15th amendment

6 June 2017

United States Constitution prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to votebased on that citizen’s “race, color, or previous condition of servitude”. It was ratified on February 3, 1870, as the third and last of the Reconstruction Amendments. ln the final years of the American Civil War and theReconstruction Era that followed, Congress repeatedly debated the rights of the millions of black former slaves.

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By 1869, amendments had been passed to abolish slavery and provide citizenship and equal protection under the laws, but the narrow election of Ulysses S. Grant to the presidency in 1868 convinced a majority of Republicans that protecting the franchise of black voters was important for the party’s future. After rejecting more sweeping versions of a suffrage amendment, Congress proposed a compromise amendment banning franchise restrictions on the basis of race, color, or previous servitude on February 26, 1869.

The amendment survived a difficult ratification fight and was adopted on March 30, 1870. United States Supreme Court decisions in the late nineteenth century interpreted the amendment narrowly, and by 1910, most black voters in the South faced obstacles such as poll taxes and literacy tests, from which white voters were exempted by grandfather clauses. A system of whites-only primaries and violent reprisals by groups such as the Ku Klux Klan alsosuppressed black participation. ln the twentieth century, the

Court interpreted the amendment more broadly, striking down grandfather clauses in Guinn v. United States (1915) and dismantling the white primary system in the “Texas primary cases” (1927-1953). Along with later measures such as theTwenty- fourth Amendment, which forbade poll taxes in federal elections, and Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections (1966), which forbade poll taxes in state elections, these decisions significantly increased black participation in the American political system. ShowText

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Source of arms to be collected from the Darfur region is the Khartoum regime itself

مصدر الأسلحة التي سيتم جمعها من إقليم دارفور هو نظام الخرطوم نفسه

Paradox of paradoxes Par Excellence in the Sudan abducted by the NCP regime

مفارقة المفارقات بامتياز في السودان الذي إختطفه نظام حزب المؤتمر الوطني

By Mahmoud A. Suleiman

This is a review article. The restive region of Darfur in western sudan is no stranger for the NCP regime‘s unabated targeting. This time the regime decided to declare a frenzied campaign to collect arms from the Sudanese civilians in the region, who have suffocated woes of endless civil wars of attrition. The purpose of the term review study is to look at what was recently written about the intention of the National Congress Party (NCP) regime’s timing to collect weapons from the citizens of Sudan in the Darfur region to address some of the written views on this subject so far.

People wonder and ask the President of the regime of the (NCP), Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir, as to which one is of a top priority at this very time, the cholera epidemic that has spread throughout Sudan and hit eleven states or the arms collection campaign in the Darfur region? The current situation so-called arms collection is threatening fierce tribal war woes and causing bitterness among the regime’s two militias groups led by Musa Hilal, leader of the Border Guards Forces (BGF) and Muhammad Hamdan Dogolo Hamedti, head of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Omar Bashir and his entourage, led by his Janjaweed Vice President Hassabo Abdul Rahman, remain blind and live in the darkness of their regime, which has failed to properly manage the country and its people. The elements of this regime seem suffering from a syndrome of Immunity against learning from deadly repeated mistakes despite the rule of three lean decades. We seek refuge and resort to God from the evils of the elements in the ruling regime of the (NCP) and their inhumane feelings towards the people of Sudan generally and to the people of Sudan in Darfur in particular.

Furthermore, it was a priority that the (NCP) regime sought to address the floods that swept through Sudan, including Khartoum International Airport, and made the planes sink into the mud! There are lots issues of important priority in Sudan that needs to be addressed, but Omar al-Bashir has chosen instead the awesome intertribal warfare of a catastrophic apocalyptic scale.

As for saying that the source of arms in Darfur is the regime in Khartoum comes from the interest of the regime in weapons, which led to the use of Iran and North Korea in developing its program aimed at developing the manufacture of weapons locally and then the establishment of the Yarmouk factory bombed by Israeli air force. Iran played a major role in the manufacture of Sudanese weapons.

Observes ask as to why the bombing of the Yarmouk factory in Sudan and why the Israeli attempted to weaken Khartoum militarily? The possible answer is that the Yarmouk factory bombardment in the Sudanese capital Khartoum targeted by Israel for an alleged sophisticated weapons shipments was underway at the time.

The Yarmouk military complex located near Khartoum, which was bombed by four Israeli warplanes after 5 minutes on midnight on Oct. 24, 2012 was finally producing Iranian Shihab-type surface-to-surface ballistic missiles under a license from Tehran, military and intelligence sources told the Israeli website Deepak Vaile. But the sources of Western intelligence did not specify what kind of Shahab missiles produced by Sudan … But it is believed that the purpose of the production of the Yarmouk plant is to serve Iran’s strategic stockpile of these missiles in the event of ballistic arsenal suffered an Israeli air strike ????

Furthermore, China has invested more than $20 billion in Sudan mostly in the oil sector during the past two decades. Beijing provides low-interest loans and weapons transfers in return for oil. This is an extract from the news item regarding China’s Vice-Premier arrives in Khartoum to discuss debt settlement.

The (NCP) regime has begun reaping the disastrous results of armament of some tribes in Darfur and sending some of them to the holocaust war in Yemen. The situation in Darfur has been strained as a result of the conflict between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Border Guards Forces (BGF) as well as the growing tension in the Libyan and Chadian borders.

It is difficult to imagine how on earth that the Administration of US President Donald Trump would make an informed decision and issuing an Executive Order (EO) on 12/13 October 2017 to remove all economic and trade sanctions imposed by former US President Bill Clinton since the year 1997 with the pre-conditions to desist hostilities without independent monitors on the ground. The pre-conditions for permanent sanction removal include: Sudan to allow more humanitarian aid and unfettered access across war zones, counterterrorism cooperation with the United States, an end to hostilities against armed groups in Sudan and halting support for insurgents in neighbouring South Sudan.

Ironically, Sudan under the (NCP) regime Continues to Import and Export Arms despite Embargoes, according to informed sources.

As Salah Jalal, writing in the Hurriyat electronic Newspaper said that the weapons that the National Congress Party (NCP) regime wants to collect from the Darfur region is Achilles’ heel! One would endorse that opinion and reiterate it as nothing but a fait accompli at best and pouring the dust into the eyes at worst.

It is noteworthy before going further to pinpoint the following prior to delving into the depth of the upcoming article:

• The blokes in ruling regime of the National Congress Party (NCP) did not occur to their mind during the length of their stay on the helm of Sudan as to why the arms have spread in the Darfur region and how to remove those reasons before starting to collect the alleged weapons.

• We must consider the reasons that led ordinary citizens to acquire and carry arms, and ask ourselves as to whether those reasons have disappeared, and if they still exist, how best to remove them.

• The ruling regime must respond to these questions, which impose themselves before jumping into the dark and trying to collect weapons recklessly lacking scientific and practical outcome.

• The logical question is: Have the right circumstances been created to collect weapons; the logical question posed by an article in the electronic Newspaper of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) dated

Political analysts say it would have been better for the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) regime to disarm its own militias. They also stressed the importance of taking the step to achieve comprehensive peace in Darfur and beyond prior to launching this campaign which will result in failure as the overall security projects of the regime in the past and perhaps in the future. The people of Sudan in Darfur support the collection of weapons in principle and call on the regime to begin to collect weapons from its militias. The Darfur armed movements will then collect weapons in the hands of their forces once comprehensive peace archived in Sudan, including Darfur. The cherry-picking project of the (NCP) regime is doomed for abject failure similar to its predecessors. Unfortunately, this regime does not take lessons from the repeated the failures of its security projects, which lack wisdom and rationality and have a disastrous outcome for the country and its people. It was also said that the regime of the (NCP), which emanates from the International Muslim Brotherhood Movement (MBM), is like the family of the French Bourbon kings who failed repeatedly to take lessons of their mistakes, as the European history told us.The House of Bourbon e -French Maison de Bourbon.

