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Huge thanks given to the people who made the Devon Community honours possible
Here are the community-minded local firms who made it all possible
Becky Sheaves
Updated 09:58, 8 DEC 2017
Devon's Community Honours take place today with a glittering ceremony and star guests Olympic athlete Jo Pavey and TV star Judi Spiers.
"We are so grateful for the support of our sponsors, who made the whole event possible," said event organiser Alice Bryan of Devon Live.
The Devon Community Honours logo
1 Promoting Health and Wellbeing
Sponsored by Specsavers Exeter
Emma Denham, local partner and store director says: "We're delighted to support the first awards of its kind in Devon. As locally run businesses, community is very important to us in all of our Specsavers stores.
"When choosing an award category to sponsor we felt that promoting health and wellbeing was a great link for us. It is our aim to improve people's knowledge of the importance of regular eye tests and, of course, the benefits of hearing tests to improve your quality of life."
2 Community Environmental Awards
Sponsored by South West Water
Alan Hyde, Head of Community Relations, South West Water says: "Devon's natural environment is one of its greatest assets. Its countryside and coastlines make it a special place to live, work and visit.
"As a provider of essential water and wastewater services, South West Water plays a key role in helping to protect the environment and we work hard to support the communities we serve. Water is a precious resource and as we tackle the rising challenge of climate change, we constantly look for innovative ways to deliver our services in ever-more sustainable ways.
"So it is only right and proper that we should recognise Devon's stars of sustainability - the fantastic groups and individuals who do so much to keep the county clean and green. Their selfless commitment to improving community life is an inspiration to us all."
The most amazing people in Devon - as chosen by you
3 Carer of the Year
Sponsored by Homelife Carers, Barnstaple, Okehampton, Tiverton and Plymouth
John Griffiths, managing director of Homelife Carers, says: "We are very proud to be a part of the awards and it is a great event that celebrates the really special people across Devon who these awards will honour. They are all deserving of their recognition that this provides."
Devon's community heroes will be honoured at a glittering ceremony
4 Good Neighbour Award
Sponsored by Walter H Squires, Funeral Directors Cullompton, Exeter and Tiverton
Ryan Squires, director of Walter H Squires, says: "As funeral directors we serve the community, and we are proud and privileged to do so. Our role in the community means we touch the lives of many different people, and we get to know people. Families open up to us and, sometimes, we become, for a short while, almost a part of the family.
"Being included in the lives of a family we get to see first-hand how people care for each other, and look out for each other. We get to see how not just the family network, but the network of extended family and friends care for each other and support each other during hard times. This is all the proof we need to know that community is important, and that is why we are proud and privileged to support the Good Neighbour category. Highlighting the tireless work done by others for the good of others and not themselves."
5 Charity Champion
Sponsored by Accord Healthcare, Barnstaple
Sandra Lee, Managing Director of Operations at Accord Healthcare, Barnstaple says: "It is our pleasure to support this year's Devon Community Honours.
"We are the proud sponsor of the Charity Champions category as it is a cause close to our values here at Accord. The award will go to the charity that best demonstrates teamwork, collaboration and management excellence which we are also committed to. Working closely with our local community partners, we are charity-minded and ensure we engage with our local organisations to see how best we can work together and provide more opportunities in North Devon.
"We can't wait to meet all the finalists on the day and wish everyone the very best of luck."
6 Community Centre
Sponsored by Western Power Distribution
"Community Centres, like our business operate at the heart of its community. They often provide a safe haven for people who seek the company of others in a shared activity or event. They can also provide useful resources and offer a wealth of training and support services to help people manage difficult situations affecting them and their families.
"They bring together people who make up the diverse nature of the local community to have fun, share experiences and support others.
"We are delighted to support the amazing people who make these community centres such a valuable resource for the wider community!"
7 Young People's Project
Sponsored by Exeter College
John Laramy, Principal and Chief Executive of Exeter College, says: "Celebrating the achievements of young people is something that we feel shouldn't be confined to the college. Exeter College is focused on the whole community and by supporting this category we hope to highlight young people's achievements throughout Devon"
8 Community Enterprise Award
Sponsored by Devon County Council
Councillor Roger Croad, of Devon County Council, says: "We are proud to encourage local innovation and enterprise to identify new and more sustainable approaches to social problems that bring real benefit to local people and their communities."
9 Outstanding Achievement Award
Sponsored by GroundForce landscaping, north Devon
Mike Brend, owner of GroundForce, community landscaping company: "Here at GroundForce we hope to promote community spirit and these awards are an excellent opportunity to be involved in something which recognises people for their dramatic difference in the community.
"GroundForce proudly support the fantastic work which is being done, it is inspiring to be involved in an event which highlights such exceptional commitment. We recognise the passionate work that's already taking place on our doorstep and highlighting positive role models for young people is something we are proud to sponsor."
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Tod Culpan Williams (* 27. September 1968 in New York City) ist ein US-amerikanischer Regisseur, Filmproduzent und Drehbuchautor.

Leben und Karriere
Williams, Jahrgang 1968, studierte Malerei und Literatur, bevor er freier Mitarbeiter der New York Times wurde. Sein erster Film Die Abenteuer des Sebastian Cole aus dem Jahr 1998 mit Adrian Grenier in der Hauptrolle erhielt gemischte Kritiken und war kein großer Erfolg. Sein zweiter Film The Door in the Floor – Die Tür der Versuchung (2004) mit Jeff Bridges, Kim Basinger und Elle Fanning in den Hauptrollen war vor allem ein künstlerischer Erfolg. Williams wurde für zwei Filmpreise nominiert: den Internationalen Literaturfilmpreis und den Independent Spirit Awards 2005. Ein großer finanzieller Erfolg hingegen war Paranormal Activity 2 aus dem Jahr 2010. Im Jahr 2016 hatte schließlich der Horrorthriller Puls mit John Cusack und Samuel L. Jackson, gedreht nach dem gleichnamigen Roman des Bestsellerautors Stephen King, Premiere.

Williams war von 1995 bis 2000 mit Famke Janssen verheiratet und ist es seit 2004 mit Gretchen Mol. Das Paar hat zwei Kinder.

2010 wurde Tod Williams zum Vollmitglied der National Academy of Design gewählt. Seit 2009 ist er Mitglied der American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Filmografie
 1998: Die Abenteuer des Sebastian Cole (The Adventures of Sebastian Cole)
 2004: The Door in the Floor – Die Tür der Versuchung (The Door in the Floor)
 2010: Paranormal Activity 2
 2016: Puls (Cell)

