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The Constitution of Greece (Greek: Σύνταγμα / Sýntagma), was created by the Fifth Revisional Parliament of the Hellenes and entered into force in 1975. It has been revised twice since, in 1986 and in 2001. The Constitutional history of Greece goes back to the Greek War of Independence, during which the first three revolutionary Greek constitutions were adopted. Syntagma Square (Plateia Syntagmatos) in Athens is named after the constitution.
The Constitution consists of 120 articles and it is set out in 4 parts:
The Constitution of 1975 has been revised twice: in 1986 and in 2001. Prime minister Kostas Karamanlis announced the initiative of his government for a new revision and opened the debate about the proposed modifications.
During the modern history of Greece, the Constitution of 1975/1986/2001 is the last in a series of democratically adopted Constitutions (with the exception of the Constitutions of 1968 and 1973 imposed by a dictatorship). The first of these Constitutions was adopted in 1822. The current constitution is formally a major revision of the constitution of 1952, as effected by the 5th Revisional Parliament.
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|The Constitution of Greece was written in 1975, with amendments in 1986 (in italics) and 2001 (in bold.)
THE CONSTITUTION OF GREECE In the name of the Holy and Consubstantial and Indivisible Trinity THE FIFTH REVISIONARY PARLIAMENT OF THE HELLENES RESOLVES
The form of Government
Relations of Church and State
:Interpretative clause: The provision of paragraph 6 does not preclude the law to provide mandatory provision of other services, within or outside the armed forces (alternative service), by those having substantiated conscientious objection to performing armed or military duties in general.
The extradition of aliens prosecuted for their action as freedom-fighters shall be prohibited.
No person shall be deprived of the judge assigned to him by law against his will. Judicial committees or extraordinary courts, under any name whatsoever, shall not be constituted.
All persons have the right to be protected from the collection, processing and use, especially by electronic means, of their personal data, as specified by law. The protection of personal data is ensured by an independent authority, which is established and operates as specified by law.
a) an offence against the Christian or any other known religion. b) an insult against the person of the President of the Republic. c) a publication which discloses information on the composition, equipment and set-up of the armed forces or the fortifications of the country, or which aims at the violent overthrow of the regime or is directed against the territorial integrity of the State. d) an obscene publication which is obviously offensive to public decency, in the cases stipulated by law.
:Interpretative clause: The term forest or forest ecosystem means the organic whole of wild plants with woody trunk on the necessary area of ground which, together with the flaura and fauna co-existing there, constitute via their mutual interdependence and interaction, a particular biocoenose (forest biocoenose) and a particular natural environment (forest-derived). A forest expanse exists when the wild woody vegetation, either high or shrubbery, is sparse.
Structure of the State
:Interpretative clause: Article 28 constitutes the foundation for the participation of the Country in the European integration process.
Election of the President
#The President of the Republic shall be elected by the Parliament through vote by roll call in a special session called for this purpose by the Speaker at least one month before the expiration of the tenure of the incumbent President, as specified by the Standing Orders. In case of permanent incapacity of the President of the Republic to discharge his duties, as specified in paragraph 2 of article 34, as well as in case of his resignation, demise, or removal from office in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, Parliament shall be assembled to elect a new President within ten days at the latest from the premature termination of the tenure of office by the previous President.
#Should the third ballot fail to produce the said qualified majority, Parliament shall be dissolved within ten days of the ballot, and elections for a new Parliament shall be called. As soon as the Parliament thus elected shall have constituted itself as a body, it shall proceed through vote by roll call to elect the president of the Republic by a three-fifths majority of the total number of Members of Parliament. Should the said majority not be attained, the ballot shall be repeated within five days and the person receiving an absolute majority of the votes of the total number of Members of Parliament shall be elected President of the Republic. Should this majority also not be attained, the ballot shall once more be repeated after five days between the two persons with the highest number of votes, and the person receiving a relative majority shall be deemed elected President of the Republic.