This review article comes as a continuation to what we have started in the previous article on the decision of the NCP ruling regime to collect the alleged unlicensed weapons from the people of Sudan in Darfur. We will continue and try to expose the hidden agenda behind the campaign whose true motives are far from those announced. One of the most important factors for the epidemic proliferation of weapons in the Darfur region is the advent of the ill-fated National Islamic Front (NIF) which carried and brought with it all the disasters and woes that Sudan and its people suffered from.

The attempt by the ruling regime of the National Islamic Front (NIF) to take the militias and mercenaries from the neighbouring countries as a means of proxy war in Darfur has started from the very beginning of its disastrous arrival through the heinous military coup d’état. In order to do that, the regime had to provide the militias with military equipments in the form of machine guns, ammunition, vehicles, uniforms, food and drink and other forms of items subsistence including financial aid. At the same time, the regime under the auspices their member and Governor of the Greater Darfur, El-Tayeb Mohmed Kheir -aka Tayeb Sikha who launched a campaign for arms collection from the civilian population in Darfur at the time but Al-Tayeb Muhammad Khair armed the Arab tribes of Baggara to confront the revolutionary Dawood Yahya Bolad. The martyr Daoud Yahya Bolad has realized the mistake of belonging to the National Islamic Front (NIF). He decided to align to his marginalized people in Darfur that his people by joining the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) led by the late Dr. John Garang Mabior and led his troops to Darfur. However, through conspiracy by some of Darfuri traitors Daoud Yahya Bolad was captured and extra judicially killed. Those who assassinated Bolad had been armed by the (NIF) regime despite his past loyalty to the Muslim Brotherhood Movement (MBM). Ever since the (NCP) regime supplied the Arab militia with arms which it claims that going to collect. Thus the paradox continued unabated.

As early as the year 2007 Sudan under the reign of the National Islamic Front (NIF)/ National Congress Party (NCP) regime has been classified among the failed states. According to arthroscope website Sudan emerged as the world’s most unstable country according to the 2007 Failed States Index, mainly due to its military dictatorship and the ongoing war in Darfur between farmers and nomadic settlers. In other words, 18 years of oppressive warmongering regime, Sudan had become one of the globally failed states. However, the degree of failure today of the Sudan under the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) led by the genocidal criminal, fugitive from the international justice, chased by the International Criminal Court (ICC) Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir, will be very difficult if not impossible to determine the degree of failure in 2017 today.

The second stage of the racial hatred of Darfur people by the National Congress Party (NCP) regime surfaced when it decided to strip the Darfur Native Administration of its age long powers that kept the region safe place for all the inhabitants. As we know, the Tribal leaders in the region of Darfur’s Civil Administration before the ill-fated coming of the Muslim Brotherhood Movement (MBM)/National Islamic Front (NIF) military coup d’état included Sultans, Kings, Shartay, Umdas(Mayors) and Sheikhs. The Friday 30th June 1989 Military coup d’état took place in the forefront of the goal of dismantling the traditional Darfurian structure and reformulating the Darfur society. It was the first to control the institutions of the local administration by removing the old ones to build the so-called “Umara” or ‘princes’ system instead of the principals, aforementioned. The weakening of the authority of the civil administration in Darfur by the military ruling regimes has accelerated the spread of crime and security chaos and the proliferation of unauthorized weapons in the hands of the lawless individuals among the tribal groups.

The source of arms in Darfur

 The flow of firearms into Darfur initially started as a result of the civil war in the neighbouring republic of Chad and the Chadian-Libyan conflict (Ben Omar forces). The quantities of weapons that were leaked were limited. Their influence was limited to the arrival of arms to some criminal gangs, which were used for armed robbery – the infamous Nahab Musallah.

At the beginning of 2002, the armed political conflict in the Darfur region erupted. The regime decided to confront popular violence with state institutions. For objective reasons, official government violence institutions have not been able to control the popular violence demanding justice in the distribution of wealth and power throughout the marginalized areas of Sudan. The National Salvation – the ruling regime of the National Islamic Front – after several defeats facing the SPLM mobilized counter-popular, and began arming the Arab tribes called Janjawid using the policy of divide the division of the tribes of Darfur to the Arabs and Africans, Arabs against black.

As a result of these political reasons, the tribes considered by the government loyal to the militias armed with the knowledge of the state, and the term of the Rizeigat militia Abla and other armed militias, this reality opened the appetite of the other tribes to arm themselves to defend their property, expanding the arms market and flourished in all the cities of Darfur, In its project, it codified the activity of militias as a legal activity protected by political power. The government formed and armed these militias with different factions, including for example the border guards force (BGF) led by Sheikh Musa Hilal of the Mahameed tribe Arab Mahameed clan, a branch of the Northern Rizeigat tribe many of them are Um Jalloul, Al-Muhajiriya, Al-Iteifat, Al-Ereigat and others from Abla, the camel herders. Musa Hilal is originally Um-Jalloul while Mohmed Hamdan Dogolo Hamitti is originally Mahariya. They maybe cousins descend from the Mahamid or the northern Rizeigat. Both are nomadic camel herders lived in the North Darfur District of Kutum. Generally speaking, the nomadic camel herders had no “hawakir” (land grants)

In addition to support given by the NCP ruling regime in the form of arms, ammunition and transportation for the Janjaweed militias, the (NCP) regime allowed the Janjaweed militias to have exclusive ownership of all the spoils of their ethnic warfare and all the invasions of the citizens’ property, in addition to border trade and livestock trade and national mining. Historically, they are Bedouin engaged in nomadic herding. They are unlike the main Baggara Rizeigat tribes of Darfur were awarded “hawakir” (land grants) by the Fur Sultans in the 1750s.

But the ruling regime of the National Congress Party (NCP), which called itself the National Salvation Revolution, codified militia activity as a legal activity protected by political power. This reality opened the appetite of the rest of the tribes for armaments, the arms market expanded and flourished in all the cities of Darfur. The government entered into its project to commit crimes of genocide to put down the revolution of the people of Sudan in Darfur, who had been demanding only the rights of citizenship in the form of justice and equality.

Musa Hilal revealed his rejection of large amounts of money offered by foreign parties to leave the Sudan and said that the accusations of the Vice President of the Republic of the recruitment of 1,000 people from the Mahamid for the forces of Haftar in Libya malicious and its goal to discredit the Revolutionary Awakening Council.

And since Sheikh Musa Hilal and his militia have some independence in the administration of the establishment of the interests it established, this independence of course did not satisfy the ruling regime of the National Congress Party, which decided to converge on one of the soldiers of Musa Hilal, Muhammad Hamdan Dogolo, -aka Hamitti. Now, Mohammed Hamdan Dogolo, famously known as Hmidty is of the guerrilla of the guerrillas in the official newspapers which published that the commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) made a donation of about twenty Landcruzer l vehicles to the elders of the civil administration, and donated to build schools and other maintenance. It is known that Hmidty has been promoted to the military rank of Lieutenant –General. And thus he became part of the Sudan army Force (SAF) he and his militia and take orders only from the President of the ruling regime of the National Congress Party (NCP) Marshal Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir. Today, Hamedti and his (RSF) militias are only responsible in front of Omar al-Bashir and are considered a red line!

