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Road map in times of…
Road map in times of war
by Karin Leukefeld*
"Travelling to the Russian Federation is not advised," warns the website of the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock's patronage of the German-Russian theme year "Economy and Sustainable Development 2020-2022" has been suspended. The US and EU are cutting ties with Russia politically, economically, culturally – in the fields of sport, education and science. Even Switzerland, which was valued worldwide for its neutrality, has just abandoned this neutrality by adopting the imposed sanctions.
Russian stations are being switched off. An incendiary device was thrown at a German-Russian school in Berlin. A pupil was asked to think about whether it was still appropriate for him to wear a T-shirt marked "St. Petersburg". A clinic in Munich declared that it would no longer treat Russian patients. In Milan, a university seminar on the Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky was dropped from the curriculum. Universities, sports clubs, museums have been asked to "review" their contacts with the Russian side. The German-Russian Museum in Berlin – built to commemorate the 27 million Russian victims of the Second World War – has pulled down the Russian flag and crossed out the words "German-Russian".
It is all about Ukraine. The Western world speaks of "Putin's war" and a "Russian invasion". Moscow, which gave its troops the order to march into Ukraine, speaks of a "special operation". Anyone who has followed the history of the last 30 years knows that it is about more than Ukraine. It is about whether the Western US-led bloc of NATO, EU and partners respects other geopolitical centres on earth or whether this "Western bloc" submits to the US plan to rule the earth as the "sole world power".
This claim has been enforced for decades in other parts of the world by means of wars and crises, through interventions, militarily and with "soft power", by occupation, attacks, economic sanctions as well as other means. Now this war has arrived in Europe and is directed against the Russian Federation. The Russian Federation invaded Ukraine on 24 February to demilitarise the country and drive out the Nazi forces in military and politics.
You only see what you know
A fellow photographer once said to me that his working motto is: "You only see what you know." This means that you have to prepare yourself before reporting, and this is especially true for wars, crises and conflicts, as these arise from many levels and complicated contexts. You have to find out about them in advance, you have to inform yourself about the relevant history, the actors. Only then can you truly see, in the sense of understanding, what is happening and only then can you report well on it.
So, what do we know about Ukraine? What is the history of this country, what has been the interaction between Russia and the US-led Western bloc there in Ukraine? To put it simply, what interests do East and West have there?
Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact in 1991, Moscow has demanded security guarantees and that NATO should not expand eastwards. For just as long, NATO has refused the demands and moved ever closer to Russia's borders. Country after country along the Russian border was lured into joining either the EU or NATO. Western media reported on the development mostly in Western terms. According to those, the Eastern European states – which used to be part of the Warsaw Pact and were now all afraid of Russia – could not wait to join the Western alliances. After all, they were all afraid of Russia and only wanted freedom and democracy, which would be defended by the EU and NATO.
Today, NATO troops are deployed in all those places where, from Russia's point of view, they should not be. Since 1999, NATO has been in Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary, since 2004 in Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. Albania and Croatia were added in 2009, followed by Montenegro in 2017 and Northern Macedonia in 2020. Ukraine and Georgia were to become the next new NATO members. Moscow continued to push for a security agreement and demanded Ukraine's neutrality – which was also established in the Ukrainian constitution until 2014. After the Maidan coup in 2014 – in the West they call it a "revolution" – Russia resumed control of Crimea. Under international law, this was classified by the West as an annexation. The tone and actions between NATO and Russia were exacerbated. NATO began training Ukrainian troops and stockpiling weapons. Russian media were persecuted as "disinformation channels" and considered as dangerous to the "Western democracies" as were the media of the "Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant" (IS).
During this time, something also happened that we in Germany or in other European countries did not really notice: The cooperation between the EU and NATO became ever closer and eventually so close that today – beyond the EU Parliament – one can hardly distinguish NATO from the EU. The heads of both organisations, Ursula von der Leyen and Jens Stoltenberg, increasingly appear in a double act at events of each other's organisations, and their statements are very similar.
The refusal by the West
For the year 2022, ten NATO manoeuvres along the Russian border between the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea have been planned, and in these also Ukraine wanted to and was expected to participate. Soldiers and war material had already been transported to the east for the major manoeuvres "Defender 2020" and "Defender 2021". In response, Moscow began a large manoeuvre along its external borders at the end of 2021. The USA warned of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, but no one met Moscow's political demands to create a common security architecture for Europe. Concrete plans put forward by Moscow were rejected by the West. So enough was enough, and Moscow was no longer prepared to be subdued and humiliated. On 24 February, Russian troops invaded Ukraine.
The Western bloc in the UN Security Council condemned Russia and called Putin the aggressor. The majority of the UN General Assembly shared this view in a resolution "Condemning Aggression in Ukraine". From the beginning, the Russian view of these developments was denounced to such an extent that it hardly appears in the European, especially the German-speaking public. This is also due to the fact that Russian media such as RT Deutsch or Sputnik News were switched off in Germany as in the other European countries.
And yet politicians and military leaders in East and West – especially in the USA – had been warning against this development for a long time. Ukraine, the heart of Europe, disputed for generations, could have been of advantage for East and West if had neutrality been granted to the country. But US foreign policy continues to be guided by Zbigniew Brzezinski, who said that Ukraine should never be a partner of Russia. Today, Ukraine is synonymous with war. It is the beginning of another, bigger war that will be about a new world order. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in Moscow a few days ago that Russia is the "last obstacle" for the West, before it can subdue China.
The Shock Strategy
For a long time, it had appeared to any observer as if the US was concentrating on its opposition to China and on preparing for a possible military confrontation in the South China Sea. But the war strategists in Washington had yet another plan that would first involve other competitors in war. The USA will not attack China directly, but via Russia, and uses the European states for this purpose. Washington hardly has to deploy any soldiers of its own, sells the Europeans US armaments and destabilises the competing European economy through an economic war that is supposed to be directed against Russia and China, but will cause massive damage to Europe.
Germany, which had profited more than any other country in Europe from cooperation with Russia, has capitulated. Not only since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the beginning of the Clinton administration in 1993 has Washington worked to divide the Eurasian continent, where Russia and Germany have key economic and political functions. One can speculate whether the "new era" in Germany would also have been possible under the Merkel government. The fact is that it was the new coalition formed by Social Democrats, Greens and Free Democrats which orchestrated the "new era" and accomplished it through massive anti-Russian propaganda. This government had only been in office for three months when they yanked Germany's foreign and peace policy around by 180 degrees, while the country's peace-oriented population was virtually in shock after the start of the war in Ukraine. Not a word was said about their own political mistakes, which had provoked their long-time partner Russia to take this step. No pause, no dialogue, no talks, no diplomacy.
The deception
"Ready, because you are" was the election slogan of the Greens with their top candidates Baerbock and Habeck. The current Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the Social Democrats campaigned with the slogan "Respect for you". They would push, they claimed, for the ecological modernisation of the economy to save the world from climate collapse. More social justice and recognition, more cohesion in society and a strong Europe were promised.
Today we know that these politicians deceived the public with fine words and announcements. The new government is ready for war against Russia, not for friendship and international understanding, not for respect or justice.
Russia is facing a barrage of unilateral economic sanctions, which – because they are unilateral – do not comply with the UN Charter. Christian Democrat Member of the European Parliament Manfred Weber is not the only person demanding "weapons, weapons, weapons" for Ukraine. The self-commitment of previous federal governments not to supply weapons to war and crisis zones is now wastepaper. Germany is sending weapons to Ukraine, and fighters and mercenaries, also from Germany, are following right behind. As recently as in June 2020, the Greens submitted a motion to the Bundestag demanding the withdrawal of US nuclear missiles from Büchel in the Eifel and an end to Germany's "nuclear participation". However now the government is declaring its entitlement to "nuclear participation", although the Bundestag (German parliament chamber) decided on the opposite claim years ago. New fighter jets are ordered from the USA so that nuclear bombs can also be transported to the target.
The German Foreign Minister does not talk about diplomatic initiatives to end the war. Baerbock wants to "ruin Russia" and also work out a new China strategy. For the first time in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Foreign Ministry is working "in a leading role" on a "National Security Strategy". Germany was "ready" for a stronger international commitment to peace, said the minister. "Foreign policy will be shaped with a clear compass of values in hand". And everyone should join in: The parties, the Bundestag, experts as well as civil society actors are to work together with national and international partners. Then Berlin wants to link this new "security strategy" with the plans of EU and NATO.
The EU, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize only ten years ago, is supplying weapons using a fund called the EU Peace Facility. A simple way of borrowing for peace is being used for the first time for the war in Ukraine.
NATO is also supplying weapons. Thousands of fighters from NATO countries are moving as mercenaries to meet the flow of refugees from Ukraine. In the USA, 20,000 have already registered with the Ukrainian consulate. One of these volunteers tells the German radio station Deutsche Welle (DW) in New York: "I want to help the weak, defend the helpless and give them courage." DW accompanied the man to a shop for combat equipment where he stocked up. He said he wanted to "take away people's fear and help get refugees out of the country safely".