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Filmregisseur
Drehbuchautor
Mitglied der American Academy of Arts and Letters
US-Amerikaner
Geboren 1968
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Exceeded expectations: the Turks tested the S-400
10176 Views December 09, 2019 9 Comments	Saker Community Translations Scott
Russian S-400s tested in Turkey
Translated by Scott Hunor
Source: Gazeta.ru
https://www.gazeta.ru/army/2019/12/05/12849368.shtml
The Turks counted on the high combat qualities of the Russian s-400 anti-aircraft missile system and the complexes exceeded their expectations, despite the fact that their flyby program in its saturation and intensity exceeded similar Russian drills.
After the delivery of the first regimental set of anti-aircraft missile systems S-400 Triumph to Turkey, they have already been tested and showed results that exceeded the expectations of the buyer, according to the source of the Gazeta.ru familiar with the situation.
During the testing, as a rule, it is specified at what ranges, altitudes and courses the detection of air objects is carried out, their stable support in certain modes and compliance of data obtained with the previously stated tactical and technical characteristics. The Turkey's military carried out the so-called flyby of the regular and attached radar assets of the S-400 anti-aircraft missile system-the 91N6E radar complex as part of the system's command post, the 92N6E multi-functional radar of the anti-aircraft missile division and the 96L6E all-altitude detector, which was deployed on a 24-meter-high tower.
According to the source of the Gazeta.ru, the Turks carried out a flyby program, which in its intensity surpasses even similar Russian drills. Two F-16s, one F-4 and a helicopter for eight hours with refueling in the air constantly were in the air, coming from different directions and heights (including extremely small), they flew into the so-called "dead funnels" of radar (objectively, every radar has some of those), carried out passes over the complexes and stations with a variety of speeds.
The entrance to the zone of destruction of air defense systems of aircraft and helicopters ended with an electronic shot of the S-400 air defense system, i.e. not a real missile was launched, but its electronic model.
In addition, the Turkish aircraft were grouped, diverged and, most importantly, flew around the radar S-400 in a circle. This means in practice that their radial velocity for the S-400 locators was close to zero. The Turkish side initially had doubts whether the Triumph would be able to detect and sustainably accompany air objects with zero radial velocity. According to the results of the flyby, they had an unambiguous confidence that such targets S-400 accompanies easily.
It was noted that by the results of the flyby, Triumph demonstrated exceptionally high ability to detect and accompany air objects.
The Turky military counted on the high combat qualities of the Russian anti-aircraft missile system, but the reality exceeded all their expectations, the source said.
As for the statements of some military experts that "testing of the S-400 was conducted in passive mode", they should be recognized as false, because without raising to high voltage of the SAM (ЗРС and ЗРК) transmitting devices and going on the air, no overflights are possible in principle.
Many questions arose in connection with the possibility of interfacing controls of the S-400 "Triumph" with automated air defense/missile DEFENSE combat control systems of NATO.
Obtaining information about an air enemy from superior and interacting units and connections within the automated control system (ACS) air defense / missile DEFENSE of the North Atlantic Alliance for the S-400 will never be superfluous, as, indeed, for any other anti-aircraft missile system.
As previously reported by the Gazeta.ru, the problem of coupling the SAM S-400 is technically solvable. The whole question is about its time and price.
To solve this problem, all it takes is creation of appropriate protocols for information exchange and rack [cabin] pairing. In this regard, it will require at least the joint work of two designers — from the Russian side and from the relevant developer of NATO systems. However, it is difficult to imagine such a level of interaction at the present time.
The opinion of some high-ranking American generals (for example, Curtis Scaparotti) that the S-400 is allegedly impossible to integrate into the overall air defense system of the North Atlantic Alliance is erroneous. There are no fundamental obstacles to the integration of the Triumph air defense system into the NATO air defense/MISSILE defense system.
In addition, a certain concern of the United States in regard to Turkey's purchase of S-400 Triumphs was associated with the problems of integration of the identification system "friend-foe." S-400, they said, could (mostly hypothetically) negatively affect the overall air defense/missile DEFENSE system of NATO.
The fact is that the US and NATO member States use the Mark-XII state identification system (Mk-XII). It implements the following modes of operation: 1 and 2 (military modes), 3/A (civilian mode, provided in the S-400 radar delivered to Turkey), 4 (military provides protection against provocation).
With the fourth mode Mk-XII in the S-400 SAM in Turkey, it was made necessary to use a purely Turkish cryptocomputer in the ground radar interrogator (NRZ), which will ensure the operation of mode 4 and thereby exclude unwanted imitation of the operation of the "friend-foe" system.
The first S-400 regimental set was delivered to Turkey with a Russian-made Mk-XII (NATO) ground radar interrogator. It is built to the well-known STANAG 4193 standard and is compatible with the ICAO (international air traffic control civil secondary radar) standard.
In addition, the radar interrogator (NRZ) system Mk-XII Russian production and the antenna of each electronic means of S-400 Triumph will work on the transmission with a well-known frequency of 1030 MHz, and reception with a frequency of 1090 MHz.
In Turkey, at first there was an unambiguous opinion that it would be impossible to integrate the Turkish crypto-block into the Russian NRZ with mode 4 due to many technical and organizational obstacles. An acceptable solution in this regard is the use of a Turkish interrogator in the S-400 air defense system together with the national crypto unit.
Therefore, the first regimental set of S-400 SAMS is delivered to Turkey with the Russian MK-XII NRZ system (NATO). Subsequently, it will be replaced by a Turkish ground-based radar interrogator developed by Aselsan. In the delivery of the second regimental set of S-400 is planned to immediately use NRZ Turkish production.
However, during the flyby, the Turkish side was convinced that the request-response system put together with the S-400 SAM is perfectly integrated into their national system of state identification. Therefore, it is possible that the second set will be delivered with our means of identification, suggests the source for the Gazeta.ru.
Moreover, the Turks finally convinced that in the S-400 Triumph there is no means to transfer anywhere the so-called key information. That is, in the system of identification "friend-foe ""codes" are not transmitted anywhere.
The S-400 simply doesn't have equipment and radar facilities for such transmission. When forming a request or response code, a set of certain pulses is transmitted and, except for the receiving and transmitting antennas of the NRZ, it does not go anywhere.
Moreover, according to the Gazeta.ru, the Turks wished that in the second regimental set of S-400 SAMS, which will soon be sent to Turkey, in the request-response equipment was pre-installed option to identify the "friendly target".
The Turkish side believes that such an additional mode of operation of the interrogator in the S-400 is necessary for them in the national territory.
At the same time, Bundestag Deputy from the Social Democratic party of Germany (SPD) Nils Schmid said that NATO should respond to Ankara's purchase of Russian S-400 complexes and be able to deploy US anti-missile systems in Turkey.
"First, this has become a problem for NATO, and therefore we need a strong response from NATO, because we believe that the deployment of Russian weapons on Turkish soil threatens the unity of NATO. That is why we must find another way to protect the territory of Turkey from missiles," RIA Novosti quoted him.
Mikhail Khodarenok, a military observer for the Gazeta.ru
Author's bio:
Mikhail Mikhailovich Khodarenok is a retired Colonel.
Graduated from Minsk Higher Anti-Aircraft Missile Engineering School (1976),
Military Command Academy of Air Defense forces (1986).
Commander of the s-75 anti-aircraft missile division (1980-1983).
Deputy commander of the anti-aircraft missile regiment (1986-1988).
Senior officer Of the General staff of the Air Defense Forces (1988-1992).
Officer of the main operational Directorate of the General staff (1992-2000).
Graduated from the Military Academy of the General staff of the Armed forces of Russia (1998).
Columnist "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" (2000-2003), editor-in-chief of the newspaper Military-industrial courier "(2010-2015)
New Russian Weapons
Larchmonter445 on December 09, 2019 · at 10:43 pm EST/EDT
Recall also the first Chinese test of their S-400s. Direct hit simulation destruction of a ballistic missile at range of 250 miles flying at 3 kilometers per sec. (3x60x60=10,800 km/h)
"China's People's Liberation Army Rocket Force last month tested the S-400 Triumf air defence system successfully shooting down a "simulated ballistic target" almost 250 kilometre away and moving at the supersonic speed of 3 kilometre per second, Hong-Kong based South China Morning Post reported on Thursday, quoting Russian media reports. Details of the location of the test have not been disclosed."
According to Russian media reports, the opposing force on the drills actively used jamming equipment to test the S-400's ability to withstand methods of electronic warfare and still strike down targets.
https://www.defenseworld.net/news/23935/Chinese_S_400_Shoots_Down_Ballistic_Missile_Target_in_Test
jiri on December 09, 2019 · at 11:38 pm EST/EDT
Does this not mean that NATO now has all the information needed to counter the S-400?
Ruben D. Chaval on December 10, 2019 · at 4:18 am EST/EDT
Let´s hope that the Russians know how to protect the core technology of the system from stealing.
Alabama on December 10, 2019 · at 7:30 am EST/EDT
Sure, and the confidence that it will be successful, just like the saudi oil complex has/had complete confidence in their ability to defend its structures.
vot tak on December 10, 2019 · at 12:21 am EST/EDT
Erdogan Says Turkey Won't Dispose of Russian S-400s for US' Patriot
https://sputniknews.com/military/201912101077526638-erdogan-says-turkey-wont-dispose-russian-s-400s-usa-patriot/
Freind on December 10, 2019 · at 11:46 am EST/EDT
Regardless of Erdogan profile, he deserves respect when it comes to taking a stand and defending his national interests, but again, he still has a few solid cards up in his sleeve to play.
Tom Welsh on December 10, 2019 · at 1:01 pm EST/EDT
Discarding the S-400 in favour of Patriot would be like giving up a Colt magnum in favour of a toy pistol.
With the toy pistol costing more.
Anonymous on December 11, 2019 · at 12:15 am EST/EDT
Yeah, the Russian S-400 may have had a good test and all, but can it match the real-world fearsome, awe-inspiring power of the American Patriot missile defense system such as when it valiantly … er… neutralized the threat of those Houthi drones and missiles against Saudi Arabia?
Why U.S. Patriot missiles failed to stop drones and cruise missiles attacking Saudi oil sites
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-sending-troops-saudi-arabia-shows-short-range-air-defenses-ncna1057461
Abe on January 12, 2020 · at 12:01 pm EST/EDT
What the S-400 can do. A complete no fly zone for all those E-2s, F-16s and others over Taiwan. A very insightful piece. The system's 40N6E hypersonic missile is particularly deadly.
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/hypersonic-missiles-on-china-s-s-400-batteries-and-how-they-will-enhance-the-pla-s-air-defence-capabilities