Powers and liability from the acts of the President
#No act of the President of the Republic shall be valid nor be executed unless it has been countersigned by the competent Minister who, by his signature alone shall be rendered responsible, and unless it has been published in the Government Gazette. If the Cabinet has been relieved of its duties as provided by article 38 paragraph 1, and the Prime Minister fails to counter- sign the relative decree, this shall be signed by the President of the Republic alone.
a) The appointment of the Prime Minister. b) The assignment of an exploratory mandate in accordance with article 37, paragraphs 2, 3 and 4. c) The dissolution of the Parliament in accordance with articles 32 paragraph 4, and 41 paragraph 1, if the Prime Minister fails to countersign, and in accordance with article 53 paragraph 1 if the Cabinet fails to countersign. d) The return to Parliament of a voted Bill or law proposal in accordance with article 42 paragraph 1. e) The staff appointments to the administrative services of the Presidency of the Republic.
#The leader of the party having the absolute majority of seats in Parliament shall be appointed Prime Minister. If no party has the absolute majority, the President of the Republic shall give the leader of the party with a relative majority an exploratory mandate in order to ascertain the possibility of forming a Government enjoying the confidence of the Parliament.
#The President of the Republic shall relieve the Cabinet from its duties if the Cabinet resigns, or if Parliament withdraws its confidence, as specified in article 8#In such cases, the provisions of paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of article 37 are analogously applied. If the Prime Minister of the resigned Cabinet is also the leader or party spokesman of the party with an absolute majority of the total number of Members in Parliament, then the provision of article 37 paragraph 3, section c is analogously applied.
:Interpretative clause: The provision of paragraph 2 is also applied in the case of replacement of the President of the Republic, as provided in article 34.
[Repealed by the 1986 Amendment]
[Repealed by the 1986 Amendment]
#The President of the Republic shall promulgate and publish the statutes passed by the Parliament within one month of the vote. The President of the Republic may, within the time-limit provided for in the preceding sentence, send back a Bill passed by Parliament, stating his reasons for this return.
#[Paragraph 3 repealed by the 1986 Amendment].
#The President of the Republic shall by decree proclaim a referendum on crucial national matters following a resolution voted by an absolute majority of the total number of Members of Parliament, taken upon proposal of the Cabinet. A referendum on Bills passed by Parliament regulating important social matters, with the exception of the fiscal ones shall be proclaimed by decree by the President of the Republic, if this is decided by three-fifths of the total number of its members, following a proposal of two-fifths of the total number of its members, and as the Standing Orders and the law for the application of the present paragraph provide. No more than two proposals to hold a referendum on a Bill can be introduced in the same parliamentary term. Should a Bill be voted, the time-limit stated in article 42 paragraph 1 begins the day the referendum is held.
The President of the Republic is the commander in chief of the Nation's Armed Forces, the command of which shall be exercised by the Government, as specified by law. The President shall also confer ranks on those serving therein, as specified by law.
#Amnesty may be granted only for political crimes, by statute passed by the Plenum of the Parliament with a majority of three-fifths of the total number of members.
#In case of war or mobilization owing to external dangers or an imminent threat against national security, as well as in case of an armed coup aiming to overthrow the democratic regime, the Parliament, issuing a resolution upon a proposal of the Cabinet, puts into effect throughout the State, or in parts there of the statute on the state of siege, establishes extraordinary courts and suspends the force of the provisions of articles 5 paragraph 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12 paragraphs 1 to 4 included, 14, 19, 22 paragraph 3, 23, 96 paragraph 4, and 97, in whole or in part. The President of the Republic publishes the resolution of Parliament. The resolution of Parliament determines the duration of the effect of the imposed measures, which cannot exceed fifteen days.
Special Liabilities of the President of the Republic
The President of the Republic shall have no powers other than those explicitly conferred upon him by the Constitution and the laws concurrent herewith.
Election and Composition of Parliament
The free and unfalsified expression of the popular will as an expression of popular sovereignty, shall be guaranteed by all State officers who shall be obliged to ensure such under all circum- stances. Criminal sanctions for violations of this provision shall be specified by law.
#The electoral system and electoral districts shall be specified by law which applies as of the elections immediately after the following ones, unless an explicit provision adopted by a majority of two thirds of the total number of Members of Parliament, provides its immediate application as of the elections immediately following.