Roadmap in times of war
How can we stay in communication despite the cries of war? How can we position ourselves so as to resist propaganda, confusion and enemy images? Is there a roadmap in times of war?
It is important to understand the conflict, to analyse events. It is helpful to look at the different levels: international, regional, local. It is also important to look at the conflict from different perspectives. Since it is an international conflict between Russia and the US-led Western bloc with NATO and the EU, they and their respective interests are the actors on the international level. Another important actor is China, which has allied itself with Russia beyond the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
Regionally, the interests and perspectives of affected states, i.e., Ukraine, Russia and their neighbouring states and regions, must be taken into account. In the north, these are the Baltic and Scandinavian states and alliances of the Baltic and Arctic regions. In the south, it is Turkey and the Black Sea region, including the Mediterranean.
Locally, we see a conflict in Ukraine between the Donbass and Kiev as well as the war that has been going on in the south-east of the country since 2014.
To understand different interests and perspectives, it is recommended to apply the "seven journalistic W-questions". It should be noted that these questions must always be asked in at least two directions:
Who (did something) – who refrained from doing something?
What (did they do) – what did they refrain from doing?
Where (did they do it) – where are the actors?
When (did they do it) – development of the escalation?
How (did they do it) – militarily or otherwise?
Why (did they do it) – the background for both/all actors?
Where (is the information from) – what are the sources?
It is important to research the antecedents of the conflict politically, historically, socially. This also involves the question: who is allied with whom, who is at enmity with whom, etc.? And one will find that alliances and enmities can also change when the interests of the actors change.
In times of war, however, the journalistic rules are usually not observed by the media. Media become a party to the war and, at least in the states and alliances involved, report one-sidedly and spread propaganda. It is therefore advisable to look into the media of other countries and on other continents. This promotes understanding of their view of events. And we learn something about ourselves and our perspectives. Looking at the perspective of others is a good corrective.
Analysis, discussion about the war and its causes should take place in conversation, in exchange with as many others as possible. Newspaper articles, texts, books or lectures sharpen our view and we learn to look beyond what affects us daily through the media. In this way, we can find ways to overcome isolation and powerlessness in the face of the prevailing propaganda and hostility.
Widening our horizons
As Russia and the US/EU/NATO bloc are confronting each other also in other parts of the world, we should look to Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin and South America to investigate how what is happening around Ukraine is perceived there. The peoples on these other continents have come to know Europe and the USA as colonial powers and "empires". They have experienced Western condescension and arrogance and often centuries of Western interference – an interference that prevented self-determination and social, economic and political development, exploited resources and people and left countries unstable and devastated. These countries were then haughtily classified as "failed states" and forced into financial dependence on international financial institutions – the "curse of the evil deed" of permanent interference, as Peter Scholl-Latour excellently described it in his book of the same name, "Der Fluch der bösen Tat" (The Curse of the Evil Deed).
Heard from other continents, many things sound different than in our daily news. There, opposition to war had already been stirring long before the Ukraine crisis, because war and the plundering of resources have been more than well-known there. As a representative of other voices in Africa, the Middle East or Asia, I would like to remind you of the book "Open Veins of Latin America", in which the journalist and writer Eduardo Galeano from Uruguay describes the consequences of 400 years of colonial rule decades ago:
"They left us [...] gardens that became deserts, fallow fields, hollowed mountains, rotten water, long caravans of unfortunates condemned to an early death, and empty palaces full of ghosts. [...] We Latin Americans are poor because the ground we walk on is rich."
Very recently, the opposition to Western policies has become louder. A representative example is a statement by the Mexican government, which rejects an EU Parliament resolution – directed against the Mexican government and President Lopez Obrador – with harsh words:
"[...]Mexico is a peaceful country that has chosen non-violence, we stand for dialogue, not war. Under no circumstances do we send weapons to any country, as you are doing now. [...] And do not forget that we are no longer anyone's colony. Mexico is a free, independent and sovereign country. Evolve, leave behind your interventionist mania that you hide behind good intentions. You are not the world government; and do not forget what Benito Juárez said, that giant of the Americas: 'Among men, as among nations, respect for the rights of others is peace.'"
Looking at us
"Lay Down your Arms" – is the title of a book published in 1889 that made Bertha von Suttner – that campaigner for disarmament and peace – famous throughout Europe. A few years later, the German Peace Society (DFG) was founded in Berlin – which was at that time called the "citadel of militarism". Peace movements have been in existence in Germany and Europe for more than 100 years, and yet these decades have been full of wars. Why so? Why were these wars not prevented? This question is important because
"there would be enough money, enough work, enough to eat if we distributed the world's wealth properly instead of making ourselves slaves to rigid economic doctrines [...]. Above all, we must not allow our thoughts and efforts to be diverted from constructive work and misused for the preparation of a new war."
These words are taken from an interview in which Albert Einstein talks about peace. It can be read in a 1933 letter from Albert Einstein to Sigmund Freud or – in German – in a little book published in 1972 by Diogenes entitled "Warum Krieg? (Why War?)". The core of this booklet is an exchange of letters between Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud from the late summer of 1933. At that time, the League of Nations had asked Einstein to discuss a freely chosen issue in a free exchange of opinions with a person of his choice. Einstein turned to Siegmund Freud and chose what seemed to him at the time "the most important question of civilisation": "Is there any way of delivering mankind from the menace of war?"
The advances of technology made this an existential question, Einstein wrote to Freud; all efforts to solve it had "failed to a frightening degree". At the time, Einstein posed this existential question against the background of the First World War and in view of the rising fascism in Europe. Soon after this correspondence – which, by the way, was only distributed in a print run of 2000 copies at the time – the Second World War began with the invasion of Poland by the German Wehrmacht, bringing terrible destruction and the use of atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
How can it be possible that the youth of Europe today know how to save the climate and yet know next to nothing about the causes of crises and wars! Why was the danger of war in Ukraine not seen? Because we were poorly informed? Because we did not take our neighbour Russia seriously? Because we ignored wars in other parts of the world? Because we think we are the "good guys" with the right values?
Is it not rather our war, which the West has fought in other countries with other actors in various ways – to secure wealth, raw materials, transport routes, control – that has returned to us?
In times of war, one is expected to support "one's own", the others are the "aggressors". When Germany declared war on Russia in 1914, Kaiser Wilhelm II aligned the population with the words: "I know no more parties, I know only Germans." US President George W. Bush said after 11 September 2001: "You are either with us or against us" and started the "war on terror" that has been continued to this day.
But what if you do not want to join "your own"? Because – as the writer Christa Wolf has Cassandra say – because you do not want to be "deceived by your own"? And what if you do not want to get in line at all? Or what if you understand the other side that has gone to war, even though nobody wants war at all? There is a difficult decision to be made that no one can take away from you. Which path can you take in times of war?
A very personal guide always accompanying me comes from a children's book. It tells the story of the girl Nuni and her long journey home from the "fence at the end of the world". On her way over mountains, lakes, through forests and the desert of everyday life, she is helped by the stars. She meets the calendar man and many animals whose wisdom, humour, timidity or confidence encourage her and show her that she must rely on her own courageous heart.
Our own courageous heart – what can it tell us?
Look closely and do not let yourself be misled. Question the media reports that try to tell us what is happening in Ukraine, what Russia is allegedly planning; seek other sources. Talk to family, friends, neighbours and colleagues about what you have found out about what is happening in Ukraine, but also about other theatres of war and injustices. Refuse to become an enemy and hold on to the friendship with Russia and its people that has been worked on for decades. Intervene, like the cargo workers at the airport in Pisa. They found out that weapons were being transported in crates and containers declared as humanitarian cargo for Ukraine.
In Germany, the situation is difficult, anyone not falling in line is denounced. In Switzerland, you will have to defend your neutrality. You will only be able to preserve it if you keep EU and NATO off your country. •
* The text reproduces a lecture given by Karin Leukefeld to a readership of Current Concerns in Switzerland on 19 March 2022.
[Translate to EN:] Karin Leukefeld
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ef. Independent journalist Karin Leukefeld was born in Stuttgart in 1954 and has studied ethnology, islamology and political sciences. She has been reporting from the Extended Middle East for daily and weekly journals as well as German state sponsored radio programmes since the year 2000. She was accredited in Syria in 2010 and has been reporting on the Syria conflict since then. Since the beginning of the war in 2011 she moves back and forth between Damasucs, Beirut, other places in the Arab world and her hometown Bonn. She has published several books, such as "Syrien zwischen Schatten und Licht – Geschichte und Geschichten von 1916-2016. Menschen erzählen von ihrem zerrissenen Land" (Syria Between Light and Shadow – History and Stories 1916–2016. People Narrate about their War-torn Country.) (2016, Rotpunkt edition Zurich); "Flächenbrand Syrien, Irak, die Arabische Welt und der Islamische Staat" (Surface Fire Syria, Iraq, the Arab World and the Islamic State.) (2015, 3rd edition 2017, PapyRossa edition, Cologne). Her new book will be released soon: "Im Auge des Orkans: Syrien, der Nahe Osten und die Entstehung einer neuen Weltordnung" (In the Eye of the Hurricane: Syria, the Middle East and the Rise of a New World Order).
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In Search of Silver Linings