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On October 12, 2017, Governor Brown signed AB480 into law.
Help a Mother Out commends Assembly Member Gonzalez-Fletcher for her persistent efforts to include diapers in California's safety net, and for her leadership in sponsoring AB480. Since 2009, Help a Mother Out has worked to address the unmet immediate need in the community and engaged in legislative advocacy for public policy solutions to end diaper need. We applaud Governor Brown for signing AB480 into law and look forward to additional counties joining San Francisco's efforts to include diapers in the CalWORKs safety net.


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Probably the biggest and best event of its kind in the UK. Raffle, competitions, junior activities, member to member sales, landmarks display. You can find full details here.
We can now confirm that we will be supported by Swift Sixteen, Model Earth Design & Talisman Brass Castings and Blackcat Bridges among others. We will be running Accucraft locomotives in 1:13.7, 1:19, 1:20.3 and 1:32 scales. Opening times are 10:30hrs to 16:00hrs and there will be an on site café offering refreshments and light lunches.
The "Tracks to the Trenches" 2018 event marks the finalé of the Moseley Railway Trust's First World War centenary commemorations – highlighting the tremendous expansion of the British light railways, which were used right up until the Armistice in 1918.
In 2014 and 2016 the Apedale Valley Light Railway hosted major First World War centenary events – marking 100 years since the start of the "War to end all Wars". These highly acclaimed centenary events focused on the often overlooked areas of Transport and Logistics used by all combatants during the conflict. This was the narrow gauge light railways' finest hour. You can find full details here. This will be the first chance many folk have to see a working WD Hunslet 4-6-0T both full size (No. 1215) and 16mm scale (Accucraft!).
We will be attending the Llanfair show at the beginning of September where we will be unveiling some of our plans for new production in 2019. As usual the weekend coincides with the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway Gala which makes it a doubly worthwhile trip out! The W&LLR Gala is their biggest event of the year, now over three days, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Every operating engine will be in use. There will be traction engines, steam cars and lorries, a model railway exhibition, demonstrations and trade stands, and a shuttle bus to the garden railway show up the hill at Llanfair High School. You can find more details here.


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Tigray: Why are soldiers attacking religious heritage sites?
Ethiopian Observer
Scale of Tigray horror adds to pressure on Ethiopian leader
Author: admin Published Date: 03/28/2021 Leave a Comment on Scale of Tigray horror adds to pressure on Ethiopian leader
New claims emerge of sexual atrocities and massacres by troops
Orthodox Christian refugees who fled the conflict in Tigray pray at a camp in Hamdeyat near the Sudan-Ethiopia border. Photograph: Nariman El-Mofty/AP
Emmanuel Akinwotu
Sun 28 Mar 2021 01.00 EDT
Pressure is mounting on Ethiopia's prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, as the scale of horrors from his war against the northern Tigray region gradually emerge, revealing massacres, mass sexual violence and fears of ethnic cleansing.
Ethiopia has for months insisted that its army's operations, which began in October last year, have officially ended and solely targeted the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) leadership and forces, which ruled Ethiopia for almost three decades before Abiy came to power.
Abiy's government has repeatedly played down the most severe allegations against its forces in Tigray, and denied reports that Eritrean armed forces were active in Tigray fighting the TPLF.
Yet last week he finally conceded that Eritrea's soldiers were "at the border area" between Tigray and Ethiopia's former foe turned ally. Eritrea's army was now retreating from Ethiopia, he said. Eritrea's government has not publicly acknowledged any role in Tigray or confirmed its troops would retreat.
The independent Ethiopian Human Rights Commission last week said its investigations found over 100 people in the historic Tigrayan city of Axum were killed by Eritrean soldiers in November, confirming earlier revelations by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
Ethiopia's prime minister Abiy Ahmed, right, and Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki at Asmara airport last week. Photograph: Aron Simeneh/AFP/Getty Images
Reports confirming atrocities by Eritrean soldiers present in Tigray and revelations of the devastation of the past five months have fuelled international condemnation of both Ethiopia and Eritrea. The EU placed sanctions on Eritrea this week, amid concerns that many of the attacks could amount to crimes against humanity.
Reports by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have revealed several massacres and an explosion of sexual violence, torture and destruction of Tigrayan cultural and religious monuments and property.
Since aid groups and observers were granted access earlier this month, there has been a drip feed of shocking revelations. Last week, the aid group Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said its staff had witnessed extrajudicial killings on the road from Mekelle to Adigrat by Ethiopian troops. "We are horrified by the continued violence in Tigray, Ethiopia. This includes the extrajudicial killings of at least four men who were dragged off public buses and executed by soldiers while our staff members were present, on 23 March," said Karline Kleijer, its head of emergency programmes.
Earlier this month, MSF said most of the more than 100 health facilities it had visited across Tigray had been looted, vandalised and destroyed in a deliberate and widespread attack on healthcare. What Abiy has insisted was a military operation against "criminals" has instead emerged as a bitter conflict waged against millions of civilians, with mass attacks and sexual violence driven by ethnic and historic regional divisions.
The military campaign against the TPLF, whom Abiy accused of attacking federal military camps and aiming to destabilise the country, has quickly recast the image of one of Africa's youngest leaders who was awarded the Nobel peace prize for ending the long conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Amid a telecommunications blackout and the restricted movement of aid groups and international observers, many fear the true toll of the conflict may never be ascertained.
The United Nations, United States, European Union and aid groups have condemned violence in the region in recent weeks.
Thousands are thought to have died, with vast swathes internally displaced in the mountainous, agriculture region of five million people.
Nearly one million people remain inaccessible to aid groups, according to the UN, amid armed conflict with TPLF forces, which Ethiopia still maintains has officially ended.Earlier this month, in a leaked recording of a meeting between foreign diplomats and an Ethiopian army general, Yohannes Tesfamariam, he described the conflict in Tigray as a "dirty war" and civilian victims as "defenceless" in the most significant acknowledgement from Ethiopia's authorities that fighting and threats to civilians were ongoing, particularly in Western Tigray.
The UN last week condemned "horrific forms of sexual violence" with more than 500 cases of rape reported in just five clinics in Tigray, and the numbers of actual cases likely to be far higher. "Women say they have been raped by armed actors, they also told stories of gang rape, rape in front of family members and men being forced to rape their own family members under the threat of violence," explained Wafia Said, the deputy UN aid coordinator in Ethiopia in a briefing to member states.
On March 10, the US secretary of state condemned the violence, ramping up pressure on Ethiopia to end atrocities in Tigray. Following investigations, Antony Blinken said he had seen "very credible reports of human rights abuses and atrocities," and that "forces from Eritrea and Amhara must leave and be replaced by 'a force that will not abuse the human rights of the people of Tigray or commit acts of ethnic cleansing'." Ethiopia dismissed Blinken's statement as unfounded but said it would permit an investigation by the African Union.
On Monday the EU announced sanctions on Eritrea, dismissed by the country's ministry of foreign affairs as "a futile attempt to drive a wedge between Eritrea and Ethiopia."
Nearly 70,000 refugees have fled to camps in neighbouring Sudan since November, some suffering physical injuries from attacks in Tigray, others suffering from the horrors they witnessed before they escaped.
Before 26-year-old Elsa Berhe fled to Hamdayet town in Sudan, she was a midwife in Adwa, eastern Tigray and lived a comfortable life. In November, shelling and fighting destroyed much of Adwa. By early this year, several hospitals and clinics were destroyed, looted and taken over by Ethiopian forces. "I was secretly delivering home-to-home services for pregnant women," she said. "There is gunfire every day, there is questioning every day," she said, from the camp overlooking the Sudan's border with Ethiopia. Attacks on medical officials had driven her to leave, she said.
"I saw an ambulance with a patient and a nurse," when they were stopped by Ethiopian soldiers. "They killed the driver and the nurse and they drove away." Later, she witnessed Eritrean forces gang rape a woman, Berhe said."The international community has done nothing to stop the war. Destruction is happening, rape is happening daily and civilians are being killed."
According to Adem Abebe, an expert at the Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, the horrific nature of the conflict so far will probably lead to the TPLF remaining a long-term threat to Abiy. "Unless there is a negotiated settlement, the conflict will definitely be prolonged. But Abiy may now think that he has pushed the TPLF into a corner and that he is in a much stronger position to negotiate."
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Василий Николаевич Яворский (1901, Елисаветградском уезде Херсонской губернии — 1987, Ленинград) — советский ученый, военный конструктор, -полковник, профессор,  (1961).