Political observers indicate that the government of the National Congress Party (NCP) decided to step closer to Mohammed Hamdan Dogolo and set up the Rapid Support Force (RSF) led by Hamidati In an attempt to offend the leader of the Border Guard militia, Sheikh Musa Hilal. Al-Bashir’s government chose one of Musa Hilal’s former boys to become a leader of the new militia, to send a message that says in a clear way to Sheikh Moses I am the one who makes the king! According to the press, Moussa Hilal himself came to the spotlight when the former First Vice-President of the National Congress Party, Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, released him from Kober Prison where he was imprisoned for the crime in which he was convicted in 1998 for leading armed robbery against the Central Bank of Nyala in which one policeman was killed. As the Sudan Tribune electronic Newspaper on TUESDAY 22 JANUARY 2008 stated and said “Musa Hilal from a convicted felon to a government official”!,25660

The foregoing excerpts depict the intensity and high degree of rapprochement between the Janjaweed militias that committed the most heinous crimes against the Sudanese citizens in the Darfur region and the genocidal criminal Omer al-Bashir; what happened and continues happening on the ground in Darfur is without a doubt the greatest witness before the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Nevertheless and according to the recent newspaper outlet reports an armed confrontation on the horizon between the government army and Musa Hilal. Matters between the tribal leader, Musa Hilal, and the regime led by Omer al-Bashir have reached the point of no return, amid strong fears of an armed confrontation between the two sides. Al-Bashir’s Vice President Hassabo Abdel Rahman accused Hilal of conspiring with Libyan General Khalifa Haftar to undermine the Khartoum regime. Hassabo has been reported as saying (if we had to face Musa Hilal, we will not leave his conspiring with Haftar).

Musa Hilal, head of the Revolutionary Awakening Council (RAC) told Radio Aafia Darfur station on that he would strongly oppose a government plan aimed at disarming his forces and merging them into the Rapid Support militia. Hilal has been reported as continued describing the members of the Rapid Support (RSF) Militia, as mercenaries coming from outside the border (as he put it). On August 23, 2017 The Sudanese regime President Omer al-Bashir has been reported as has instructed the governor of North Darfur State, Abdul Wahid Yousef Ibrahim to deal decisively with any attempts to destabilize security and saying that the collection of illegal arms is a top priority for the government.

In a situation similar to show of force, thousands of supporters of Musa Hilal gathered in his stronghold of Misteriha in North Darfur state and announced in a speech campaign of readiness to confront the government armies head-on. The parade featured hundreds of four-wheel-drive vehicles loaded with guns. The Sudanese Revolutionary Awakening Council led by Sheikh Musa has been reported to have called on the “sons of the Rizeigat” in the Sudanese government army to join Sheikh Musa Hilal in his area, Misteriha.

For its part, the Sudanese army conducted the largest internal maneuver in its history, under the banner in the name (Meram Taja, the sister Sultan Ali Dinar) near the strongholds of Musa Hilal, with the participation of tanks and the air force. Furthermore, to escalate its campaign of muscle flexion, the (NCP) regime launched the decision to collect arms from citizens in the troubled Darfur region since 2003 amid deep suspicion that the main objective of the government’s campaign is to weaken Musa Hilal and form new power centers.

Thus, on these days Moussa Hilal and the ruling regime of the National Congress Party (NCP) have reached a boiling point where Moussa Hilal led a campaign against the vice-president of the National Congress Party. Musa Hilal, the head of the Awakening Council, continued his attack on government symbols, in particular Hassabo Mohammed Abdul Rahman who is tasked with the collection of weapons from the Darfur region. Moreover, Hilal started his attacks against the commander of the Rapid Support Force (RSF) Mohammed Hamdan Hamiditi. He said that Hamidati and his gang looted millions of dollars allocated by Gulf States to the Rapid Support Forces. As the popular Sudanese proverb says, if the thieves disagree, the stolen one appears. And thus each one of the militia leaders is insulting the other with obscene words that cannot be mentioned in this field. Nevertheless, this is evidence that the relationship between them reached the level of enmity and the point of no return. As they say that the so-called Barragesh committed the crime against itself! The ruling regime of the National Congress Party (NCP) has a habit of finding something that can cause the distraction of the Sudanese people away from the real issues of concern. By doing so, the regime thinks that can help to overcome its endless problems, its chronic failures and its inability to run the country. Moreover, these dilemmas stem from the fossilized mentality that does not take lessons from the history of repeated fatal mistakes, despite the length of time that Omar al-Bashir remained on the helm of Sudan for three decades as absolute dictator. The (NCP) rule of Sudan is without any doubt is a true era of the decadence characterised by hatred, racism, tyranny, Corruption, failure, looting and plundering of the people’s money and heinous crimes against humanity, war crimes and on top the crimes of genocide in Darfur. As they say it is witnessed by a witness from his family: the electronic newspaper – Hurriyat reported that, Brigadier General Salah Mohammed Ahmed Karrar – nicknamed Salah Dollar – One of the leaders who carried out the coup d’état of Friday June 30, 1989, led by the National Islamic Front (NIF) confirmed the validity of the slogan which says “Kizan are thieves and I am among them!” The Sudanese Arabic Kizan is an acronym meaning members of the Muslim Brotherhood Movement (MBM) in Sudan. There is no way out of the chronic dilemmas and the crises in Sudan without the demise of the (NCP) regime by all means available to the people of Sudan.

Oscar Wilde Oscar the Irish playwright, poet and author of numerous short stories and one novel has been quoted as saying: “I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being good all the time. That would be hypocrisy.”

The Paradox of Collection of Weapons from Citizens in the Darfur Region

The Paradox of Collection of Weapons from Citizens in the Darfur Region

مفارقة جمع الأسلحة من المواطنين في إقليم دارفور

By Mahmoud A. Suleiman

As a Sudanese people who long for stability, peace and security, we have no objection to the decision to collect unlicensed weapons throughout Sudan, but our reservation is about trying to collect weapons and selectively confiscate of arms from opponents of the regime and allowing illegal possession of weapons for the government supporters. The latter scenario is likely going to be the outcome of the alleged campaign. Moreover, as a Sudanese person, I have doubts about the objectives of this regime in putting forward this project 16 years after the outbreak of the proxy war by employing the Janjawid militias in the Darfur region and committing the heinous crimes against unarmed civilians.

The regime of the National Congress Party (NCP) announcement of weapons collection in the region of Darfur and the confiscation of unlicensed Boko Haram vehicles continue to generate widespread reactions in the States of the Darfur, the political forces and Sudanese civil society organizations. Such concerns have also been expressed by the Sudanese opposition factions among them the National Umma Party (NUM) who questioned the government’s ability to carry out the task of collecting weapons and dismantling the arsenal of allied tribal institutions. It is worthy to bear in mind that the heavy proliferation of weapons in the war-ravaged region, has contributed to the fragmentation of the social fabric along with the neverending intertribal warfare. Sadly, the continuous tribal fighting between the Rizeigat and Maaliya tribes is a vivid example. Unfortunately, the dreaded war and the tribal conflict between the Rizeigat and al-Maaliya renewed. Without a doubt, responsibility lies in the NCP government, which does not want stability for the people of Sudan in Darfur. Furthermore and according to the Political Bureau of the National Umma Party (NUP) indicated that , 151 tribal conflicts have taken place in the Darfur region since the ill-fated arrival of the military coup of the ruling regime of the National Islamic Front (NIF) and its successor the ruling regime of the National Congress Party (NCP) which contributed to fueling and feeding the factors of conflict and division among the tribes, in the wars of ideology and endless absurd civil wars of attrition.

According to the Sudan Tribune electronic Journal on Sunday, 23 July 2017 reported that al-Bashir’s Vice President Hassabo Abel Rahman announced that his government would launch a campaign to collect weapons in Darfur and reorganise the government militias before the end of the year 2017. Hassabo was reported to have announced that the government would start to implement its plans to collect weapons from civilians unauthorised groups to and called on the religious leaders incite the population to hand over their arms and to contribute to the efforts to stabilise the region. We must leave weapons only for certain purposes,” said the vice president and stressed that this plan is a “strategic project” for peace in Darfur.