ON a sanguine Siam Sunday, in the month of monsoon madness, I am flying through a chunky carnival ride of clouds. I am travelling from Bangkok to Thailand's Trat region, lurching through the sky and big Buddha bellies of bursting water over thirsty rice paddies below. I am enroute to Koh Khood, the Thai island which is home to Peter Pan and Tinkerbell resorts, and beaches of the same nefarious names. But up in this scatty sky, I am wondering if this is where my fairy-tale ends. After one aborted landing, we eventually reach terra firma and I rapidly swap my terror for travel writing. Silver linings? This story is full of them.
I amble through the Thai Muslim/Hindu village of Ban Nam Chiew, past vibrant blue, aqua, orange and red timber fishing boats which contrast against the angry August sky. Ban Nam Chiew means "fast current" in Thai, and it's apt, as this is a village which is moving with the times. During the monsoon, there is little fishing to support this tiny population which has, instead, embraced tourism. For $41, visitors can buy a two day/one-night package which includes local food, a homestay with a village family, and craft making such as traditional farmer's hats. Ban Nam Chiew is also known for its sweet crackers crafted from coconut milk or cream, mixed with rice or tapioca and topped with brown sugar, shallots, coconut-diced carrot and sea salt.
And it's smart women such as Tourism Project leader Surattana Phumimanoch who are embracing this change.
"The purpose of the village is for tourists to have a look and see our way of living," she says.
"Fishermen can't work in the monsoon season so this project will make extra income.
"This village is unique in that the Muslims and Hindus have lived together for more than 200 years. A lot of the new generation live away from the village and come back and realise the potential."
Sated from this success story and a local seafood lunch, I board the boat for Koh Khood, the last island in the Gulf of Thailand before the Cambodian border, and what the Thai's call "paradise on earth".
Thailand's fourth biggest island after Phuket, Chang, and Samui, the lesser-known Khood has such high-quality pepper, it exports this spice to Europe. You'll also find superior seafood here. On this humid hour, I scramble onto the sticky seat of a "songtaw", a Thai truck with two long bench seats and bars, and rollick along the island.
Outside, the emerald countryside is as lush as a Sydney socialite, peppered with pointy Thai rooves, rich rice paddies, and locals in conical hats.
I am meant to be island-hopping, snorkelling what the postcards promise are pristine waters, but the weather has dampened that plan, so instead, the next day I hop back into the sweaty songtaw, and explore the island. There's a Thai's fisherman's village at Yai Bay, home to giant grouper, crab, lobster and pineapples, and a glistening golden Buddha statue. I feast on barbecued prawns for lunch at another seafood village and burst into the Gulf of Thailand ocean at Tinkerbell Beach, just as the sun explodes through the clouds for a few precious minutes.
I am staying at Cham's House, which pays homage to an ethnic group in south-east Asia which is believed to have originated in Borneo and who, during the cruel reign of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge, suffered a disproportionate number of killings. Here, it's peaceful, where only the croaky night bushes have frogs in their throat. Outside my room, the ocean gushes peaceful platitudes at me, while inside, the geckos are goading me to write. But what? I am scratching for a story and a silver lining, knowing it's out there somewhere. But where?
It's a smooth flight back to Bangkok where I seek refuge at the Rembrandt, a glorious hotel surrounded by serene side streets or "sois". If you're looking for an Australian travel writer in bustling Bangkok, chances are you'll find them in the Rembrandt's Executive Lounge at 5.30pm, where the drinks poured are almost as tall as the tales told here. It's a comforting corner in this hectic city, in the tradition of foreign correspondent's clubs all over the world. If you squint, you can almost see the ghost of the world's great writers lurking in the corner. I repair to the hotel's Rang Mahal restaurant where I feast on this city's finest Indian fare. It's washed down with Granmonte shiraz, wine made by an award-winning female Thai wine maker who studied in Australia and whose vineyard I visited on a previous trip.
On my last day, I am a lazy lizard, floating in the pool, drinking beer with pizza, stretching out those tired travel muscles in a Thai massage and even having my hair washed and blow dried, before the flight home. While the hairdresser scratches my scalp, I keep mining my mind for the story. And as a travel writer, I should have realised, it is just this. Travel doesn't always go to plan. It will pour big Buddha bellies of rain and you'll be gasping for a snorkel that may never come. Travel, like flying, comes with unexpected turbulence and you will feel uncomfortable, even scared. But if you wait long enough on those sticky songtaw seats, there will be a breeze. Some seafood. A simple story about a fishing village turning to tourism. And even a break in the clouds. And you'll take your monkey mind and plunge into the ocean, and smile at that silver lining.
The Global Goddess travelled as a guest of Thai Airways http://www.thaiairways.com; Bangkok Airways http://www.bangkokair.com; and the Tourism Authority of Thailand https://au.tourismthailand.org
Betting on Buddha
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I'M gambling with God. Dicing with Dharma. Betting on Buddha. This adventure unravels in the Taiwanese capital of Taipei, in Long Shan Temple. And I'm essentially playing Taiwanese two-up but it's not money I'm chasing, it's love. Of all the temples in Taiwan, it's here that people flock to seek answers to their lives. Want love? Money? Health? Success? Come to the Department of Deities. I'm lured into the temple by the peaceful hum of devout Buddhists.
Around me, people are playing some sort of interesting game involving two blocks of wood. And just when I think it's all lost in translation, out of no where, a Californian Chinese woman whose name I later learn is Su Lin, shows me how it's done.
"First you take a stick which has a number on it. Then, in your head, you tell Buddha your name, where you are from and what you are asking for (in my case: love)," Su Lin says.
"Then you take the two blocks of wood. If they both land face up, Buddha is still thinking about your request. If they both land face down, your request will not happen. If one lands face down and one lands face up, your request will come true."
I nervously drop the blocks of wood. One lands face up and the other face down. Su Lin and I jump up and down like we've just won lotto. She takes the original number I selected and goes to a little cabinet from which she takes a corresponding piece of paper, all of it written in Chinese characters. She still doesn't know my wish.
"Oh, you are very lucky," she beams. "You will marry a man of honour." I am then required to thank the Goddess of Mercy. Thank her? I could marry her myself for such good fortune.
This is a story of love and lanterns. At Hsinshu city, south of Taipei, the 2013 Taiwan Lantern Festival is underway to celebrate the last day of Chinese New Year and the first day of the full moon. If you think you've seen lanterns, think again. Every conceivable object has been transformed into an object of art. Delta Energy has also constructed the world's largest outdoor projection screen which is 100 percent recycled at a cost of US$2 million.
Yes, things are changing in Taiwan where it's a spell-binding blend of old and new. Here, 2000 year old lantern festivals and traditional food from its diverse regions, combine with concepts like conservation. The yin and the yang. For more contemporary Taiwanese experiences, head to Kaohsiung MRT in the south-west, where its Dome of Light ceiling has earned it the title of the second most beautiful tube station in the world after Montreal. At the nearby Ten Drum Ciatou Creative Park, they're calling it "A Revolution of Drum Art" where an enterprising group of Taiwanese drummers – who performed at the 2000 Sydney Olympics – are taking tourists on a new beat. If you've enjoyed the show, you can even take a drum class.
Back in the north, about an hour east of Taipei in the usually sleepy village of Pingxi, the Sky Lantern Festival also takes place at this time of year. The traditional festival is held here, the home of waterfalls and mountains, as to have the smallest impact on the environment. Around 200,000 people congregate to write their wishes on a lantern and send it into the night sky. In my case, again, it's love I shoot off to the stars.
According to Su Lin, the woman I met at the Long Shan Temple, should I meet my love, I must return with him to Taiwan to thank Buddha for making my dreams come true. I'm writing out wedding invitations as we speak.
The Global Goddess travelled to Taiwan in pure style courtesy of Cathay Pacific's Premium Economy cabin. Launched in February 2012, the new Premium Economy experience features a more quiet, spacious cabin than the traditional Economy Class with between 26 and 34 seats per aircraft. The seat pitch is 38 inches – six inches more than Economy Class – and the seat itself is wider and has a bigger recline. Special features include a large meal table, a cocktail table, footrest, a 10.6 inch personal television, an in-seat power outlet, a multi-port connector for personal devices and extra personal stowage space. Premium Economy passengers are also allowed 25kg of luggage and have priority check-in at dedicated counters and priority boarding.
How to get to Taiwan from Australia: Cathay Pacific has multiple flights a week to Taipei via Hong Kong from six major Australian cities, including at least three flights daily from Sydney; three from Melbourne; daily from Brisbane; seven weekly flights from Cairns and Adelaide; and ten weekly flights from Perth.
For more info on Cathay Pacific go to http://www.cathaypacific.com
For more info on Taiwan go to http://www.taiwan.net.tw/
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WHERE in the world are all the men? As a travel writer I have trekked the globe looking for good stories and good blokes (usually in that order). Sure, I can always stumble across a decent yarn, but finding a fella is not so simple. Some people have even accused me of becoming a travel writer JUST so I could find a man. If that were the case, I'd be a spy. Far more glamourous. Then again, who am I kidding? I can't keep a secret. So, in the spirit of Valentine's Day, and spilling the beans, let me tell you where you CAN find a man. But first, here's some places you might wish to avoid.
I stumbled across these two nice boys one late afternoon at Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Unfortunately, despite their snappy fashion sense, they advised me they were already in love. With Buddha. So I moved on.
This one I found at Montreal at the Comedy Festival. Unfortunately, it was summer, and I like my blokes to be brave, so unless he can handle a bit of cold weather, he's not the one for me.
In Salem, I discovered there are actually more witches than lawyers. Still, that's pretty handy if you are getting divorced and want to cast a spell on your ex. But I was unable to conjure up a boyfriend.
In Dubrovnik, this lovely old man looked like a prospect. Until he told me he was waiting for someone. Much younger than me.
In Brisbane, things are so dire, you'd think every man was dead.
So, where in the world are all the men?
NEW ZEALAND! According to a report released yesterday, a stack of hot tradies have been flocking to Christchurch to rebuild the city after its 2011 earthquake. Things are so good there for single women, there's four men for every woman. That's right, I've travelled the globe and they've been sitting right under my nose all along. So Happy Valentine's Day. I'd love to stay and chat, but I've got a plane to catch.