Биография
Сын фельдшера, до революции батрачил. В 1917—1919 годах работал фрезеровщиком, учился в вечерней школе. В 1919 вступил в Красную Армию, был направлен на Киевские военно-инженерные курсы, затем на военно-инженерные курсах в Казань.

В 1927 году окончил Высшую военную электротехническую школу комсостава Рабоче-крестьянской Красной Армии (РККА), преподавал в Ленинградской военно-инженерной академии, на военном отделении Ленинградского электротехнического института.

В 1927—1932 гг. — начальник лаборатории на научно-техническом инженерном полигоне Военно-инженерного управления РККА, работал в научно-техническом комитете Военно-инженерного управления.

В 1932 году назначен начальником факультета Военной электротехнической академии. Кандидат технических наук (1934).

В сентябре 1937 года был арестован и по обвинению в контрреволюционной пропаганде, призывам к свержению Советской власти приговорен к 10 годам лагерей и 5 годам поражения в правах (ст. 58-10, 58-11). Отбывал заключение на лесоповале в Княж-Погосте, Севжелдорлаге.

С марта 1940 года работал в «шарашках». Сперва в артиллерийской группе Особого технического бюро МВД в Болшево. С осени того же года — в конструкторском бюро на ленинградский Кировском заводе для участия в реализации проекта береговой артиллерии.

В связи с началом Великой Отечественной вой летом 1941 эвакуирован в г. Молотов (ныне г. Пермь), где участвовал в проектировании, производстве и испытаниях пехотной противотанковой пушки М-42.

В конце 1944 года переведен руководителем группы проектирования автономного следящего привода в составе Особого конструкторского бюро (ОКБ-172) в Ленинград (Кресты), занятого разработкой трехорудийных башен, которые могли бы вести огонь как по надводным, так и по воздушным целям.

Летом 1949 года был повторно арестован и приговорен к бессрочной ссылке в Красноярский край.

С 1950 года работал инженером проектной конторы Норильского горно-металлургического комбината.

В 1955 году — освобожден по реабилитации, восстановлен в звании инженер-полковника и в КПСС с непрерывным стажем и вернулся в Ленинград.

До 1959 года — начальник ОКБ-43.

Затем — профессор В. Н. Яворский заведовал кафедрой в Ленинградском военно-механическом институте. Автор учебника.

Умер в 1987 году.

Литература
 Явороский В. Н. Автобиографическое повествование // Вестник «Мемориала». — 2001. — № 6. — С. 71—78.
 Крук Н. С. История ОКБ-172 // Вестник «Мемориала». — 2001. — № 6. — С. 46—54, 139.

Конструкторы артиллерии
Конструкторы СССР
Инженер-полковники (СССР)
Учёные по алфавиту
Педагоги СССР
Репрессированные в СССР
Заключённые Севжелдорлага
Авторы учебников
Персоналии:Кировский завод


Kunde Family Winery: This winery calls its hiking program a "unique opportunity to witness sustainable winegrowing." Fourth-generation vintner Jeff Kunde leads some of the hikes himself on the 1,850-acre property. The hikes are somewhat strenuous, taking guests from the Sonoma Valley floor up 1,400 feet into the Mayacamas Mountains. Tour dates: June 11, Aug. 13, Oct. 22, Dec. 3, all at 9 a.m. $30. Bring your own food.
The winery also offers hikes where dog owners can bring their pooches for a stroll along the Sonoma Valley floor with Jeff Kunde and his hounds Cooper and Marley: April 29, June 17 and Sept. 30, all at 9 a.m. 9825 Sonoma Highway, Kenwood, 707-833-5501, $75 (it's a fundraiser for animal welfare groups), kunde.com/hiking-program.
Alexander Valley Vineyards: This "grape-to-glass" tour of the Wetzel Family Estate (AVV's home), is a gentle stroll past rows of vines that culminates with tasting from a barrel in an underground wine cave. Daily at 10:30 a.m. except Sunday, reserve at least 48 hours ahead. $50 includes boxed picnic lunch. 800-888-7209 x116, 8644 Highway 128, Healdsburg, avvwine.com/visit/visit-us.
Bartholomew Park Winery: A few blocks from Sonoma Plaza, this organically farmed estate offers a self-guided hike through 300 acres of parkland that includes the winery. Soak up views of nearby mountains as you go at your own pace, then enjoy a picnic overlooking the grounds. The winery's tasting room is open daily 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 1000 Vineyard Lane, Sonoma, 707-939-3043, bartpark.com/visit-the-winery.


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The Detroit Shipping Company opened over the summer and for their first Thanksgiving, they opened their doors to give anyone a hot meal.
Herasanna Richards is with the Detroit Restaurant & Lodging Association.
Not everyone is lucky to have place to go this Thanksgiving, but volunteers were on hand to make sure anyone coming in enjoys the holiday.
The Detroit Shipping Company teamed up with Detroit Restaurant and Lodging Association to cook 200 meals for their "Full Plates, Full Hearts" event.
Volunteers brought their own kids to create a fun, family atmosphere.
Organizers wanted to say thank you to the community, which is why anyone was welcomed.
"Being in need doesn't necessarily mean you can't afford access to a meal or anything like that, it could be community, it could be friendship, it could be a warm place to stay and it could just be a place to step out to somewhere where you can just be yourself," Richards added.
Organizers say they hope make this a new annual tradition.