Furthermore, in press statements, the governor of North Darfur state Abdel-Wahid Youssef, said Abdel-Rahman, who chairs the higher committee tasked with the collection of illegal arms in Darfur and Kordofan, would visit El-Fasher on Monday. Abdel-Wahid was reported to have added saying that  the committee was formed to collect illegal weapons not only from Darfur and Kordofan but from all Sudan’s states.

And in the state of central Darfur, the Vice President of the Republic, Hassabo Mohamed Abdel Rahman, head of the Supreme Committee for the collection of arms and the legalization of cars, stressed on the need to impose the prestige of the state and the rule of law. He added and said that Sudan has become a conduit for weapons that are used in the looting and tribal conflicts. He was also reported to have said during his address to the meeting of the Council of ministers of the central Darfur State government and the Security legislative Council mandate: that  the collection of arms and licensing of Four wheel vehicles SUVs campaign comes in order to eliminate the negative consequences of the war, the psychological, social and economic impact, and added that the first phase of the weapons collection began in Darfur states five Kordofan, Including the whole Sudan, and said: The plan is based on the collection of weapons and vehicles, which have become very negative and destructive of the economy, and is a war machine used in tribal conflict and the transfer of arms and the drug trade.

In general, the availability of fire arms in the hands of tribal militias loyal to the ruling National Congress Party, which seeks to engage citizens in self-conflict away from the main issues of concern to them, is the most important cause of the conflicts and the tribal war in Darfur.

With regard to the decision of the ruling regime of the National Congress Party (NCP) to collect weapons from the hands of citizens in the Darfur region at this particular time and after 28 lean years of its arbitrary dictatorial rule that characterised by crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes of genocide, it is nothing but a knee-jerk reaction or spilling ashes in the eyes as the saying goes.

The first and the most people concerned with this decision are the Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in the Darfur region. Thus, the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and other Sudanese citizens consider the decision of the National Congress Party (NCP) to collect weapons in Darfur is nothing but propaganda of lies because the arms in the region are only in the hands of the government and its militias and mercenaries. As the saying of the Sudanese people goes, their protector is the thief himself! It is a laughable and raising tear at the same time; of the scourge that stirs up laughter.

The paradox is that the weapons that are now being collected from Darfur are essentially handed over by the government of Sudan (GoS) to the Janjawid militias, which turned into the so-called Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which continues supporting the government’s army to fight the Darfur Movements, killing unarmed civilians and robbing and stealing the unarmed citizens’ property.

In the end, the government will only find weapons in the hands of its militias and mercenaries. Because the (GoS) wants them to be carrying arms day and night to protect it and intimidate citizens so that Security which is a paramount for the regime so as security should not turn into lawlessness and out of control as they believe. The NCP ruling regime has been saying it all the time.

The Paradox of Confiscation and Collection of Weapons in Darfur is nothing but a lie Propaganda. The Displaced people and citizens mocked at the collection of weapons propaganda.

As part of the reactions to the government decisions to collect weapons, the Darfurians mocked the decision as propaganda, since there is no Darfurian citizen carrying a weapon or owning a land cruiser with a Dushka, wearing a skullcap, walking around the market carrying weapons, looting and cutting roads without accountability other than the government Itself and its allies.. An activist for Radio Dabanga from El Fasher said the other day that all those who carry weapons in Darfur are the militias that were formed by the government and supplied with weapons and called them with  many names such as Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Border Guards and Popular Defence Forces (PDF) other names. The Darfuris  said that the government when it says it will collect weapons from citizens is nothing but a falsehood prevailing par excellence. The (NCP) regime seems to have lost the compass and failed to call things by their names. The correct name was the government’s collection of arms from the hands of its militias and the groups that provided them with arms, not citizens. Moreover, the people in the Displaced Persons Camps stressed that the process of collecting weapons does not need to be talked about too much. The weapon, as one of the activist said, can be collected by reference to the leaders of these militias and the civil administrations associated with some of the senior officials who stay with the government in Khartoum. The General Coordinator of IDP camps for displaced person described the government decision of collecting weapons as a disinformation for local and global public opinion. He stressed that all the weapons in Darfur are in the hands of militias linked to the regime through the security services directly or through the delegates in the executive authority in Khartoum and Darfur but not the victim, and citizens of Darfur. He stressed that the collection of arms from the hands of citizens depends on the National Congress Party (NCP) regime in Khartoum and the restoration of prestige of the state and reconciliation in Darfur and the enactment of clear and deterrent laws governing the state systems and bodies entrusted with the collection of weapons and arms carriers.

Other commentators on the aforementioned subject say that opportunity to investigate Darfur chemical weapon attacks must not be squandered and should take the priority now. Member states of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) must take this opportunity of weapon collection by the (GoS) to demand a proper investigation into alleged chemical attacks by Sudanese government forces in the Jebel Marra region of Darfur.

The decision of the ruling National Congress Party to collect arms from Sudanese citizens in Darfur is like the decision to hold a referendum to abolish the Darfur region and to keep only the five states, which was a random decision in the interest of the government of the genocidal fugitive from international justice Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir.

Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir plans by all his capabilities to be president of Sudan for life so as not to leave a gap or the scope for the International Criminal Court (ICC)  to be able to arrest him and take him to The Hague for the trial for the crimes he has  committed against the people of Sudan in the Darfur region. He believes strongly that his survival in power in the rule of the Sudan would protects him from the gripping hand of that fearful court. For this reason, his regime works tirelessly to create specialized projects to distract the Sudanese citizen and the Sudanese opposition together to keep them away from the basic issues of concern to the Sudanese people. He employs all the energies of his rule and his entrusted entourage for that end.

The Paradoxes in the (NCP) regime’s  arms collection in Darfur centres squarely around the fact that the supervisor of this task is a person who was at the top of the government officials who recruited and armed the notorious Janjaweed militias in their various names, including the current  infamous Rapid Support Forces (RSF). As the Sudanese popular proverb goes 😦 Its Guard is its Thief), So to speak!

Thus, the decision of the ruling regime of the National Congress Party (NCP) to collect weapons in Darfur is a project in the face of it seems good but in the midst of it carries evil Seeds of old sedition renewed.

Before the end of this article, we pray asking for the mercy of God on the spirit of the late First pioneer of the Sudanese women’s movement Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim, who moved to the Hereafter this morning Saturday the twelfth of August 2017 in London. The departure of the pioneer feminist movement activist Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim tells the long history of the struggle of the Sudanese women as well as the glorious history of the Sudanese people through Eras and Epochs. Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim represents a milestone in the Sudanese political history.

George S. Patton the senior officer of the United States Army who commanded the U.S. Seventh Army in the Mediterranean and European theaters of World War II, but is best known for his leadership of the U.S. Third Army in France and Germany following the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944 has been quoted as said: “Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory”.
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Height and proportion important to consider when hanging art in a home

VICTORIA - How art and pictures are hung can change the way a space looks, but placing and hanging pieces properly requires a bit of skill.

Interior designer Shelley Kirsch says the most important step in putting up art in a home is to make sure it is at the right height.

"It's a good idea if you are hanging a piece to get it so the centre of the picture is at eye level," she says.

If a piece is hung too high, Kirsch says, it can be disorienting to the viewer.

"You aren't seeing it as a straight-on image," says the Toronto-based designer. "You are having to crane your neck. It takes away from what the image is when you're looking at it from underneath."

Putting a photo or painting above a couch requires considering the height of people sitting below it.

According to Kirsch, a homeowner should get a person of average height to sit on the couch and then measure 23 centimetres above and make a mark, which is where the base of the frame should be.

"If people are trying to hang something over a sofa they have to make sure when someone is sitting on the sofa their head won't be hitting the picture," says Kirsch.

Before a homeowner puts the art on the wall, Kirsch recommends looking at how the surrounding lighting will shine on the piece.