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Der Tunakohoia Waterfall ist ein Wasserfall im Gebiet der Kleinstadt Te Aroha in der Region Waikato auf der Nordinsel Neuseelands. Er liegt im Lauf des Tunakohoia Stream am Westrand der Kaimai Range. Seine Fallhöhe beträgt rund 25 Meter.

Vom Besucherparkplatz an der Tui Road führt ein Wanderweg in rund 35 Gehminuten zum Wasserfall.

Siehe auch
 Liste der Wasserfälle in Neuseeland

Weblinks
 Tunakohoia Waterfall auf waterfalls.co.nz (englisch)

Wasserfall in Australien und Ozeanien
Wasserfall in Neuseeland
Gewässer in der Region Waikato
WTunakohoia Waterfall
Te Aroha
Kaimai Range

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Meatloaf isn't glamorous. It's not out to impress you or win beauty awards, but its friggin delicious and you'd be hard-pressed to find any meat-eater who doesn't love it. While the classic is always enjoyable, I was in the mood to spice things up... literally.
This is kind of a cross between kofte and meatloaf, with the familiar shape of meatloaf and the deep spiced flavor of kofte. This isn't a hot spice necessarily, but rich and complex. And since it's not meatloaf without ketchup on top, I made a cinnamon-y twist.
This is one of the fun things about learning a basic recipe, like meatloaf. Different spices and fillings, make it a versatile go-to. I think some sort of Vietnamese take may be my next foray. The point is that you should have fun with it and make it your own. Put the stuff in there that you like. So long as you don't put anything too wet, you'll be good.
Aren't those red peppers and herbs gorgeous in there? Such bright, fresh ingredients for a dish that is synonymous with being old-timey or drab.
What you get is a refreshing and unexpected twist on classic comfort. It's kind of a fun way to expand your horizons.
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Heat olive oil over medium heat and add red pepper. Saute until softened, about 5 minutes. Allow to cool. In a small bowl, combine milk and panko. Allow bread crumbs to soak up milk.
In a large bowl, combine cooled red pepper, bread crumb mixture, beef, turkey, beaten egg, dates, parsley, mint, paprika, nutmeg, cumin, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Use clean hands to combine mixture, taking care not to pack it or overmix. Turn out mixture onto a lined sheet pan and form into a 2-inch thick loaf.
In a small bowl, combine ketchup, cayenne and cinnamon. Spread in a thin layer over meatloaf.
Bake loaf for 45-60 minutes, until internal temperature reaches 160 degrees. Allow to rest for 5 minutes before slice. Serve over tabbouleh or couscous. Enjoy!