Prof. David Lichtstein has been elected Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Prof. Lichtstein is the Walter & Greta Stiel Chair in Heart Studies at the Hebrew University. He replaces Prof. Eran Leitersdorf, who recently completed his four-year term as Dean.
Prof. Lichtstein was born in Lodz, Poland and immigrated to Israel with his family in 1957. As a student at the Hebrew University, he completed a B.Sc. in Physiology and Zoology in 1970, followed by an M.Sc. in Physiology in 1972 and a Ph.D. in Physiology in 1977. He joined the Department of Physiology of the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School in 1980 as a lecturer, and received full professorship in 1994. He held many roles at the Hebrew University and its Faculty of Medicine, including Chairman of the Neurobiology Teaching Division, Chairman of the Department of Physiology, Chairman of the Institute for Medical Sciences and, until recently, Chairman of the Institute for Medical Research, Israel-Canada (IMRIC). From 2007-2011, Prof. Lichtstein was the Jacob Gitlin Chair in Physiology at the Hebrew University. In 2011 he was named the Walter & Greta Stiel Chair in Heart Studies at the Hebrew University. He also served as the President of the Israel Society for Physiology and Pharmacology from 1996 to 1999.
From 1977-1979 he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Roche Institute of Molecular Biology in New Jersey, USA. He was a visiting scientist at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (1985-1986) and the Eye Institute (1997-1998) at the National Institutes of Health, MD, USA, and a Visiting Professor in Toledo School of Medicine, OH, USA (2007).
Prof. Lichtstein's main research focus is the regulation of ion transport across the plasma membrane of eukaryotic cells. His work led to the discovery that specific steroids that were known to be present in plants and amphibians are actually normal constituents of the human body and have crucial roles, such as the regulation of cell viability, heart contractility, blood pressure and brain function. His research has implications for the fundamental understanding of body functions, as well as for several pathological states such as heart failure, hypertension and neurological and psychiatric diseases.


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Q: Inline method as a build step I have a method that checks the license in our application. I would like to inline this method during build (or after) to increase the complexity of hacking the license. Basically I want something to take the code in this method, walk through all the usages, and substitute them to the copies of the code - then remove all the usages and the method itself. This is very similar to what Resharper does on Ctrl+Alt+N Inline method:
But rather as a build step. Is it possible somehow?
I've looked at [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)] attribute, but this is not what I want. It affects only the compiled code after JIT, but I would like to do this for generated IL.
I will also use obfuscator after this.

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JANE PETERSON
Elgin, Illinois
Pratt Institute, New York City (with Arthur Wesley Dow)
Art Students League (with Frank DuMond)
European studies influenced by Gertrude and Leo Stein, Picasso and Matisse, Frank Brangwyn and Joaquin Sorolla
Several public and prival collections including:
Baltimore Museum of Art
Brooklyn Museum, New York, New York
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware
Grey Gallery at New York University, New York, New York
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park, Maryland
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey
Rhode Island School of Design Art Museum, Providence, Rhode Island
Virginia Museum, Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
Select Exhibitions
1908 Société des Artistes Français, Paris, France
1909 St. Botolph Club, Boston, Massachusetts
Knoedler and Co., New York, New York
1910 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1911 Doll and Richards Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
The Copley Society, Boston, Massachusetts
1925 Ehrich Galleries, New York, New York
1929 Milch Galleries, New York, New York
1931 Three Arts Club, New York, New York
1938 Grand Central Galleries, New York, New York
1941 Treyakov Galleries, Chicago, Illinois
1946 Newhouse Galleries, New York, New York
1952 Art Club of Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Florida
1953 The Copley Society, Boston, Massachusetts
Sears Academy of Fine Art, Elgin, Illinois
1968 C.C. Deininger Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, NY
1970 Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York, NY
1973 Hunter Gallery of Art, Chattanooga, TN
1976 Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Hirschl and Adler Galleries
At her first solo exhibition, in 1909, a critic said of Jane Peterson's work, "There is not a dull canvas in the entire collection and everything is interesting." Those words, though written more than a century ago, best encapsulate the qualities one finds in a Jane Peterson works. Peterson's Impressionistic depictions of flowers, beaches, ocean resorts and exotic locales are all imbued with a distinct verve and vitality. Their light, airy character banishes dullness and beguiles the eye in the same way as do the works of the French masters of the Impressionist genre.
Jane Peterson, nee Jennie Christine Peterson, was born in Elgin, Illinois in 1876. Her artistic skill was manifest from her youth, and her family encouraged her to apply to the Pratt Institute, a private art college in Brooklyn, New York. While at the Pratt, Peterson studied under the gifted art teacher Arthur Wesley Dow. Peterson graduated from the Pratt Institute in 1901 and then studied oil and watercolor painting under Frank Dumond at the venerable Art Students League. She would later become a teacher herself at the League, providing students with instruction on watercolor painting between 1914 and 1919.
After finishing her education in New York, Peterson embarked on the well-worn path of many an American artist seeking to finish his/her education: she travelled to Europe. She studied with Frank Brangwyn in Venice and London, Joaquin Sorolla in Madrid, and Jacques Blanche and Andre L'Hote in Paris. While in Paris, Peterson became friends with Gertrude and Leo Stein and was, through them, initiated into France's avant-garde. It was during this period that she became acquainted with the early stirrings of Expressionism and Fauvism. She also began to question the orthodoxies of conventional Impressionism.
Peterson's long tour of Europe likely made her into a more versatile and experimental artist than the other American Impressionists. Critics noted, soon after her return from Europe, that her style had developed "a pitch of purity and clarity of color more abstracted in relation to the observed world." Later art historians have said that "Peterson's lines, colors, and designs were not as autonomous as the Impressionists had been, and she developed works which showed more self-awareness and emotional expression." Peterson had shaken off an instinctive loyalty to the Impressionist's tropes and now used them as part of an expanded language and vocabulary of artistic expression.
After returning from her first tour of the Continent, Peterson began to exhibit widely and became an artist of national recognition. She had two solo exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1910 and 1914 and exhibited in every major juried watercolor and oil exhibitions in the United States between 1910 and 1925. Peterson was well-known for her still lifes, harbor scenes, Venetian vignettes, New York subjects, and her exotic renderings of traditional Orientalist subject matter. Her paintings of North Africa and Istanbul, in particular communicated a radiance and warmth that few of her contemporaries and fellow Orientalists could match.
Jane Peterson's popularity was at its zenith between 1910 and 1925 but, even in 1938, the American Historical Society rewarded her with the honorific title of "most outstanding individual of the year." She was the second woman on which this honor was bestowed.


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On October 16, 2015, London-based guitar band Cheatahs will release their second full-length record, Mythologies, on Wichita Recordings.
With their critically acclaimed self-titled debut album and incendiary live shows, Cheatahs proved themselves to be one of the most exciting leftfield guitar bands to come out of the UK in recent years. With their sophomore LP, the band demonstrates even further their devotion to experimentation, leaving behind the debut's hazy, nostalgic world for Mythologies' ambitious Technicolor universe, in which motorik rhythms, garage and ambient punk flow seamlessly into one another.
Recorded over a period of a year, Mythologies takes its name from Roland Barthes' 1957 collection of essays on semiotics and myth, which influenced the record along with such varied themes and inspirations as Freudian 'screen memory', the fluidity of recollection, meta-modernism, hospitalisation on tour, syndicalism, Dennis Potter, Early music and neo-mysticism (to name a few).
In between festivals (including an acclaimed performance at this year's Primavera Sound) and UK, European and US tours supporting the first record, Cheatahs sought new inspiration by organising gallery-based improvisational noise shows, which fed into the recording of the exploratory and transitional Sunne and Murasaki EPs, and commissioned a remix record for Sunne, to which friends such as Hookworms, Moon Gangs and Drumm Chimp (Jon from Part Chimp) contributed.
In creating Mythologies, the band, as ever, self-produced, recording in a number of different London studios, Glasgow (Chem 19 studios, where Mogwai recorded Young Team) and a converted church in Ramsgate, before decamping to drummer Marc's shared studio-home, a monolithic high-rise building next to MI5 overlooking the Thames (one floor above offices that housed anti-terrorist task forces in the 1960s), to complete the LP.