"Make sure when you are hanging your art the lighting that is shining on the piece isn't bisecting or trisecting it," she says. "You have to be conscious about how light is reflecting in the area where the piece is being hung. What you want to do is try and get an even arch. If you are dealing with pot lights like most people are, you want to make sure the whole image is being washed, not just a portion of it."

When it comes to making sure your painting is straight, Jenny Martin recommends using two hooks to make sure the piece doesn't slump.

"You can use a level to help make sure the piece is straight, and there are specific tools on the market to help hang art, but I don't know if they are that great," says the Victoria interior designer. "If you are using a wire on the back of a piece of art, that leaves more room for it to swing and move around which isn't going to keep it as straight, which is why I recommend using two fixed hooks."

Instead of the traditional look of photos centred in a linear line on the wall, many homeowners are choosing to group multiple pieces together to create a collage-type feature.

Martin says homeowners should take time to map out the grouping they are going for before they start putting nails in the wall, and to pick a common theme among the pieces.

"If you keep one element constant throughout the grouping it creates a great effect," she says. "You could have a whole bunch of coloured frames, but all the prints are black and white, or you could have frames that are the same colour but are different profiles, sizes and mouldings."

While the most common way to put a piece up on a wall is with a hammer and hook, Martin says there are many other products such as gallery-style tracks, which allow homeowners more flexibility with changing pieces.

"There are other hanging systems that don't make marks on the wall that are adjustable," says Martin. "Easels can be fun as well, making larger pieces a sculptural element.

"Picture rails are also fun. You use pieces of trim and make a ledge that you can set pieces on and lean them against the wall."


Most online flirts and chats take place during 2pm and 8pm each day. Picture: Supplied

Do you know what your other half gets up to when they're online?

The majority of intimate moments between married people and their lovers are set up via the internet on weekdays, and most online flirts and chats take place during 2pm and 8pm each day.

 The study, conducted by VictoriaMilan, mined data from 5.8 million of its active members from 32 countries to discover which days of the week are the best and busiest for having an extramarital fling or flirt.

There are 10 countries that go against the rest of the world and actually look forward to Mondays because that’s when they’re likely to log on, start flirting and truly feel alive. Eight of these are European countries (Spain, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia), with New Zealand and Hong Kong joining the crowd of those who are in the mood on Mondays.

Tuesdays are the favourite day for 10 countries that take a little time to wake up and smell the orgasm opportunities, or who prefer to get the week off to an organized start before dabbling in adultery. These are led by Scandinavian countries (Sweden, Norway and Denmark).

Wednesday is famously known across the globe as ‘hump day’ but this translation is taken literally only by four countries who enjoy breaking up the mid-week monotony with some online flirting that generally culminates in a meet up for some mattress mambo.

South Africa, Canada and Japan all seem to focus on getting work related tasks under control during the week, but allow themselves to log in on Thursdays, leaving their browsing, chatting and flirting as a delicious reward that collect as the week quiets down and comes to a close.

Friday kicks flirty adulterers from Finland, Australia, Mexico and Peru into action, with these countries logging on and giving a new and sexy meaning to the phrase: ‘Thank Goodness it’s Friday’ by arranging meet ups and flirting with potential lovers online.

The study shows that the majority of people successfully find a lover for the weekend by flirting during the week, so there is no need to start looking for some new interest until the weekdays.

Lazy Sunday is generally saved for sleeping in and spending time with family, and most countries still abide by this tradition – except for Belgium.


The A-Z guide to fewer recycling headaches

Recycling is a no brainer, right? Well, kind of. It’s not always straightforward to know which what thing goes in what which bin (red garbage, or yellow and blue recycling), with trickier waste items causing confusion and making our heads hurt where do those. bloody Think takeaway coffee cups go? (ouch).

Check out this A-Z guide of common curveballs to help you sort it out. Even better, stick this page to your fridge or bin lid. Knowing what goes where will become second nature in no time.

Aluminium foil trays – Yellow, as long as it is they’re clean.

Cling, bubble and newspaper wrap, biscuit trays, chip packets, straws – Red. These are soft plastics that unfortunately can’t be recycled. Rule: If you can scrunch the plastic, throw in the red bin.

Flower pots – Red. Many pots are made from a lower grade plastic that isn’t recyclable, plus they can contain garden chemicals and dirt, which contaminate recycling.

Hard plastic yoghurt/margarine/ice cream containers – Yellow. Attach lids to the container unless they are larger than 5cm in diameter, then they can go in separately.

Lids – Yellow. Lids of the same material (e.g. plastic lids on plastic bottles) should be left on, otherwise they can fall through the screens and do not get recycled.

Metal jar lids, beer bottle caps and wine bottle screw caps – Yellow.

Paper towels – Red. They reduce the quality of recycled paper, and because they it is are a health issue for people sorting on the processing line.

Photographs – Red, due to the chemicals and the high ‘”wet strength’” material used.

Pizza boxes – Blue, provided it’s they’re not too greasy. Pizza box bases that are too greasy to recycle can be torn up and composted instead (or throw the base in the red bin).

Plastic bags – Red. They play havoc with the recycling machinery. Avoid bagging recyclables (e.g. bottles, newspapers) in plastic bags to put in the recycling bin.

Shampoo, sauce, household cleaning bottles – Yellow.

Take-away coffee cups – If you can rip them, it’s they’re mostly paper and can be recycled. If not, it they has have to go into the red bin, unfortunately.

Thank you for keeping our beautiful neighbourhood clean and letting less rubbish make its way out of landfill.

For more info on recycling and disposal of unusual and bulkier items, visit or call 9083 8080.

Check out this video on what happens to our recycling and rubbish in Waverley area.

As published in The Beast Magazine.

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After Hurricane Matthew thrashed the Southeast in October and golf courses were flooded by rain and storm surge, Jerry Stoller, founder of Stoller USA, stepped up to help golf course superintendents get through the challenging weather event.

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Jerry Stoller

Stoller is no longer involved with the day-to-day operations of his company, but he organized a task force consisting of Stoller USA employees to provide superintendents with advice on how to deal with turf damage caused by the hurricane.

The task force included agronomic experts and turf pathologists, among others, who were dispatched to hard-hit areas to help superintendents diagnose and treat problems such as abiotic stress.

Houston-based Stoller USA specializes in plant stress and nutrition products. Stoller himself has more than 45 years of agriculture and agronomic experience.

“Jerry Stoller saw a need and wanted to help,” said John Fisher, a research and development associate for Stoller USA, who was a member of the task force.

The team was headed by Robert Shortell, Ph.D., Stoller USA’s vice president of global marketing. Task force members helped superintendents assess salt water damage to turfgrass and the soil. They also assessed wind damage to the vascular tissue of the turf.

“There are a lot of stress factors that need to be considered,” Fisher said.

A common problem was saltwater saturation of the soil, said Fisher, who notes that excess sodium in the soil literally sucks the water out of the roots, causing short- and long-term damage to bioactivity in the soil.

Fisher wasn’t on site at any golf courses that were damaged, but he did offer his agronomic knowledge to communicate information to other task force members who were on site and advising superintendent. Task force members helped superintendents diagnose the problems and make proper selections in terms of cultural practices and products to deal with turf problems, Fisher said.

For instance, to flush excess salt from the soil, superintendents used products to replace the sodium cations in the soil with calcium cations.

Stoller has set up a hotline for superintendents to request help with their damaged turfgrass. The number is 346-221-1391.