Mount Kilimanjaro with its three volcanic cones "Kibo", "Mawenzi", and "Shira", is a dormant (Sleep mode) Volcano in Tanzania It is the highest mountain in Africa, and rises approximately 4,900 m (16,000 ft) from its base to 5,895 metres (19,341 ft) above sea level. The first recorded ascent to the summit of the mountain was by Hans Meyer and Ludwig Purtscheller in 1889. The mountain is part of the Kilimanjaro National Park and is a major climbing destination. The mountain has been the subject of many scientific studies because of its shrinking glaciers.
Pick up and drop off at air port can be arranged at extra cost- only $ 50 per vehicle from 2-6 pax and from the group of 10 and above we charge each $ 10NOTE. The best season to climb Kilimanjaro is June to March, but there is season rain forest that occur in September and January. July , August , November, December and February is dry season and is the best time to go.


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A Quirky Social Space Quite Unlike Any Other
Rose and Jim enlisted the help of Will at Kitchen Design Centre to bring their country-style kitchen into the 21st Century – with an intriguing creative twist.
Finding themselves struggling for space in their slightly cramped country-style kitchen, Rose and Jim decided it was time for a complete redesign. "The kitchen was quite impractical, really." Rose tells us. "We wanted something that was both more modern and convenient."
When they heard a glowing recommendation about Kitchen Design Centre, they paid a visit to the Blackburn showroom to be met by Will Hustler, who instantly impressed them with the scale of his expertise and the quality of his designs. "Will was lovely, and he was very helpful." says Rose cheerfully. "He worked closely with us right from the start, and we didn't feel at all pushed or under pressure to make decisions."
Having enthusiastically decided that Kitchen Design Centre was the company for them, Rose and Jim took the next few months to continually develop their ideas as they refined their vision of the perfect kitchen. Kitchen Design Centre was with them every step of the way, with Will providing expert advice and adjusting his designs to account for every decision.
The couple ultimately decided to base their modern, handleless German kitchen around a fond possession of Rose's; a unique multi-coloured chair which serves as the kitchen's central focal point. The result is a space with a beautifully distinctive sense of character and personality, infused with a sense of warmth and homeliness. The brick feature wall enhances the kitchen's wonderfully rustic feel, and the vibrant shades of the chair's fabrics are complemented by the kitchen's cool neutral colour scheme, helping the chair to stand out as an attractive and quirky personal touch.
As a social couple who love to entertain, the breakfast bar was another essential consideration for Rose and Jim, who eventually opted to turn it into a peninsula rather than a standalone bar. Now, its elegant putty grey shade makes it a seamless addition onto the couple's high-gloss laser polar-white Corian worktops. Meanwhile, the mood lighting embedded in their ceiling bulkhead gives the couple total control over their kitchen's atmosphere, as it casts a gentle glow on the worktops beneath.
The end result is one of chic sophistication, and one that transforms the kitchen into a truly social space; the heart of the home. "It's very handy if we've got family over." says Rose, happily. "We can start on dinner without having to leave the room!"
The kitchen's unique sense of style is enhanced by some powerful cooking appliances, many from industry-leading supplier Neff. These include a Neff single oven and induction hob, as well as a Neff compact microwave oven and warming drawer. They're complemented by a Neff built-in fridge and a fully integrated dishwasher, as well as an under-counter wine cabinet for entertaining. Rounding off the ensemble are twin Quooker taps, to provide boiling hot water in a pinch.
"It's hard to pick my favourite." says Rose. "We're already finding the oven far more functional. Previously everything was on the ground-level, so we were bending down all the time – this is far more comfortable and convenient! I love my induction hob, too; it's very clever."
Kitchen Design Centre delivered a full service offering to Rose and Jim, including all the preparation work. Asked what she thought of Kitchen Design Centre's service, Rose doesn't hesitate in her reply.
"The service was amazing; they were very adaptable." she says. "We were going back and forth a lot and they worked with us very well. Will especially was brilliant."
"Everyone at Kitchen Design Centre was very obliging and accommodating despite all the differences and adjustments to the design. It was a fantastic experience!"
"It was a pleasure working on this design as Rose was so passionate in trying to get the right balance of materials and colours. A focal point of the kitchen was the fantastic multi-coloured chair which she expressed she would like to keep. We did laugh at one point that this could be the only kitchen that was designed around a chair!"
Will Hustler
Oxford's New Graduate


Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One has crossed the $300 million milestone at the global box office as it enters its second weekend in release. Earning almost $143 million to date in China alone, the sci-fi adventure is Warner Bros.' biggest release ever in that country, a news release from the studio said Friday.
Spielberg directed Ready Player One from a screenplay by Zak Penn and Ernest Cline, based on Cline's futuristic novel. It stars Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe, T.J. Miller, Philip Zhao, Win Morisaki, Hannah John-Kamen, with Simon Pegg and Mark Rylance. The movie is about a group of young gamers competing in a virtual-reality world for a chance to vastly improve their real lives.


Beautiful modern log home in Basalt, just outside Aspen, Colorado. Modern kitchen with granite counter tops and dining area.
The living area is open concept with a high cathedral ceiling and a fireplace.
Master bedroom upstairs, with a queen bed and en-suite bathroom.
Second bedroom with bathroom on the main floor, next to the den.
Back deck with a barbecue, a large covered front porch, and a hot tub.
Basalt is a quaint little town with a historic downtown, and is only twenty-five minutes from Aspen. We live in a quiet street three blocks from the town centre, where you will find several restaurants, our favourite café, and shops of various kinds.
In the summer there are endless valleys to hike in, there is a bike path straight from the house, and a gold-medal-winning river for fishing just two blocks away. There is a nice park with beautiful views just three minutes stroll from the house, and we are thirty minutes from one of Colorado's most beautiful lakes.
Winter offers skiing at Aspen, with four mountains just twenty-five minutes away with cross-country skiing, snow shoeing and winter hiking - and there is a local bus service to get you there quickly and conveniently.
In the summer, we just relax on the porch or in the back yard hammock. And we eat outside most evenings, starting with drinks on the front porch. We absolutely love our cosy home, and when you walk in the door, you will see it is a special place filled with memories and warmth.
My husband is a retired Chief of Police for a small community called Snowmass Village, in Colorado. I am a Canadian who moved to the US in 2000. I am a semi-retired software professional looking forward to getting out of the corporate world, and signing up for home exchanges will help make this a reality.
We are both healthy, active people who love to travel to foreign lands and experience other cultures and people. Being curious and adventurous we are open to any location, whether small town or larger city.
We would prefer to exchange with just two people, but are certainly open to considering more, according to circumstances. We will care for your home as we would want our own to be cared for.
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Dilek Akagün Yılmaz (born 1963) is a Turkish politician.

Life
Dilek Akagün was born to Ali and Ümmü in Külköy village of Karahallı ilçe (district) in Uşak Province, Turkey in 1963.

In 1984, after completing the School of Law of the Dokuz Eylül University in İzmir, she began working as an attorney in Uşak. She is the charter member of the Uşak branch of Human Rights Association. She is also a member of Atatürkçü Düşünce Derneği (Atatürkist Thought Association) and the Çağdaş Yaşamı Destekleme Derneği (Association for the Support of Contemporary Living). She is married to Fuat Yılmaz, and the mother of two.

Politics
In 1988, she joined the Republican People's Party (CHP). In the local elections held on 26 March 1989, she was elected to the municipal council of Uşak. She ran for parliament and in the general election held on 12 June 2011, she was elected to the 24th Parliament of Turkey. In 2013 she accused a member of the party as being spy, and was warned by the party disciplinary committee. She ran for a second term in 2015, however she placed fourth in preselection denying her a place on the party list in Uşak.