Does anyone know how to modify the 'Meta' widget and remove some of the items?
I really only want the Sign-in or register options.
The Meta widget comes with standard WordPress package, and therefore I wouldn't recommend editing it directly as that would involve editing WordPress core files. This means any changes you made will be lost the next time you update WordPress.
It's probably easiest to use a plugin instead, like the Customize Meta Widget plugin. Or you can define your own custom widget and use that instead.


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Egypt sentences senior Muslim Brotherhood figure and son to life
Hassan Malek and his son Hamza among seven Brotherhood members handed life terms.
Muslim Brotherhood defendants gesture behind the bars during a court session in Cairo [File: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters]
Egypt has sentenced seven Muslim Brotherhood members, including a business tycoon, to life in prison on charges of "harming the national economy" and funding a "terrorist" group.
The Supreme State Security Emergency Court on Tuesday sentenced three others to 10 years, while acquitting 14 people.
It ordered that all those convicted be placed under police probation after they serve their jail terms. The verdicts can be appealed.
Those sentenced to life include Hassan Malek, a businessman who owned stores that imported computers and electronics, and his son, Hamza.
Malek was arrested in 2015 in a police raid on his house in New Cairo. Authorities said that they found publications containing Muslim Brotherhood plans to harm the Egyptian economy, manipulate the value of the Egyptian pound against the dollar and carry out attacks on the tourism sector.
Malek, who was in court for the trial and dressed in white prison garb, denied the charges.
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's government declared the Brotherhood a "terrorist" organisation in 2014, a year after the military, then commanded by Sisi, toppled Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected president and a senior Brotherhood figure, following mass protests against his rule.
The authorities accuse the group of receiving funds from economic entities, businessmen and supporters to carry out violent acts against state institutions.
However, rights activists say el-Sisi has overseen a relentless clampdown on dissent in Egypt since his 2014 election. The crackdown at first targeted Islamists, including Brotherhood members, but spread to encompass political dissidents, human rights lawyers, journalists and others, says Human Rights Watch (HRW).
At least 60,000 people have been jailed on political grounds, according to an estimate from HRW.
Tuesday's verdict came as reports emerged that US President Donald Trump's administration, a security ally of el-Sisi, was moving to designate the Brotherhood a foreign "terrorist" organisation, which would bring sanctions against the veteran Islamist movement.
El-Sisi has denied holding political prisoners, and his backers say the security measures have been necessary to stabilise Egypt after its 2011 popular uprising.
In a separate case, 34 people were sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday on charges including planning armed attacks in Giza and Alexandria.