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Reviving the Flame

Travail de Master de Tiffany Duc

1. Introduction For

1. Introduction For years, the Olympic Games have grown bigger and bigger. They shifted away from their prime purpose of peace, cultural exchanges, and sport, to a branded mega-organisation, unveiling doping scandals and corruption. Negative aspects are manifold and lead to mistrust and aversion from the public. Sportsmanship, fair play, and unity… The Olympic Values seems to be gone already. Concerned by this growing abhorrence for the Games, the IOC decided to run back to its prime purpose. Their answer: The Agenda 20 20, a set of recommendations set to revive their values, ethic, and accessibility. But can it work and bring the Games back into their glorious era? The bet seems to be already lost. Suspicion is on all lips and referendums are rejecting candidacies successively. While the Summer Games 2024 and 2028 fortunately found two candidates, Paris and Los Angeles, the Winter Games 2026 is in the hot seat. In this period of doubt and uncertainty, there are still diehards’ cities, ready to become hosts and organisers to renewed Games. Today, Sion is one of the few potential candidates left for the Olympic Winter Games 2026. With a country that needs to rejuvenate its tourism strategy, a winter tourism on the decline, and a population decided to shift toward a more sustainable lifestyle, Sion 2026 is at the heart of all debates. Swiss folks do not want to invest for the Games, they are not keen on seeing white elephants in their cities and fear cost overruns reverberating on their every-day life. In this challenging context, this study aims at proposing a different viewpoint than the economic and tangible concerns. To do so, the research question focuses on determining what legacies can be leveraged and achieved through a human size Olympic Winter Games to benefit both the destination and local population. To answer this interrogation, the research focuses on explaining what legacies are and the idea of leverage that can be used to achieve them. Based on the study case of Sion 2026, this work gives insights on what heritages are desired by the Organising Committee and researched through interviews if these are realistic and how they can be attained. In the following pages, the reader will be first introduced to the existing researches on the Olympic Games, the legacies stemming from the event, and leveraging theories. This background leads to the present research goal and question. Later, the context for this study is set by analysing the country it takes place in, the IOC and their Agenda 20 20, as well as the current bid for Sion 2026. Then, the stage is given to the findings unveiled through the interviews with key stakeholders, which leads the author to propose specific recommendations and two examples on how to leverage legacies. Introduction 1

2. Methodology This chapter presents the different strategies and methods used to conduct the research. It allows the reader to better understand the planning and processes undertaken to gather information and data, that allowed the author to formulate recommendation for stakeholders. 2.1. Topic Selection The choice of the Olympic Winter Games (OWG) 2026 was decided following various suggestion in different domains. The author’s interest originates in her enticement for winter sports. Being a ski teacher herself, and having achieved her tourism bachelor in health and sport, the case study also showcases her native town and its related context and trends, bringing further appeal to study this topic. Lastly, “Sion 2026” is a capital project for the city’s positioning as an international winter destination, and studying its potential can bring professional benefits to the writer in the future. 2.2. Context This research can be defined as “ex ante” given that the case study has not taken place yet. Based on the literature review and various readings, it can be deducted that processes and happenings before the host city’s election is usually not studied. In this context, to improve documentation on the organisation and management of the OG, this study concentrates on finding information and data to better understand what leverages are and can be organised during the candidacy stage to foster and achieve desired legacies. Thus, this piece was realised in a progressive context, with constant changes and new information from medias and public opinions. 2.3. Research Strategies Firstly, online and library researches were undertaken to gather general information related to the topic. The focus was given to the Olympic Games and the IOC to get a good grasp of their importance as mega event and international organisation. The notion of “Sport Mega Event” emerged, which emphasize the impact of the OG as well as FIFA World Cup or Commonwealth Games on the international scene as sport events. Alongside, the author collected in a table the different arguments in favour and against the OG, to facilitate the readers’ overview of the international Olympic Games debate. This ground knowledge, highlighted more specific key concepts for the topic: the “legacies” and “leverage”. To define and offer the best understanding of these matters, further documentation was researched and read, to emphasize several principles linked to these notions (i.e. economy, social, technology, etc.). Methodology 2


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Yin and Yang

Everything in this world always have 2 opposite characteristics. The dichotomy (in other words, it is a mutually exclusive bipartition of elements; i.e. nothing can belong simultaneously to both parts, and everything must belong to one part or the other. They are often contrasting) of good and evil is often taken as a paradigm for other dichotomies. Dichotomies are linked to progress.

In Chinese philosophy, the paradigmatic dichotomy of Yin and Yang does not generally give preference or moral superiority to one side of the dichotomy, and dicotomies are linked to cyclical processes rather than progress.

The concepts of Yin and Yang originate in ancient Chinese philosophy and metaphysics, which describes two primal opposing but complementary forces found in all things in the universe.

Yin is the darker element; it is passive, dark, feminine, downward-seeking, and corresponds to the night.

Yang is the brighter element; it is active, light, masculine, upward-seeking and corresponds to the day.

Yin is often symbolized by water or earth, while Yang is symbolized by fire, or wind.

Yin (receptive, feminine, dark, passive force) and Yang (creative, masculine, bright, active force are descriptions of complementary opposites rather than absolutes. Any Yin/Yang dichotomy can be seen as its opposite when viewed from another perspective.

digitoXin has 2 personality, both yin element and yang element...

by making sound, digitoXin feel free. Any object have a sound. Any sound have a tone. and every (each) tone could be combined. Music unite the world.

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Metallomancy is a style of magic associated with the Metal and Treasure elements. It includes reforming and forging metallic substances but also creating heavy metal music, such as Tailstep.

Branches of Metallomancy

Applications in Wizardry

Metallomancy is used by forgers but also by heavy metal bands to strengthen the volume of their music.

Notable Metallomancers

Metallomancy Spells

Metallomancy Schools


How the US keeps its R&D spending under wraps

An unacknowledged SAP - a black program - is a program which is considered so sensitive that the fact of its existence is a 'core secret', defined in USAF regulations as "any item, progress, strategy or element of information, the compromise of which would result in unrecoverable failure". In other words, revealing the existence of a black program would undermine its military value.

Within the USAF, there are signs that SAPs form a 'shadow department' alongside the white-world programs. So far, no USAF special program director has gone on to command USAF Materiel Command (AFMC), AFMC's Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC), or their predecessor organizations. These positions have been dominated by white-world logistics experts. On the other hand, several of the vice-commanders in these organizations in the 1990s have previously held SAP oversight assignments, pointing to an informal convention under which the vice-commander, out of the public eye, deals with highly sensitive programs. The separation of white and black programs is further emphasized by arrangements known as 'carve-outs', which remove classified programs from oversight by defense-wide security and contract-oversight organizations.


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IGIDR-NCDEX Roundtable on Commodity price risk hedging: Role of banks

13th October, 2015
Konkan, Taj Lands End, Bandra, Mumbai

Agriculture remains a dominant part of the Indian economy, and sharp swings in commodity prices have a significant impact on a range of agents: from farmers, to traders, to agri-processing units, to exporters and importers, all the way upto the government itself. A hedging mechanism that is accessible to each of these entities is commodity derivatives, which are available either as standardised contracts at exchanges or as custom-made products over-the-counter.

Globally, this market has a significant presence of intermediaries, who are either financial firms or commodity aggregators. These intermediaries offer custom made commodity risk management products to their customers, and use exchange traded products to manage their net portfolio risk. In India too, intermediaries offer products to customers to manage their price risk. However, their link to exchange traded products have been slow to develop. One reason is regulatory constraints: regulators have not enabled their participation in commodity derivatives exchanges.

It is significant that in a circular dated 28th May, 2015, the Reserve Bank of India has “advised banks to encourage large agricultural borrowers such as agricultural commodity processors, traders, millers, aggregators, etc., to hedge their commodity price risk.” This is a new role that has opened up for banks as a financial intermediary with respect to the commodity derivatives market. While they remain constrained on participating in these markets, this circular enables them to become a financial advisor to their customers on the use of commodity derivatives.

This brings new powers and new responsibilities. Pure financial advisory roles are not yet common in India. For banks to develop this new power into robust revenues, there needs to be investment in back-end systems that understand each customer who has commodity price exposure and customise advice on how they can manage this risk best. But this new business has two advantages: of generating revenues from both advisory as well as allowing for an indirect tool to manage the overall bank’s risk to commodity volatility. With the correct focus, both of these can have an impact on the banks balance sheet.