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Living people
1963 births
People from Karahallı
Dokuz Eylül University alumni
Turkish women lawyers
21st-century Turkish women politicians
Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians
Members of the 24th Parliament of Turkey
20th-century Turkish lawyers
21st-century Turkish lawyers


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#SOSCTD | Kidscape
Today we share a case study on behalf of Kidscape, about one of our Newport County AFC supporters and their daughter.
Our daughter wanted to share our story.
My daughter has struggled with bullying since she was five years old. The first time that it was noticeable, she came home from school with a black eye and marks up her arms. She was tearful, angry, and told me that it had happened by a junior school age boy during playtime. We had parents' evening a few weeks later and I noticed that my daughter couldn't even look her teacher in the eye. The school refused to accept that it had happened or that there was an issue, it was then I realised that she needs to be somewhere else and removed her from school.
She started off well at her new school, but it did not take long for a class member to pick up on her disability and started making fun of her. She began to become socially excluded from groups and games, so often was spending her break times in floods of tears either as a target or on her own. She was too fearful to report it, and so she just let the bullying continue.
We noticed a significant change in her behaviour. Her sleep patterns were all over the place, she would lash out in anger at her siblings, bang her head whilst sobbing, she stopped her after school activities that she loved, and stopped going to watch her favourite football team – Newport County AFC. Her confidence had been destroyed and she felt that she was no longer good enough, or that she belonged. It was so distressing to see her react in those ways. We knew something was going on and tried to encourage her to tell us. One night she just broke down and told us everything, that she just couldn't do it anymore and wanted to go to heaven. She was 7 years old.
It is hard to express the range of emotions you feel as a parent hearing that. It is shock, sadness, panic, despair and anger all rolled into one, along with some relief that she had finally found the courage and the words to tell us. I was bullied as a child too, and the memories of how I felt just came flooding back.
Her school was not helpful in nipping it in the bud or taking our concerns seriously. We managed to source external counselling sessions through Primary Care Mental Health Services. All we could do as parents was support her through it and speak to school regularly to force them to work in collaboration, but it didn't change anything at all and the bullying continued for a few years, with us constantly battling for a solution.
I heard about Kidscape through a local parent network. I was willing to try anything for my daughter to finally feel free again. I don't know what I was expecting, but it certainly felt good to have local support. It felt like I was in the right place at the right time. We attended the very first ZAP anti-bullying workshop in Newport. Straight away, the Kidscape team made us feel so welcome, and it helped our nerves simmer down somewhat.
It was emotional hearing other parent's stories of their own situations with their children yet empowering knowing that you were coming away with clear strategies to move forward, with the loneliness and isolation lifted for both me and my daughter. During the workshop, I could hear my daughter laughing from the room next door. It was a sound that I hadn't heard in such a long time, and she was beaming when we came back together with our children. A bit of her confidence had already started to return.
Just a few months later, my daughter asked me if she could go back to watching Newport County AFC play. I was more than happy to purchase season tickets and return to Rodney Parade as a family once more. She sings her heart out at a game and it is so good to see her become more passionate about the things that she loved once before.
Kidscape's workshop proved to be a huge turning point for us. I don't think that people truly realise the huge impact that bullying can have on a child and also their families. I know the outcome could have been very different for us. I am not afraid to say that my own wellbeing took a hit – especially when I heard those words from my daughter. As much as I try, I think they will haunt me forever.
A time later, I was delighted to see Carole – Kidscape Representative for Wales in the marquee one match day doing activities with our young supporters and their families. My daughter just lit up when she saw Carole and gave her a huge hug whilst excitedly involving me in a ZAP activity that she had completed in the workshop.
It's fantastic that Newport County AFC have an Official Charity Partnership with Kidscape. It means a lot to me personally to know that this help and support is available for the families and young supporters of the club that we have been following for years and enjoy watching as a family.
I have chosen to keep my daughter anonymous, as we are continuing to move forward from this situation, which takes a long time to overcome, however my daughter wanted me to share our story. She is now 11 years old, more confident, and resilient with a great group of friends, and looking forward to moving up to high school.
I have made my donation to the Newport County AFC Crowdfunder and voted for Kidscape. I truly cannot thank Kidscape enough for all that they have done for us, and I hope that they gain the front of shirt sponsorship and the platform that they truly deserve to raise more awareness and of the superb work that they do.
Advice and support for parents and carers
Kidscape offers friendly, impartial, non-judgmental information, advice and support to parents and carers. parentsupport@kidscape.org.uk
Please donate to the #SOSCTD campaign here: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/ncafc Please #VOTEKIDSCAPE here: office@newport-county.co.uk


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Click here to Book Kennebunkport Tour Book Kennebunkport Tour
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Person Ages 5 and Up
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Tour Type(s): Walking History Tour
Step away from the hustle and bustle of the Lower Village and into the quiet neighborhoods of the first residents in the Kennebunkport Historical District.
This walking tour will begin at the Dock Square and take you back in time, to the days when Kennebunkport was a thriving shipbuilding town. You will stroll along Maine Street and weave your way through the side streets, seeing the homes of the shipbuilders and merchants of the late 18th, and early 19th century, and sharing their stories.
Ever wonder how Kennebunkport and Cape Porpoise got their names? How "Poor Arundel" as it was known in 1743, become one of the wealthiest towns in Maine by 1810? What happened at the Customs House during the ship building era to collect $119,850 in taxes in 1812 to over $1 Million in 1850? Join us to learn all this and more on a beautiful walk through time.
We will end the tour at Dock/Union Square, bringing you full circle.
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Ever wonder how American's wealthiest turned Bar Harbor into a national treasure? Find out on this walking history tour that takes you back in time.


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-- UPDATE Measurement SET SignalID='bcd7aa41-32f1-4d3c-96d5-9e1da2c9469e' WHERE PointTag='TVA_TESTDEVICE-LAGO:ABBIH'
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-- INSERT INTO OutputStreamDevice(NodeID, AdapterID, IDCode, Acronym, BpaAcronym, Name, LoadOrder, Enabled) VALUES('8736f6c7-ad41-4b43-b4f6-e684e0d4ad20', 1, 2, 'TESTDEVICE', 'TEST', 'Test Device', 0, 1)
-- GO