Disqualifications and Incompatibilities for Members of Parliament
a) Governors, deputy governors, chairmen of the boards of directors, managing and executive directors of legal entities of public law, with the exception of associations, of state legal entities of private law and of public enterprises or of enterprises whose management the State appoints directly or indirectly by administrative act or as shareholder. b) Members of independent authorities which are established and operate pursuant to article 101A, as well as of the authorities designated by law as independent or regulatory. c) Senior and top-ranking officers of the armed forces and the security corps. d) Salaried employees of the Public Sector, of local government agencies or of enterprises thereof, as well as of the legal entities and enterprises under case (a) who were holding a position of head of unitat the level of department or another corresponding position, as specifically provided by law. Employees mentioned in the preceding section and having wider local authority are subject to the restrictions of this paragraph concerning electoral districts other than those of their seat, only in case they were holding a position of head of unit at the level of general directorate or other corresponding position, as specifically provided by law. e) Secretaries general or special of ministries or of autonomous secretariats general or regional administrations and all persons that the law puts in the same category as these. Persons nominated as State Deputies shall not be subject to the restrictions of this paragraph.
a) Undertakes Public works or studies or supplies or the provision of services to the Public Sector or concludes with the Public Sector similar contracts of a development or investment nature. b) Enjoys special privileges. c) Owns or manages a radio or television station or publishes a newspaper of country-wide circulation in Greece. d) Exercises through concession public service or public enterprise or public utility enterprise. e) Rents for commercial purposes real estate owned by the State. For the purposes of applying this paragraph, local government agencies, other legal entities of public law, state legal entities of private law, public enterprises, enterprises of local government agencies and other enterprises whose management the State appoints directly or indirectly by administrative act or as shareholder, are put in the same category as the Public Sector. Shareholders of an enterprise falling within the restrictions of this paragraph are all persons possessing a percentage of more than one percent of the share capital. The duties of Member of Parliament are also incompatible with the exercise of any profession. Activities compatible with parliamentary office, as well as matters relating to insurance and pension issues and to the manner in which Members of Parliament return to their profession after loss of the capacity of Member of Parliament, shall be specified by law. Under no circumstances may the activities of the previous section include the capacity of employee or legal or other advisor of enterprises under cases (a) to (d) of this paragraph. Violation of the provisions of the present paragraph shall result in forfeiture from parliamentary office and shall render the related acts null and void, as specified by law.
The hearing of objections raised against the validity of parliamentary elections and their verification concerning either electoral violations related to the conduct of the elections, or the lack of legal qualifications, is assigned to the Supreme Special Court of article 100.
Duties and Rights of Members of Parliament
During the parliamentary term the Members of Parliament shall not be prosecuted, arrested, imprisoned or otherwise confined without prior leave granted by Parliament. Likewise, a member of a dissolved Parliament shall not be prosecuted for political crimes during the period between the dissolution of Parliament and the declaration of the election of the members of the new Parliament. Leave shall be deemed not granted if Parliament does not decide within three months of the date the request for prosecution by the public prosecutor was transmitted to the Speaker. The three month limit is suspended during the Parliament's recess. No leave is required when Members of Parliament are caught in the act of committing a felony.
Organization and functioning of the Parliament
Parliament cannot resolve without an absolute majority of the members present, which in no case may be less than one-fourth of the total number of the Members of Parliament. In the case of a tie vote, the vote shall be repeated; in the case of a second tie the proposal shall be rejected.
No person shall appear at his own initiative before the Parliament to make an oral or written report. Reports shall be presented through a member or shall be handed over to the Speaker. Parliament shall have the right to forward any reports addressed thereto to the Ministers and Undersecretaries who shall be obliged to offer explanations when so requested.
When Parliament is in recess, its legislative business, with the exception of statutes belonging to the competence of the Plenum as specified in article 72, shall be conducted by a Section of Parliament, established and operating as specified in article 68 paragraph 3 and article 70. The Standing Orders may provide for the examination of Bills by a Parliamentary Committee composed of members of the same Section.
The Parliament in Plenum shall also authorize the budget and the financial statement of the State and of Parliament.
The legislative function of Parliament
Tax and Fiscal Administration
:Interpretative clause: Paragraph 2 does not impede the participation of Greece in the process for European economic and monetary unification, in the wider context of European integration, in accordance with the provisions of article 28.