The new responsibility is a heightened awareness on customer protection. This has been a target of global regulatory focus since the 2008 crisis, and has also been reflected in domestic policy. Over the last five years, there have been multiple instances of the insurance regulator penalising banks for mis-selling insurance products. The draft Indian Financial Code provides for customer protection around financial advisory services. For banks, this means that adequate rules, procedures and accountability standards must be in place, so that the borrowers are not mis-guided while hedging their risk.

The objective of this roundtable is to bring together different stakeholders including financial intermediaries, end-user firms and regulators at a common platform to discuss these new business models and concerns. The key questions are:

  1. What is the landscape of commodity derivatives available in India today? What is the scope of managing commodity risks using these instruments? What are the issues that arise for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of risk management of Indian commodities?
  2. What are some examples of how risk can be mitigated using commodity derivatives market?
  3. What is the exposure of a bank in commodity price risk today? How are these risks being managed?
  4. What is the potential for the bank to develop advisory services for their customers who have commodity price risk exposure? How can these be balanced with the new regulatory focus on customer protection?

10:00 - 10:10 Introduction
Susan Thomas, IGIDR Finance Reasearch Group
10:15 - 10:45 The landscape of risk management for commodities in India [presentation]
Nidhi Aggarwal, IGIDR Finance Research Group
10:50 - 11:20 Hedging using exchange traded derivatives: A firm’s perspective
Sumeet Mittal, Louis Dreyfus Commodities
11:25 - 11:55 Rights and responsibilities: building a robust financial advisory business [presentation]
Renuka Sane, ISI Delhi
12:00 - 13:00 Panel discussion
Raj Benahalkar, NCDEX
Paul Bloemendal, Ruchi Soya
S K Mohanty, SEBI
Puneet Pancholy, RBI
Muralikrishna Prasad, Axis Bank
Susan Thomas, IGIDR FRG
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch


Vietnam tours

Vietnam tours

Vietnam tours

The shape of Vietnam is like a bamboo pole with two baskets of rice perfectly balanced at either end. Coastal Vietnam is famed for its beautiful beaches, breathtaking bays and sun-kissed islands. Inland Vietnam boasts rugged mountain ranges and misty tropical forests where wild secrets and traditions of this historical land lay undiscovered. First and foremost, however, historically rich Vietnam is identified by a myriad of rich traditions and cultures of the 54 different ethnic peoples that call Vietnam their home. A combination of all these elements makes for a truly unforgettable holiday.

With so much available, Vietnam is the ideal multi-activity destination for your vacation and Auroratravel is able to provide it all.

Whether you are looking for a cultural holiday, luxury vacation, beach break, trekking and adventure tour,family trip or a combination of all those elements, Vietnam has it all!

  • Designed to take you through all the major highlights of Vietnam but offering a fresh and origina flavor to each individual destination, Vietnam Insider showcases the country through the eyes of our specialist guides. Each and every moment has been carefully considered so that you will leave Vietnam with a deep understanding of the history, culture and natural environment, but also with the experience of something extra ordinary.


The “3 Point” Parabola: Increase Shot Efficiency Using Math

Introduction: The “3 Point” Parabola: Increase Shot Efficiency Using Math

Learn the way some of the greatest basketball players perfect their shot using the parabola and quadratic equation.

Step 1: Understanding Why and How the Parabola Is Used in Basketball.

In the game of basketball, it is crucial to be able to execute a throw which creates a parabola that can deliver the ball through a hoop with ease.

shooting at a 90 degree is optimal yet impractical as in order to shoot to this degree one must be directly under the rim.This is where a parabola is used to complete the objective of shooting the ball to acquire points.

Step 2: Analyzing a Free Throw

The closer to the basket, the higher possible parabola arc, which is why the preferable angle shot degree is between 45-55 degrees. We can see that at 15 feet from the basket that the player is able to achieve a 13-foot vertex by shooting at a 55-degree angle.

Step 3: The Equation

a = slope/angle shot b = Court position c = Height/release point

Professional basketball players such as Stephen Curry maintain such a consistent shot parabola by knowing the factors in this quadratic equation. After years of repetition Curry is able to tweak these variables depending on his position on the court. His release points remain constant as he always initiates the shot in the same manner regardless of his situation while adjusting his “a” and “b” depending on his distance from the hoop.

Step 4: Conclusion

By following this equation and practicing almost anyone can perfect their shot abilities because to excel at any sport such as basketball, one must be able to closely interwork mathematical concepts into their craft.

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Rinky Marwaha Concepts Demand Clarity: A Runup On The World Economies March 4, 2016

In the big & bad world of politics, there are ways of thinking which the ruling governments follow. These translate into the manner of influencing the general people to toe the line of that particular ideology.

Communism, Socialism, Leftism and Capitalism are the primary ideologies as on date. Then, there are mixed economies like India too, which try to cull out the best possible features of each system to create an amalgamation of sorts. This, they feel, would work towards the advantage of all walks of the society.

The first mentioned system (communism) aims towards setting up of a communist populace wherever and whenever it could. Via this, we will live in a manner in which there is an eradication of social classes, monies and the power of the state as it exists today.

Existence through this mode of living would mean that there is complete and total equality among all people and each and everything that comes with this format of society gets divided with no discrimination. Experts opine that those who believe in this ideology are idealistic in their behavior and thought processes. All functions of the state are owned by the working class and everyone works towards what is called the communal goal.

Also, the basic needs of all workers are met by the community. However, sadly, there is no more to be attained if one puts in more work than is assigned to a person. Hence, this results in poor production levels and a lesser scale of advancement of resources. China, North Korea, Cuba and Vietnam are some examples of countries following communism strategies.

A socialist state stands for a system in which an entire gamut of expression of a society hinges around what is termed “social ownership” and “democratic control” of the areas of production in a country. By social ownership, we basically mean any inclination right from public, cooperative, or collective ownership to citizen ownership of equity; or even a mixed bag punch of a confluence of these.

This format is similar to that of a communist state, however, to a lesser extreme. Equality of all classes, nonetheless, is the main focus here too. But, workers are a paid lot here and are allowed to spend their wages as they choose with the powers that be taking care only of the basic needs and amenities.

Leftism is a function which ups the antenna of social equality in its truest format. Very often, this version of politics pretty much openly opposes anything which puts a disadvantaged lot into a loop of any sort. People with leftist leanings tend to stick to their guns and cannot be dissuaded easily from what they perceive is the right step to take in any situation or event.

Capitalism, to some, is a bit of a more upbeat kind of economic ideology. In this, the very mainstay is private ownership of “means of production.” All energies here are channelized towards making maximum permissible profits. The basic features of this category of existence are survival of the fittest type in which it is cut throat competition which decides who gets what in the overall market shares.

Also, this variety of society has demarcations in the standards of living of people – some would be ultra rich and others, who cannot perform well, will live below the poverty line too. The United States of America, Canada and Singapore are some of the mainline capitalist countries of the world.

The terms need not to be manipulated in context to the political interests because this only doesn’t demean the society but also, a progressive mindset falls in the trap of futile sources and chances get high to be one of the misled lads.


Airline Self Defense
By Moshe Katz, Krav Maga Instructor, Israel

Airline self defense begins before you board the plane. In Israel we believe that security is everybody's responsibility. In New York I have seen the signs, "If you see something - say something". That is our philosophy too; thus instead of having a handful of security guards you have an entire airport filled with 'amateur' security guards keeping their eyes and ears open.

Anything suspicious should be reported. It is better to be safe than sorry. Worst comes to worst you can apologize later. Remember, the X ray machine does not pick up everything. Personal Safety expert Arthur Cohen showed me a variety of non-metal weapons and other devices that can easily be smuggled through metal detectors. It is a mistake to completely rely on machines; we must still be alert.