-- INSERT INTO OutputStreamMeasurement(NodeID, AdapterID, HistorianID, PointID, SignalReference) VALUES('8736f6c7-ad41-4b43-b4f6-e684e0d4ad20', 1, 1, 1, 'TESTDEVICE-SF')
-- GO
-- INSERT INTO OutputStreamMeasurement(NodeID, AdapterID, HistorianID, PointID, SignalReference) VALUES('8736f6c7-ad41-4b43-b4f6-e684e0d4ad20', 1, 1, 2, 'TESTDEVICE-FQ')
-- GO
-- INSERT INTO OutputStreamMeasurement(NodeID, AdapterID, HistorianID, PointID, SignalReference) VALUES('8736f6c7-ad41-4b43-b4f6-e684e0d4ad20', 1, 1, 3, 'TESTDEVICE-DV1')
-- GO
-- INSERT INTO OutputStreamMeasurement(NodeID, AdapterID, HistorianID, PointID, SignalReference) VALUES('8736f6c7-ad41-4b43-b4f6-e684e0d4ad20', 1, 1, 4, 'TESTDEVICE-DF')
-- GO
-- INSERT INTO OutputStreamMeasurement(NodeID, AdapterID, HistorianID, PointID, SignalReference) VALUES('8736f6c7-ad41-4b43-b4f6-e684e0d4ad20', 1, 1, 5, 'TESTDEVICE-PM1')
-- GO
-- INSERT INTO OutputStreamMeasurement(NodeID, AdapterID, HistorianID, PointID, SignalReference) VALUES('8736f6c7-ad41-4b43-b4f6-e684e0d4ad20', 1, 1, 6, 'TESTDEVICE-PA1')
-- GO
-- INSERT INTO OutputStreamMeasurement(NodeID, AdapterID, HistorianID, PointID, SignalReference) VALUES('8736f6c7-ad41-4b43-b4f6-e684e0d4ad20', 1, 1, 7, 'TESTDEVICE-PM2')
-- GO
-- INSERT INTO OutputStreamMeasurement(NodeID, AdapterID, HistorianID, PointID, SignalReference) VALUES('8736f6c7-ad41-4b43-b4f6-e684e0d4ad20', 1, 1, 8, 'TESTDEVICE-PA2')
-- GO
-- INSERT INTO OutputStreamMeasurement(NodeID, AdapterID, HistorianID, PointID, SignalReference) VALUES('8736f6c7-ad41-4b43-b4f6-e684e0d4ad20', 1, 1, 9, 'TESTDEVICE-PM3')
-- GO
-- INSERT INTO OutputStreamMeasurement(NodeID, AdapterID, HistorianID, PointID, SignalReference) VALUES('8736f6c7-ad41-4b43-b4f6-e684e0d4ad20', 1, 1, 10, 'TESTDEVICE-PA3')
-- GO
-- INSERT INTO OutputStreamMeasurement(NodeID, AdapterID, HistorianID, PointID, SignalReference) VALUES('8736f6c7-ad41-4b43-b4f6-e684e0d4ad20', 1, 1, 11, 'TESTDEVICE-PM4')
-- GO
-- INSERT INTO OutputStreamMeasurement(NodeID, AdapterID, HistorianID, PointID, SignalReference) VALUES('8736f6c7-ad41-4b43-b4f6-e684e0d4ad20', 1, 1, 12, 'TESTDEVICE-PA4')
-- GO
-- INSERT INTO OutputStreamMeasurement(NodeID, AdapterID, HistorianID, PointID, SignalReference) VALUES('8736f6c7-ad41-4b43-b4f6-e684e0d4ad20', 1, 1, 13, 'TESTDEVICE-PM5')
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-- INSERT INTO OutputStreamMeasurement(NodeID, AdapterID, HistorianID, PointID, SignalReference) VALUES('8736f6c7-ad41-4b43-b4f6-e684e0d4ad20', 1, 1, 14, 'TESTDEVICE-PA5')
-- GO

-- INSERT INTO OutputStreamDevicePhasor(NodeID, OutputStreamDeviceID, Label, Type, Phase, LoadOrder) VALUES('8736f6c7-ad41-4b43-b4f6-e684e0d4ad20', 1, '500 kV Bus 1', 'V', '+', 0)
-- GO
-- INSERT INTO OutputStreamDevicePhasor(NodeID, OutputStreamDeviceID, Label, Type, Phase, LoadOrder) VALUES('8736f6c7-ad41-4b43-b4f6-e684e0d4ad20', 1, '500 kV Bus 2', 'V', '+', 1)
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-- INSERT INTO OutputStreamDeviceDigital(NodeID, OutputStreamDeviceID, Label, LoadOrder) VALUES('8736f6c7-ad41-4b43-b4f6-e684e0d4ad20', 1, 'Digital1', 0)
-- GO

