, it's unlawful for a school to deny access to a student because of their disability.
Section 57, Human Rights Act 1993 — NZ Legislation website (external link)
Under section 118 of the Building Act 2004, when a school is being built or altered, the school must adequately provide for people with disabilities in terms of:
bathrooms.
This requirement covers all people who might use or visit the school, including:
any others who might visit the school.
Section 118, Building Act 2004 — NZ Legislation website (external link)
Under clause D1 (Access Routes) of the Building Code a board of trustees must make sure all students and other people with disabilities can enter the building and carry out normal activities and functions.
Clause D1 (Access Routes) Building Code — MBIE website (external link)
New Zealand Standard 4121:2001
NZS 4121:2001 Design for access and mobility: Buildings and associated facilities is the design standard for access and mobility. The Ministry has adopted it as mandatory and schools must follow it.
NZS 4121 includes prescriptive requirements. For example, door handles must be designed so that people with limited arm strength can open them.
If you comply with NZS 4121, you will also comply with the Building Code's requirements for accessibility.
NZS 4121:2001 Design for access and mobility: Buildings and associated facilities — Standards NZ website (external link)
Refer to the following web pages for specific information about accommodating students with special education needs, including funding for this work.
Special education property modifications
Lifts in schools
Bathroom and toilet design for schools
Fencing at schools
Hoists for students with special needs


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CarecaLed is the division of the Careca Group which deals with research, development and distribution of innovative, sustainable, LED lighting products, with a great attention to energy saving. With CarecaLed the Group offers a wide range of LED technology solutions for meeting different needs of lighting. Proposals varies from indoor and living spaces lights, to lamps for office and commercial spaces lighting, to outdoor spaces, roads and highways lighting. CarecaLed boasts numerous installations in Italy and important primacies, like first European stretch of road illuminated with LED with high power technology.


"If we enter the Advent journey with a different perspective on time, the apocalyptic texts speak afresh. Indeed, the words of the liturgical prayer weekly reminds us of the mystery of God's redemptive time: Jesus has come; Jesus comes; Jesus will come. This is the dance of time, grace-filled steps that enact God's vision that the end-times are all times; that all times are the end-times. In this spirit of times-enfolded-in-time, we walk through Advent. Jesus has been born, but we act as if we are still waiting. Christ will return, yet Christ has already come."
I love thinking about the timeless nature of time. I resonate with Diana when I think about the coming of the Lord - he has come, he is coming and he will come. I look forward to the day when he comes for me but even more, I savor the times when he has come in my life a meaningful way.
It is pretty funny Debbie.
Excellent cartoon and article, Bob.
And if the Lord comes on December 21st, that's OK with me!
OK with me too crownring!


So I've been with SSE for over a year now, and had little or no problems until a few months ago when I noticed slow downs whilst video calling, slow connectivity etc, but only whilst connected to wireless.
So I jumped onto the forum and got some great feedback and conducted many many tests using testmy.net and fast.com, and found that the speeds I was getting were atrocious. I'm talking 1.6mb, 4mb, 5.6mb etc., all after 8pm.
I logged a call and waited for a call back... NOTHING. So I opted to post on their FB page until someone took notice, and boy did they.
I have to say the social media team were great, and they worked hard to rectify and try and diagnose the issues, however, they didn't seem to understand or want to understand that traffic shaping/contention on the line etc. was the main cause of the issue.
I kept on going, pushing to have a get out clause, and or rectify the issue. So I was offered the option to be moved to the TTB network, so I thought hey why not. I was told that not many people were on the network. I did ask if this was managed by Daisy, but I didn't get a direct answer at the time. Only later to find out that it was also managed by these guys.
Anyway the migration happened after a few failed attempts and the service was GREAT for about 2/3 weeks... low an behold as of last week I started to notice slow downs again.
basically the same speed issues I was getting previously, on a new network with less contention supposedly. I wonder how many people have been moved to the TTB network and promised that the issues were/are resolved.
Anyway I've had enough and decided that I am now going to find a new supplier, I'm currently deciding between cloudscape connect and spitfire (we use spitfire at work and they are good).
Anyway here's a few speed tests as of the last few days to give you an idea of the speeds I'm getting with an ethernet cable plugged in.
Re: An Update for you all.
They migrated me to a 'new server' a couple of months back without ever really explaining what that was. I'm not sure what I've been migrated to, I'm assuming when you say TTB you mean Talk Talk Business? How can I check?
Either way been seeing great consistent 75/18 since.
I assume if you use a website such as https://www.iplocation.net/ it will give details of the 'ISP' and assume this will show as TalkTalk rather than Daisy ?
Please post back your results.
admin wrote: That is fantastic news.
its supposedly TTB - however no one seems to know what their TTB is, I think its their Talk Talk Business network which is managed by Daisy still, which is pretty much the same crap show.
I've not done any speed tests recently as the service has been behaving, but I was away for a week and half before christmas, shall run some tests today/over the weekend and see if their is any change.