This type of fighting is part of a category known as Fighting in Confined Quarters; in other words, your repertoire of techniques is not only severely limited by the small confines of the plane, but, you actually have to modify many techniques to make them work in this unique environment. Most martial arts schools do not teach these techniques. In Krav Maga we train for these types of situations.

There are various situations you might encounter

Being personally threatened

Being attacked or threatened either while seated or while walking in the aisle. If you are seated and the terrorist has targeted you for being his hostage, he might come from behind and put a knife to your throat. As scary as this is the good news is there are effective defenses. There are various defenses, all basically involve pining his knife arm to your body, rotating towards the knife and slipping under his arm. There are no short cuts; you will have to come to a seminar to learn this.

You might also be threatened while standing. This threat can come from either the front or the back. Again, there are many defenses against such attacks. Our defenses take into account such factors as the position of the knife, whether or not his grabbing your shirt or arm, or if he is at a distance.

Another passenger or flight attendant is being threatened

Held at knife point or being choked. There are two options; either approaching from the front or back. Either way you must be discreet and careful. If you are coming from behind you can either choke the person or use a belt to do the same. Make sure you can complete control of the terrorist as you don't want them running amok with a blade.

Krav Maga, and all police work, incorporates team work. Try to make contact with other passengers who can help. You have the advantage of much greater numbers, if you can mobilize them.

Airline Safety

A few Thoughts by a retired Air Line Pilot

   After 911, as an Air Line flight crew member, I knew we needed something in the way of skills and training, that we, as an industry did not have. As an industry, and a nation, we changed forever on that day, we have evolved in hardware, procedures,  and mind set, and are still evolving.

    On December 7, 1941 our new enemy utilized 6 aircraft carriers, 408 aircraft and 5 midget submarines and inflicted 2,402 casualties. On 911, nineteen hijackers armed with box cutters inflicted 2,996 immediate deaths.

    Since 911, I found and acquired a ‘skill set’ that, if commonly known by flight crews (and passengers!!!) at the time of the 911 attacks, would likely have rendered all the hijackings a failure for the attackers. That skill is Krav Maga. Krav Maga is an extreme self defense system and mentality designed for personal defense in close quarters. ‘Close quarters’ perfectly describes  the environment  of a disturbance within, or the potential takeover of an aircraft. Krav Maga is not system that takes years to master, basic skills come quickly, as does the basic mind set. 19 box cutters is not 408 enemy aircraft, 19 box cutters is a manageable threat.

    Although edged weapons are a (most?) likely on board terrorist weapon, Krav Maga emphasizes gun disarms, in the unlikely event such weapons find their way past today’s screening procedures. Krav Maga also focuses on realistic defense against the unarmed attacker.

   TSA’s budget for this year, 2013 is $7,650,000.00. That is 7.65 BILLION! I find no fault with how those tax payer dollars are being spent. My reason for mentioning this budget amount is to bring the costs into perspective. By comparison an investment in Krav Maga training for selected crew members would be an absolute bargain and would be a ‘front line’ last, AND EFFECTIVE defense.

    We as Crew Members are well trained to perform our duties and deal with emergencies, an introduction to Krav Maga techniques would give Crew Members one more invaluable skill.

Alan Greene

Delta Air Line Captain (Retired)


How LOVE and HOPE Can Change Behavior

Brooke Cone
February, 18, 2015 -

Second, shortly after this realization, I heard a speaker talk about a group home where they started giving kids one outdoor activity every day that was not dependent on their behavior. Even if a kid was on the lowest level, they could participate in that daily outdoor activity. The group home began to see children’s behavior improve dramatically. They attributed this to an increase in a sense of hope from the kids.

And third, I attended a baby shower where a guest shared a piece of advice, “Delight in your child.” One of her adult children had been making life decisions that she did not agree with and every time she interacted with him, she was so focused on the negative that she would react badly to him. She purposely began to think about all the things she appreciated about her son before she would see him. This helped her to react positively to him and maintain a good relationship in spite of their disagreements.

I am a parent who believes in discipline and consistency but the above lessons have reinforced the importance of love and hope in raising a successful child. Along with consequences for poor behavior choices, children need a sense of love and hope as fuel for change. Below are some tried and true parenting practices that marry love and hope with discipline and consistency.

1. Consistant, unconditional, positive time with your child is POWERFUL. Bedtime is the most natural time of day to connect with a child in this way. It can be done by reading a story, brushing hair, giving a hand message or drawing pictures on your child’s back. No matter how horrible your child’s behavior has been, try to preserve this 20 minutes for uninterrupted connection because relationships are the best motivators for change. With older children, a once or twice a week activity or meal might work better. Sometimes you may feel you are rewarding bad behavior but instead think of it as showing your child that they have the hope to try again tomorrow.

2. Foster success. Children are sensitive, even (and probably especially) the tough ones. They are still forming their sense of identity, so children who get in lots of trouble will label themselves as troublemakers. Success, on the other hand, builds on success. Create opportunities for success in baby steps by setting small realistic goals for them to achieve, celebrating what was accomplished, and then moving to greater areas of challenge and trust.

3. Time limit consequences. We need to be consistent, not militant, to be effective in discipline. Lots of small, consistent consequences will have a cumulative effect that will be more effective than one long and drastic consequence. Each time you follow through on the small consequences, you are teaching your child that you are trustworthy (and in charge). Give the consequence, follow through, and then move on, being patient for that long-term effect.

4. Delight, delight, delight! When your child is being difficult, it’s easy to get caught up in the negativity of your own anger towards them. Instead, focus on delighting in your child and recognize ways that their difficulties may also be strengths. You may be surprised at how this practice changes your gut reactions.

Parents, love and hope starts with you! Remember the words of Tertullian, “hope is patience with the lamp lit.” Grace and forgiveness to try again tomorrow is something parents need too. Practice it each day for yourself and your children. Let love and hope go with you into the hardest, most discouraging days of parenting and you will not regret it.


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Aspects of Reference in Literary Theory

Poetics, Rhetoric and Literary History

Alina Silvana Felea

The book presents the various viewpoints that poetics, literary history and Western rhetoric have adopted throughout Western history. The aim of poetics is to render the specificity of the literary discourse by either highlighting the extra literary generative forces or by focusing on the intrinsic study of literary works. Rhetoric chiefly places emphasis on the verbal effects of discourses whereas literary history predominantly examines the temporal succession of the literary systems or of the literary institution. The author focuses on the three sections: poetics, rhetoric, and literary history and provides an introductory study on the subject of reference.

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3. Literary History

3. Literary History

An autonomous domain endowed with qualities and specific functions, a favorite space (like the other arts) of creativity, literature is backed up by literary research. This one, in its quality of meta-literary space, has won prestige and fame in its long history, accepting at the same time – with some exceptions, as we will see – its inevitable limitation: the impossibility of absolute autonomy. Bound to literature which, some say, is parasitic on it, while others say, completes it, literary research proved, in spite of contestations and suspicions, not only its utility but also its necessity. The studies in this domain seem modest and aimed at specialists or connoisseurs, but despite this appearance no-one but for the literary critic is a better intermediary between the book and the audience.

And when the utility of the critical act is denied, the gross error of denying reading, even “for pleasure” its indispensable acuity, occurs, because every reader, effortlessly, unintentionally, even at a rudimentary level, performs a critical act by appreciating, assessing, weighing, comparing, making different connections through reading. For this reason, literary criticism represents the professionalization, cultivation and exacerbation of an innate attitude, characteristic of human thinking. It is still true that the prestige of literary research is often diminished by the literature that it actually feeds on and develops from. There have been attempts in modern criticism to compete with literature and, in extremis, to gain its own autonomy, and even the unprecedented situation when criticism...

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