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INSERT INTO ApplicationRole (Name, Description, NodeID) VALUES ('Viewer', 'Viewer Role', '8736f6c7-ad41-4b43-b4f6-e684e0d4ad20')
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It is uncertain how this apparatus was used. It was made by a Mr Bouchart in France and consists of a black box with an eyepiece and lens at one end. It is described as a 'test type apparatus' for detecting malingerers and the French used it during the First World War. This apparatus was probably intended to detect army recruits avoiding military duties through feigning blindness or lesser sight problems ('ocular malingering').
Detecting malingering was vigorously pursued by the authorities on all sides of the conflict. Men we would now diagnose with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were often accused of it. They were sometimes harshly punished.
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A Matter of Principle: The True Aims of the Terror War
The moral insanity of the Terror War continues to spawn more violence, more extremism, more repression, more injustice, and the total subversion of the "Western values," all of which it is ostensibly designed to defend.
A new piece by Patrick Cockburn in the Independent provides a grimly illuminating look at this insanity in action on a specific front: Syria. It's worth reading in full, but here is an excerpt:
The Syrian war has turned into a Syrian version of the Thirty Years War in Germany four centuries ago. Too many conflicts and too many players have become involved for any peace terms to be acceptable to all.. … It has become increasingly obvious over the past year that al-Qa'ida type movements, notably Isis, Jabhat al-Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham, have come to dominate or can operate freely in a great swathe of territory across northern Iraq and northern Syria. This gives Isis a vast hinterland in which it can manoeuvre and fight on both sides of what is a largely nominal Syrian-Iraqi border. …
Europeans have not yet woken up to the significance of these anarchic zones opening up on the shores of the Mediterranean in Syria and Libya. This is because the threat has been largely abstract but it is getting less so with the attack on the Jewish Museum in Brussels by a French jihadi who had been in Syria. US and European politicians do not want to explain why, 13 years after 9/11, when the "war on terror" was supposedly launched, thousands of al-Qa'ida militants have been able to carve out enclaves so close to Europe.
US and European politicians won't explain it because any honest explanation would expose the emptiness at the core of all their proffered reasons for the Terror War. They can't explain it because the Terror War system -- including the increasing militarization and repression in their own countries -- has now become organizing principle of Western society. Or rather, it is the latest incarnation of what has been the guiding principle of Western society since World War II: organizing society and the economy around war, either active war or the ever-present "threat" of war (assiduously exaggerated -- or even manufactured -- at every turn). For government and big business, the immense power and profit and control they inevitably accrued from conducting total war on a global basis was far too enticing to give up once the war was over. The full mobilization of society's resources for war simply carried on; indeed, was expanded and amplified.
However, the war also had a life-transforming impact on many of its survivors. The savagery and loss -- and the class-effacing comradeship -- they had experienced during the war imbued millions of people with a burning desire to change society for the better, to do away with the poverty and injustices of the past, and build a better, more decent, more peaceful world. This spirit is evoked with remarkable power in a new book, Harry's Last Stand, by Harry Leslie Smith, a 91-year-old WII veteran enraged to see the neoliberal extremists that have held sway in the US and Britain for more than 30 years sweeping away the progress toward a more just society that his generation tried to build on the ruins of the war. (Some of Smith's writing can be found here and here.)
The power structure was forced to deal with these aspirations. And, yes, some among the commanding heights shared these sentiments as well, to varying degrees. Thus for a a brief period -- scarcely more than two generations -- there was an attempt to balance two opposing organizing principles at once: war and human betterment. The presidency of Lyndon Johnson was perhaps the apex -- and tragic denouement -- of this conflict. Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty programs, and his muscling through of the Civil Rights Act, were profoundly transformative for millions of people, and even with their limitations and compromises could have laid the groundwork for a continual refinement and recalibration of society in the general direction of justice, opportunity and social peace. But Johnson was also a product -- and propagator -- of the war system: a hawk, eager to "project dominance," subvert and overthrow "recalcitrant" states and employ violence on a massive, indiscriminate (and lucrative) scale. The Vietnam War destroyed his presidency, crippled the momentum of his social programs, and accelerated the triumph of the war principle.
Now those who remember what the world was like before the Second World War -- the ugly, despairing poverty and inequality that Smith writes about so movingly -- are almost gone. Even those of us who remember when the idea of human betterment seemed a realistic possibility for society, a practical goal to be pursued despite many difficulties, not a pipe dream scorned by the "savvy," are fading away. There are now generations well into adulthood who have never known anything but the war principle and the neoliberal ascendancy as "normality," the natural state of things. Indeed, in a very few years, we'll see the first generation of adults who will have lived their entire lives under the reign of the Terror War. The relentless assault of the elites who have thrived under the war principle, increasing the unequal proportion of their wealth and power to unimaginable levels, have left these new generations very little to build upon. On so many fronts, so many levels, they will essentially have to start from scratch, re-discover old skills and insights that have been lost, re-fight old battles, and of course, create new ways of trying to go forward (like the Occupy movement).
And they will have to do it against a power structure that is far more powerful, more pervasive and implacable than before. A power structure that every day is darkening the future of its own children, creating a dystopia of chaos and fear, of aggression and blowback, repression and revenge. No leader can "explain" what is happening because none of them can admit the truth: that the world they are making -- the world that has made them powerful, has lifted them up on a finely-meshed web of interlocking elite interests and will sustain them, and their families, among the elite for the rest of their lives -- is organized around violence and loot. Not security, not prosperity, not liberty, not democracy, not justice, not peace. These are not the aims of the system, these are not the products of the system.
The Terror War -- and the concomitant degradation of society and individual lives -- shows in stark relief that the system is producing exactly what it aims to produce: death, despair -- and record-breaking profits.
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Find here detail information and facts about Dashain festival in Nepal. We have posted here most of the information and facts about Vijayadashami festival in Nepal. We are with Facts and information about Dashain, Vijayadashami History, God and Goddess of Dashain, Duration of Vijayadashami, Vijayadashami Wishes in Nepali and English, Dashain SMS in Nepali and English, Dashain Quotes in Nepali and English, Dashain Greeting Cards in Nepali and English, Dashain Mantras in Vijayadashami day etc.
You know already that society is very important for the human beings. Every person is greatly influenced by the society in which they live. As a member of a society, everyone should be mixed up in the society and follow social norms and values. This is called socialization. It is a lifelong process of understanding the social and following its customs as well as norms and values. In this process, an individual learns the skills and habits necessary to actively participate in the society. Socialization is thus 'the means by which social and cultural continuity are attained'.
The human beings need social experiences to learn their culture and to survive. They should act according to the rules and regulations of their family and society. Socialization trains them to be socially acceptable and adaptable according to the social standards. It is also the process of participating in the efforts of meeting social aspirations keeping in tune with the social discipline. In other words, socialization helps a person to be a useful and practical member of his/her society. It is a process for an individual of making an adjustment in the society. It helps a person to realize his/her duty as a member of the society. Socialization is the basis of social development and reformation. It may differ from place to place and time to time owing to the social and political conditions.
Every society has some unique and common local and national festivals which are celebrated in some fixed time and season. There are many benefits of that culture, tradition, and festivals for the society, country, and the world. Nepalese people are celebrating Dashain, Tihar, chhath, holi, Shivratri, Janai Purnima, Raksha Bandhan, Teej, new year, Buddha Jayanti, Saraswati Puja, Laxmi Puja, Bhai Tika, Losar, Eid etc. But the Vijayadashami is the greatest festival in Nepal.
Before going to Dashain festival in Nepal, let's get familiar with some facts about Nepal. Because after knowing some facts about Nepal, you will feel easier to know about Vijayadashami festival in Nepal.
Nepal is the name given to the region of magnificent mountain ranges of the Himalayas and a thin stretch of plain land named Terai on its south between the east longitudes of 80°4'and 88°12′ and the northern latitudes of 26°22′ and 30°27′. Nepal covers the Himalayas for a length of some 550 miles. Its western section stretches more towards the north and eastern section towards the south. Western Nepal is broader than eastern Nepal. Nepal stretches 885 km long from east to west and 193km wide (though non-uniform) from north to south. At its broadest north-south points it is 150 miles in length and 76 miles at its narrowest point. The average width of the country is 110 to 120 miles. The total land area of Nepal is 55463 square miles or 147,188 sq km. Nepal looks like a rectangle in shape. 80% of its land is covered by hills and mountains, and the rest of plains, lowlands and river valleys.
After knowing some facts about Nepal, let's know something about religion in Nepal. We will discuss Dashain festival in Nepal in detail.
Nepal's cultural process has been characterized by synthesis, flexibility, and eclecticism. Nepali religious tradition has evolved along syncretism and symbiotic lines. The intricate texture of Nepali religious culture is woven from the main strands of Hinduism, Buddhism, Tantrism and Bon animism. The influence of these various religions is harmoniously blended in Nepali life and culture. The similarity between the Buddhist and Hindu legends about the origin of the Kathmandu Valley emphasizes the essential harmony in religious outlook. These legends are based on the fact that the Kathmandu Valley was once a lake surrounded by mountains.
Hinduism reached later in the 5th century A.D. It is" said that the Lichhavi rules adopted Hinduism under the influence of their powerful relatives, the Gupta emperors of India.
The Lichhavis were Vaishnavites i.e. worshippers of Vishnu, the preserver. Lord Vishnu is one of the Hindu triads. Vishnu is called Narayan in Nepal.
Shiva cult was established in the 7th century and dominated Nepalese Hinduism. Lord Shiva is adored by the Great God, Destroyer, and Creator. He had many manifestations. One of the manifestations of Shiva is Pashupati, the protector of animals and the presiding deity of Nepal. His famous temple in the valley is Pashupatinath Temple.
Hindu culture teaches one and all to enjoy everything that is enjoyable. So, the Nepalese celebrate all festivals as far as they are enjoyable. Of the festivals, Dashain or Dashhara and Tihar are regarded as the most important and entertaining festivals which are celebrated in almost all communities. In Tihar, the maidens dance and sing folk songs and visit door to door. It is called ' Bhaile Khelanu' or playing the part of the harbinger of happiness. It is mainly a feminine affair, as no boy is allowed to interfere with it.
Constitutionally Nepal is a Religion free country. But most of the Nepalese people are Hindus. More than 80 percent are Hindus in Nepal. Religions in Nepal have freedom. 80 percent of the total population are Hindus. And Dashain is the Hindus festival.
1. When is Dashain festival falls?
let's go into detail one by one……… about Vijayadashami festival of Nepal.
When is Dashain festival falls?
Dashain is the longest festival in Nepal. It is the most auspicious and most joyous time of year in Nepal. This longest festival in Nepal, Dashain is celebrated countrywide by all castes and creeds. Dashain festival falls on the bright lunar fortnight ending on the day of the full moon of the late September or early October. According to Nepali calendar, it falls in the month Kartik. Vijayadashami is the biggest festival as well.
There are many things to do in Dashain festival in Nepal. The most important and merit of the Dashain festival is; it is the time to reuniting the families. In Dashain festival, families are reunited to celebrate and worship the Goddess Durga. They receive blessings from the elder's members. Gifts and glad tidings are exchanged during Dashain. Public parades, ancient processions, and traditional pageants are held in Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal.
Most important things are to do in Dashain festival are to worship the Goddess Durga Mata. There are nine forms of Goddess Durga. During Dashain festival, all the forms of goddess Durga are worshiped by the Nepalese. Nepalese population offers thousands of animal sacrifices on the day of Maha asthma and Maha Navami, 8th day and 9th day of Dashain respectively.
One of the victory stories told is in the Ramayan, the great and holy book of Hindus. According to this Hindus holy book, Ramayana, where Lord Ram after a big struggle slaughtered Ravana, the fiendish king of demons. It is said in Hindu community of Nepal and India that Lord Ram was successful in the battle only when mother goddess Durga was evoked. As we all know another very important relief of Mahishasurmardini in which Durga killed the demon Mahisha (Buffalo-demon).
How is Goddess Durga looks like?
Let's talk about something about how goddess Durga look like? In this relief, Durga is shown with an axon in each hand. Her right foot lies on a lion and her left foot is placed on the squished demon. Her left-hand nabs the trident into the body of the demon-killing him instantly before he takes out a sword to save himself. The victory of this goddess is celebrated during the Dashain or Durga Puja festival when hundreds of goats and buffaloes are sacrificed to commemorate the event.


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