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Utah Farm Bureau: States Can Manage Wolves
President's Notes
American Lamb Industry Announces Final Roadmap
Looking Back: Top 10 Sheep Stories of 2013
Sheep to Shawl
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The (Provo) Daily Journal
Leland Hogan wasn't pulling any punches when it came to predators.
"The Endangered Species Act, if you look at the numbers, is a colossal failure," said Le- Hogan, president of the Utah Farm Bureau Federation, in the latest issue of Utah Farm Bureau News magazine.
There are no wolves in Utah, but that doesn't put a damper on the debate over their potential future in the state, should they ever appear here.
The federal government has oversight of all gray wolves in the U.S. because they are listed as endangered species. Now the feds are proposing to delist gray wolves and turn their management over to states, which in Utah would likely make it legal to shoot wolves, should they cross the border.
Because wolves prey on livestock, there is no love lost between the creatures and the Farm Bureau.
There has only been a single confirmed wolf sighting in Utah's modern history. On November 30, 2002, a wolf from Yellowstone's Lamar Valley was captured in Morgan County and returned to Yellowstone.
Since that day, there "have been a few border incursions, as extreme northern Utah is not far from Wyoming wolf range," said John Shivik of the Division of Wildlife Resources, who oversees the management of large predators in Utah. "There is no evidence, however, that wolves have taken up residence in Utah." Hogan and the Farm Bureau are calling the Endangered Species Act a waste of taxpayer cash. In the UFB article, he calls wolves both "sinister" and "marauding."
"Since its enactment in 1973, only about 20 out of nearly 2,000 endangered or threatened species – about 1 percent of the total – have been declared recovered, despite spending hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars," said Hogan in UFB magazine. "The draft rule being proposed by the agency would remove the gray wolf from the Endangered Species List in the continental 48 states and turn over wolf management to the states. We support the Service's proposal to delist the gray wolf; however, we do not support listing the Mexican wolf as an endangered subspecies. In addition, Utah Farm Bureau calls on the federal government to turn management of wolves to the states."
The Farm Bureau is not alone in its ideas for wolf management. The leadership of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Gov. Gary Herbert and Utah's congressional delegation "have repeatedly requested delisting throughout Utah," said Shivik.
As for the Mexican wolf, their "core population did not range farther north than central Arizona and New Mexico, and Utah maintains that Mexican wolf recovery areas should not include any parts of Utah," Shivik said.
The Mexican wolf is a unique subspecies that occurred in Mexico and parts of the southwestern United States.
Even when wolves are sighted in Utah, the state maintains some skepticism, based on experience.
"Coyotes and domestic dogs are often confused with wolves on the landscape, especially after news reports cause interest in the subject," said Shivik. "Some people have hybrid or domestic dogs that very strongly resemble wolves, which adds to the confusion too.
Division biologists receive hundreds of reports every year, but less than 3 percent are even potentially wolves."
Re-preinted from the Daily Herald