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Workers International to rebuild the 4th International.
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Wer kann die "Flüchtlingskrise bewältigen"?
Contra la destrucción de las conquistas sociales
Tesis de Pulacayo (1946)
Lutte des Classes: Tribune Francaise de Workers International
Luxfer doit vivre : itw d'Axel Peronczyk, délégué syndical CGT de l'usine
Situation politique en France après le premier tour des élections
Contre la deContre la destruction des acquis sociaux « Marchons séparément – frappons ensemble !
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Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration of Namibia's Ex-combatants
By editor June 21, 2016 July 7, 2016 Namibia, South Africa
By Hewat Beukes 11 June 2016 at UN PLAZA, Windhoek
The struggle for what is today known as Namibia started in 1884 with the advent of German colonialism. At first it started with the southern peoples, the Nama, Baster, Damara, the Herero and the Bushman where the Germans had immediately seized land. The groups initiating the struggle against the German were first the Nama followed by the Herero. The Baster later followed.
These struggles against the Germans culminated in the extermination wars against first the Nama and Herero in 1904-8 and thereafter the Baster in 1915.
In 1919 the League of Nations ceded the administration of the 'territory' including Ovambo and Kavango lands with the Çaprivizipfel' to South Africa. Having been driven out of South Africa by ever expanding colonial annexation and land expropriation, the Khoisan in specific the Rehoboth Basters were the first to resist. Since 1919 they filed petitions to the League of Nations to object against South African colonialism. In 1923 an uprising of the Herero and Baster was looming in Rehoboth, but the town was encircled by South African troops with machine guns and canons. The Baster and Herero were disarmed, the Herero banished from Rehoboth and more than 40 'ringleaders' of the Baster were to die by firing squad. A last minute intervention by the League of Nations staved off the execution.By then the Herero had lost virtually all their land and the Baster 2 thirds of their land.
The resistance continued on the political level with frequent petitions to first the League of Nations and then its successor in 1945, the United Nations Organisation (UNO). Civil resistance was continued by the nationalities led informally by Hosea Kutako of the Herero. He would later commission Baster, Herero, Ovambo emissaries to the UN to argue the case for Namibia and present the demands for in particular the land and self-determination of the nations of Namibia.
In the meanwhile a new evil had arisen under South African colonialism. Contract labour. In 1943 as a measure to institutionalise slave labour from the populous northern areas of Ovambo and Kavango lands, the South West Africa Native Labour Association (SWANLA) was established by the South African Administration. It brought young men from the north under conditions tying them to specific employers (owners/hirers) in the south in particular the mines, but also to the farms. Farmers and even small businesses of all races and tribes in the south used the facilities of this slave system.
Farms became killing fields for many of these young workers.
Together with skilled and semi-skilled labour from the south they built the Namibian infra-structure and untold profits and wealth for the mining bosses, commercial business and a fledgling industry including fishing.
The toll on them was horrendous. Besides the horror on farms, fathers and youngsters were broken from the families in humiliation and deprivation. It was the most complete system of deprivation and dehumanisation.
By 1960, the following social-economic and political demands and expectations, expressly and implied, led in the national demand for self-determination:
An end to contract labour and proper wages and labour conditions;
An end to restriction of movement and pass laws;
A restoration of landed property of the Herero, Nama, Damara and Bushman;
The right to self-determination of all nationalities in the territory now known as Namibia, including the independence of the Caprivi.
In 1959 there was the Old Location Uprising. SWANU leaders such as Kaukwetu played distinctive roles in directing the masses led by Damara and Herero women.
The sixties saw SWAPO initiating a token guerrilla war on the insistence of the AOU. This was not a serious attempt as illustrated by the fact that the Commander-in-Chief Sam Nujoma and his second-in-command Lukas Pohamba from Lusaka visited the South African Army and Intelligence at the international airport in Windhoek from where they went to Pretoria after which they returned to Zambia.
By 1970 the nation was politically represented by tribal chiefs, SWAPO was an Ovambo tribal organisation, SWANU a nationalist organisation supported by workers and lower middle class elements. Workers were embroiled in labour struggles in particular the contract labourers but by 1978, there was a fully-fledged national workers movement led by the Rössing miners articulating broad workers' demands.
In 1971/2 contract labour staged a national General Strike which ignited the whole of the Southern African sub-region and led to 4000 youth fleeing in its aftermath to Zambia following persecution and torture by northern tribal authorities.
In 1970, in an attempt at a United Front, the National Convention was convened on 13 November 1970 in Rehoboth by the tribal chiefs, the Volksparty, SWAPO and SWANU. In response thereto the UN declared SWAPO the Sole and Authentic Representative of the Namibian Nation.
This was a clear renunciation of the Right to Self-Determination of the Namibian People.
Again, in 1975 after the declaration of the Namibia National Convention as the successor of the National convention the UN reiterated the status of SWAPO.
But, already a crucial incident had occurred earlier in 1974. Chief Clemens Kapuuo commissioned by the NC visited Europe and the United Nations to argue the case for independence for Namibia. While in Europe he sought the assistance of Peter Katjavivi the West European Representative of the SWAPO. While hosting the Chief and his delegation, Katjavivi blocked his access to African, European and Carribean Governments by slandering the Chief as a South African agent. The Chief met closed door upon closed door and was informed of SWAPO's Sole and Authentic Representation status.
This broke up the National Convention. The Chief returned and joined the South African initiative to ostensibly lead Namibia to self-determination through what would become the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance in 1976.
This opened the door to forced conscription of Namibians into the Territorial Army.
There would have been no successful forced conscription if it was not for this particular event offset by SWAPO's Sole and Authentic Representative status.
The malice of this act by the UN and the imperialists is seen in the fact that at the time they conferred Sole Representative status on SWAPO, PLAN and SPYL were in political struggle on the following issues:
SWAPO was in alliance with UNITA and South Africa against MPLA.
The SWAPO leaders were selling provisions (clothes, food, medicines, weapons) donated for the guerrilla war stored in massive warehouses as wholesalers while PLAN fighters were dying in the camps of hunger, went barefeet and many were without weapons.
SWAPO had no political programme.
SWAPO was not the representative of the Namibian peoples.
The foreign missions and the United Nations in Zambia were aware of the full extent as the SWAPO leadership's inability to be the Government of Namibia.
SWATF, PLAN and the agreements for DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILISATION AND REINTEGRATION
It is within the above historical background which the question of the SWATF and PLAN must be viewed.
With the clear denial by the UN and the imperialists of the Namibian peoples' right to choose their own representatives, tribal chiefs saw their only way out of a prospect of dominance by a tribal force itself as accepting the prospect of at least limited self-rule by the colonial power.
A result was forced conscription which saw teenagers and young men forced into the army most against their will, some out of joblessness, and a few out of choice. They were from the working class and poor peasantry.
The war itself was a low intensity war. More SWAPO members were killed by the SWAPO leadership and the SWAPO leadership in collaboration with South African than died in the war. The war reached some degree of seriousness only because of the commitment of fighters who thought they were fighting a just cause. Those who excelled were killed, because the war was not meant to be serious.
(Cassinga in 1978 and 1 April 1990 alone caused an estimated 1500-2000 deaths.) Thousands more were killed and thousands were not accounted for.
Nevertheless, this 'war' is the stuff from which the SWAPO leadership manufacture enduring myths: the war (meaning they as freedomfighters) brought independence. SWAPO was not part of the negotiations, in any event, not a decisive participant: The terms of independence were determined by the 5-Western Powers and negotiated with the Soviet Union, and South Africa. The period 1976-89 had seen a giant working class rise in South Africa in solidarity with the Namibian working class who were fighting pitched battles and brought the South African economy to its knees. By 1989 4 million workers could down tools at any one time.
South Africa could no longer rule under Apartheid and it found in the SWAPO leadership the tool to continue its rule.
Thus, since 1982 they worked out the conditions under which Namibia would become independent. SWAPO as a condition to be allowed to rule Namibia agreed to every condition guaranteeing the continued rule of the colonial ruling classes.
The issue of the SWATF and its demobilisation and reintegration were merely technical issues.
These modalities were contained in the 1982 and subsequent agreements and in terms of the Labour conventions of Namibia. Severance pay, pension and insurance had to be paid out. Jobs had to be created, preferably by integration into a Namibian Army.
SWAPO reneged on these terms immediately upon taking over government.
The reason why they did so and why they could so were twofold:
The need to enrich themselves as quickly as possible, and,
The lack of leadership amongst the demobilised soldiers.
The lack of good faith from the side of the brokers of the agreements.
A black irony started to emerge. The issue of PLAN and SWATF were treated as a moral dichotomy: the one was a freedom-fighter and the other a murderer.
However, most PLAN fighters and former SPYL members were barred from benefits as slandered as spies.
Today, both groups remain on the edge denied income and work.
The criteria for conciliation, benefits and the coveted War Hero status took contradictory forms: Aupa Indongo a billionaire and known collaborator with South Africa has been anointed as War Hero with street names in Windhoek, police spies and former collaborators are SWAPO parliamentarians: Elton Hoff, a demobilised SWATF is Supreme Court Judge, etcetera, etcetera.
The problem which the soldiers and the PLAN face is that they have no clear programme to counteract the denial of the SWAPO leadership on the following:
No effective counter-propaganda;
No effective action plan;
No clear set of demands.
Our position is clear as contained in our manifesto. We support the soldiers not only for compensation but as a section of the working class of this country which is being exploited and oppressed.
We will continue to propagate their position as part of our overall programme for the working class to take political power.
Tagged Hewat Beukes, Imperialism, Namibia, SWAPO, United Front, workers control, WRP.
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ARTICLES SPORTS 15 SPORTS FRANCHISES THAT ARE MORE LIKE BULLIES (AND WHY)
15 Sports Franchises That Are More Like Bullies (And Why)
Chris Corlew
Bullying is unfortunately everywhere in our society, not even sports escapes it. We've conveniently set up three tiers of bullying in sports today. See which one works for you:
1 Tier One: Financial Bully
Shutterstock: Manu Padilla
First on this list for a reason. Major League Baseball has no salary cap, meaning the richest teams can sign the best players, and the Yankees are the poster child for poaching superstars from small market teams. Brad Pitt and Aaron Sorkin made a whole movie about it, the one where Jonah Hill was confident in weight rooms? The Yankees are the bad guys in that movie. And real life. Especially to minor league teams.
Wikimedia Commons: Werner Kunz
Don't yell at us, Boston, you know it's true. The team that was once so cheap they sold Babe Ruth to fund a musical is a recognizable global brand, probably thanks to Ben Affleck's wardrobe choices. The BoSox routinely have some of the highest payrolls in the league and are a destination franchise. We recognize that Moneyball is only sort of based on true events, but the film does start with the Yankees poaching A's players and ends with the Red Sox trying to poach the A's GM. Just saying.
The Los Angeles Dodgers once added $260 million to their payroll in a single trade. Do we need to extrapolate how the team in the second-largest media market in the US is a rich team?
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Financial bullying is difficult in the NBA, but doable. The NBA has a salary cap, but you can go over it if you're willing to pay what's called a luxury tax, basically an extra dollar to the league for every dollar over the cap you spend. The Miami Heat, owned by cruise ship magnate Micky Arison, are sometimes willing to pay the tax. And speaking of tax, the fact that Florida doesn't have a state income tax is high on the list of things team president Pat Riley mentions to free agents, presumably right after plopping his championship rings on the negotiating table.
The New Money of The English Premier League
For a league with built-in relegation and promotion, the EPL sure is a league of haves and have-nots (more on that later). But an influx of cash from UAE prime minister Sheikh Mansour and Thai billionaires has opened up opportunities for other clubs. Manchester City especially seems to relish no longer being the little brother to Man United, tossing around cash and winning five championships since 2012.
2 Tier Two: Legacy Bullies
The Old Powers of The English Premier League
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Only four teams won a Premier League championship for nearly 20 years. Manchester United, Arsenal, and Chelsea threw their riches and glamour around, bullying a league where elite glory is theoretically achievable even by the lowest-relegated teams, but practically reserved for the very few. The recent influx of money to other clubs means more parity, but history's history. There's a reason Ted Lasso's boy-os freak out in Manchester.
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Their stadium is literally bad for punters because of its jumboer-than-jumbo Jumbotron (LBJ would be proud). They are a team defined by brash garnishness, an everything-in-bigger-in-Texas, God-and-football attitude that's so easy to loathe. We've never even heard Jerry Jones speak, but it has be pitch perfect Jon Voight's character in Varsity Blues, right?
When you are told over and over again "hey, your nickname is a racial slur" and your response for years is "so?", you're a bully. Also when this guy is your owner, you're a bully.
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Nevermore, motherf*****s
*Ron Burgundy speaking in impressed tones about Brick's trident throwing prowess voice* Ray Lewis killed a guy! Probably not, actually, but the families of the victims sure weren't comforted by Lewis's "God has a plan" hand-waving. Anyway, the Baltimore Ravens spent the next decade as one of the staunchest, most brutal defenses in the NFL, anchored by Ray "are we sure he didn't kill a guy?" Lewis. Marketing your team around a defense anchored by an alleged murderer is basically staring other teams in the face and reminding them their deaths would mean nothing and their loved ones would forget them.
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This is about Jerry Reinsdorf. The man who chose loyalty to Jerry Krause over Michael Jordan after the Bulls' run of six championships seemingly cemented their status as one of the elite franchises in the NBA. But an unwillingness to spend money (there's a whole Bulls podcast derisively called Cash Considerations) despite being the third-largest media market in the US means the Bulls have never even come close to that 90s glory. Then there's the whole matter of the team's owner saying "finish in second place every year" because the fans will love it. When your team owner treats fans like a drug dealer introducing a new strain, your team's a bully in the worst way.
3 Tier Three: Stylistically Bullies
The Detroit "Bad Boy" Pistons
Some of these players were actually skilled at the fundamentals of the game of basketball. Most, though, were really great at hitting people. People love to wonder how players from different eras would fare in today's game, with its emphasis on diversity of skills, but no one ever wonders that about the Bad Boy Pistons.
The Oakland A's Bash Brothers
Literally had the word "bash" in their nickname, famous for crushing things with baseball bats. If they seem like snarling, be-mulleted, roided-up 80s movie villains come to life, well, that's because they were. Shoutout Lonely Island.
The 80s Chicago Bears: The Monsters of the Midway
Wikimedia Commons: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
Sure, the original Monsters of the Midway moniker goes back to the 40s, but the '80s revival is the icon. A defense so suffocating they'd occasionally take the field on offense to ram the ball down opponents' throats.
The New Orleans Saints' Bounty Scandal
When you turn your defense into literal headhunters, like some sort of football version of the Predator, you make the "bullies" list.
The San Fransisco 49ers and Everyone Else Blacklisting Colin Kaepernick
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Colin Kaepernick should still be *NFL announcer voice* playing professional football games in the National Football League.
The NBA