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Human Rights and Increase in Violence in Afghanistan: An Impact Study
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With the increasingly violent attacks in Kabul and Afghanistan being declared as the most dangerous country in the world, the position of Afghanistan continues to deteriorate. After the retreat of American and NATO military troops from Afghanistan, Afghan troops are preparing to take control of security on their own. Since the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union in December 1979, the country has faced destruction like no other. Civilians are tortured, maimed by landmines and continuously discriminated against in their own countries.
Various non-state armed groups for no baseless justifications have unlawfully killed Afghans like the 2013 Afghan presidential palace attack where owing to mass shooting 11 were killed. Another example is the 2009 NATO Afghanistan headquarters bombing wherein 7 were killed and 91 were injured. Everyday several lives are at stake in the name of war and the unanswered question still exists Where did they go wrong?
Frightening number of Casualties in Afghanistan
Time and again, news highlights the number of casualties in Afghanistan. In the year of 2017, 10,453 casualties took place, subsequently in 2018 a 12 hour battle took place in the Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack. After a year, in 2019 Kabul bombing ensued leaving 63 dead and in December 2020 a suicide bomb left 34 dead. Life in Afghanistan is lived in fear and anxiety. People are accustomed to the sound of drones, attacks and bombings.
Armed non-state actors in Afghanistan
Individuals in Afghanistan who are entirely or partially independent and use violence or abuse as a measure to achieve objectives are the Armed non-state actors in Afghanistan. The basic segregation between ANSA and other communities can be done on the basis of their relationship with the government. Non-state actors have complex and strenuous connections with the Afghani administration which has led to bloodshed in several parts of the country.
Significance of applicability of International Humanitarian Law
The major set of rules governing countries is the International Humanitarian Law created by Henry Dunant and Gustave Moynier in 1864. Countless countries are signatories including non-state armed groups as Each party to the conflict is covered by International Humanitarian Law but ANSA nevertheless violates the rights.
Article 8(2)(c)(i) of Rome Statute of The International Criminal Court bestows Violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture as one of the war crimes which shall not take place if the person is not involved in hostilities. Yet, several inhuman crimes are committed in Afghanistan like rape, murder, kidnapping, bombing and much more. One of the major cases is the murder of Farkhunda Malikzada who was publically lynched, beaten up and killed after fighting with a Mullah who wrongly accused her of setting fire on Quran.
Further, Article 8(2)(c)(i) also focuses on the cruel treatment given to humankind. One of the major cases of cruel treatment in Afghanistan came into limelight when, in 2005, the army of United States issued a report on the murder of Habibullah and Dilawar, who were bound and beaten to the ceiling, resulting in their deaths.
Moreover, Article 8(2)(e)(iii) of IHL focuses on the war crimes of starvation and obstructing humanitarian access. This issue was a serious concern due to which, in a statement by the President on the situation in Afghanistan, the United Nations Security Council expressed profound concern over the robbery of food stocks.
The loss of lives, spike in inhuman treatment, growth of starvation, malnutrition as well as poverty and the destruction of property is enormous but the solution to this is none.
To eradicate the root cause of the problem of violence in Afghanistan it is principal to educate ANSA and extend a hand of revolution. Violence is the regressive step to the growth of society. Therefore, it is necessary to take steps to resolve the problems as soon as practicable.
This implies a more inclusive peace process in the long term that is representative of and endorsed by the entire Afghan society. The main stakeholders i.e. all the armed non state actors and government should come together, examine the situation and find out the possible solution to achieve tranquility in Afghanistan.


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I Want to Be Somebody New!
Spot, the chameleon-like leopard star of Put Me in the Zoo, is through with life in the zoo. And with changing his spots, too. Now he's into changing his shape, and he wants to be somebody new! But as Spot soon discovers, it's not easy being as big as an elephant or as tall as a giraffe or as small as a mouse. In fact, sometimes it's easiest just being yourself, as he- and young readers-learn in this cheerful, rhyming Beginner Book about self-acceptance.