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Chang MT, Bradin S, Hashikawa AN. Disaster preparedness among Michigan's licensed child care programs. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2018;34(5):349-356. PMID: 27482966.
Davis AK, Arterberry BJ, Bonar EE, Chermack ST, Blow FC, Cunningham RM, Walton MA. Predictors of positive drinking outcomes among youth receiving an alcohol brief intervention in the emergency department. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018;188:102-108. PMID: 29758380.
Rabbi M, Philyaw Kotov M, Cunningham R, Bonar EE, Nahum-Shani I, Klasnja P, Walton M, Murphy S. Toward increasing engagement in substance use data collection: Development of the Substance Abuse Research Assistant app and protocol for a microrandomized trial using adolescents and emerging adults. JMIR Res Protoc. 2018;7(7):e166. doi: 10.2196/resprot.9850. PMID: 30021714.
Swain JE & Ho SS. Deep mechanisms of social affect –Plastic parental brain mechanisms for sensitivity versus contempt. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 2017;40:e249. PMID: 29122035.
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How did I prepare for the journey to conquer my dream?
As one of the students in IBDP 12 class – WASS's first International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme class that will graduate in July this year, Luong Ly Chieu Hoang shared her dream, as well as her preparations for the journey to reach that dream.
"I have always wanted to become a solicitor and work for the United Nations. It sounds like a fantasy; however, I believe I can do it if I try hard.
On the journey of preparing myself to apply to those top universities in the UK and Australia, I'm trying my best and study hard for the IB curriculum and specifically to achieve a 38+ for my final IB scores. The universities that I want to apply to after finishing the IB curriculum are Oxford University, University College London (UCL), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of Birmingham, and finally the University of Adelaide. All of the universities that I'm applying to are either in Russels Group in the UK or Group of 8 in Australia. Therefore, I'm fighting my way to reach those dream universities that I've always dreamt of.
Specifically, studying IB has shaped me and helped prepare me for competing slots for those competitive universities, especially studying Law. Not only my academic performance, but I also polish my extra-curriculum in order to have a higher chance of being accepted by those universities, I have competed in many international piano competitions and debating competitions. Luckily, I got some achievements from those competitions. Even though I know it is a very tough road for me to go; however, this is my dream and I want to follow it no matter what."
In the upcoming time, the 12th-grade WASSers in general and the American Diploma Program (ADP), as well as the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme in particular will enter the sprint phase to prepare for the final exams. The Western Australian school system is very pleased to accompany the students on their journey, and we wish our WASSers to have a strong mind to continue to shine on the future path they have chosen.
WASS cooperates in enrollment with Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City
The Academic Year 2022-2023 Opening Ceremony


Here Bob is bringing up a video from 2010, where Councilwoman Lorie Zapf talks about how her husband used to hang glide.
Thanks for finding that 2010 video footage!!!
It's unfortunate that City T.V. cut out the video of the last part of that presentation. I'll see if I can get you a copy to post.


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Donnie was ever so careful to be on his best behaviour when he met his future mother-in-law.
I thought you said Kevan didn't live in Boston anymore.
Jinchao worked from dawn to dusk.
Takeuchi was the only survivor.
Margot did as he said he would do.
Jim doesn't like the way John looks at Debi.
Lance gave a sigh of relief.
Alexander didn't understand what Lorraine really meant.
Rudolf lost his wedding ring.
Brooke was fed up with having to repeat himself all the time.
I think maybe Lou is scared.
You should expect help from Roderick.
Mac has a big mouth.
Srikanth can't go with us tomorrow.
That would be Dominic's problem, not ours.
Heather made light of a difficult situation.
Horst began to worry about Andries.
Douglas carefully watched Marion's reactions.
If Barney senses even the slightest lack of obsequious deference, he explodes into a hail of random and spontaneous insults.
Customs officials carried out a full body search on Molly.
Glen bought Rex a box of chocolates.
Thad headed out the door.
Delbert kicked the locker room door shut.


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I mentioned yesterday that we full moon is coming up; so today I wanted to share how I cleanse my crystals, and make crystal infused moon water during a full moon. .
I've been cleansing my crystals during a full moon for a few months, and it's really easy. Just after sunset, I put all my crystals into a large bowl and set that on a windowsill; I leave the bowl there until the sun is up the following morning (I like to charge the crystals a bit under the sun before I use them again).
If you're able to leave your crystals outside overnight do that, rather than on a windowsill; leaving them outside isn't an option for us as we live in an apartment.
Another thing I have been doing lately has been making moon water. Moon water is water that has been infused with the energies of the moon. Moon water can be made any time during the moon's cycle, but it is more commonly made during the full moon; this water can be used during ceremonies, and in spells and potions.
I like to make crystal infused moon water; to do this, I fill a large jar with water, drop my crystal in and then seal the lid tightly. I then place the jar on a windowsill and leave it there until the morning.
A crystal water I have been loving lately is rose quartz infused water; I have been using this to wash my face, as it is said that washing the face in water charged with rose quartz can help reduce wrinkles and keep the skin looking young.