The Government
Composition and Function of the Government
Relations between Parliament and the Government
The members of the Cabinet and the Undersecretaries shall be collectively responsible for general Government policy, and each of them severally for the actions or omissions within his powers, according to the provisions of statutes on the liability of Ministers. A written or oral order of the President of the Republic may in no case whatsoever relieve Ministers and Undersecretaries of their liability.
Judicial Functionaries and Staff
:Interpretative clause: In the true sense of article 88, the unification of the jurisdiction of first instance of civil courts and the regulation of the service status of judicial functionaries of this instance is permitted, provided that a procedure for judgement and evaluation is foreseen, as specified by law.
Organization and Jurisdiction of the Courts
a) The annulment upon petition of enforceable acts of administrative authorities for excess of power or violation of the law. b) The reversal upon petition of final judgements of ordinary administrative courts, as specified by law. c) The trial of substantive administrative disputes submitted thereto as provided by the Constitution and the statutes. d) The elaboration of all decrees of a general regulatory nature.
a) Military, naval and air force courts which shall have no jurisdiction over civilians. b) Prize courts.
a) The audit of the expenditures of the State as well as of local government agencies or other legal entities subject to this status by special provision of law. b) The audit of agreements of a high financial value in which the Public Sector or another legal entity put in the same category as the Public Sector in this respect is the contracting partner, as specified by law. c) The audit of the accounts of accountable officials and of the local government agencies or other legal entities subject to the audit provided by section (a). d) Advisory opinions concerning Bills on pensions or on the recognition of service for granting of the right to a pension, in accordance with article 73 paragraph 2, as well as concerning other matters specified by law. e) The drawing up and submission to Parliament of a report on the financial statement and balance sheet of the State, in accordance with article 79 paragraph 7. f) The trial of disputes concerning the granting of pensions as well as concerning the audit of accounts under section (c). g) The trial of cases related to liability of civil or military servants of the State, as well as of civil servants of local government agencies and of the other legal entities of public law, for any loss incurred, through malicious intent or negligence, upon the State, the local government agencies or other legal entities of public law.
a) The trial of objections in accordance with article 58. b) Verification of the validity and returns of a referendum held in accordance with article 44 paragraph 2. c) Judgment in cases involving the incompatibility or the forfeiture of office by a Member of Parliament, in accordance with article 55 paragraph 2 and article 57. d) Settlement of any conflict between the courts and the administrative authorities, or between the Supreme Administrative Court and the ordinary administrative courts on one hand and the civil and criminal courts on the other, or between the Court of Auditors and any other court. e) Settlement of controversies on whether the content of a statute enacted by Parliament is contrary to the Constitution, or on the interpretation of provisions of such statute when conflicting judgments have been pronounced by the Supreme Administrative Court, the Supreme Civil and Criminal Court or the Court of Auditors. f) The settlement of controversies related to the designation of rules of international law as generally acknowledged in accordance with article 28 paragraph 1.
The matters relating to the establishment and operation of the Legal Council of the State, as well as the matters relating to the service status of the functionaries and employees serving in it, shall be specified by law. The jurisdiction of the Legal Council of the State pertains mainly to the judicial support to and representation of the State and to the acknowledgement of claims against the State or to the settlement of disputes with it. The provisions of article 88 paragraphs 2 and 5, and of article 90 paragraph 5, shall apply analogously also to the main staff of the Legal Council of the State.
Organization of the Administration
Status of Administrative Agents
Regime of Aghion Oros (Mount Athos)
Special Provisions
Revision of the Constitution
Transitory Provisions
The Standing Orders of Parliament, the parliamentary resolutions pertaining thereto and the statutes specifying the manner in which Parliament shall function, shall continue to be in force pending the date of enactment of the new Standing Orders, with the exception of those which are contrary to the provisions of this Constitution. As to the function of the Sections of Parliament provided by articles 70 and 71 of the Constitution, the provisions of the last Standing Orders regulating the work of the Special Legislative Committee of article 35 of the Constitution of January 1, 1952 shall apply in a supplementary manner, as provided by article 3 of parliamentary resolution A' dated December 14, 197#Pending the enactment of the new Standing Orders the Committee of article 71 of the Constitution shall be composed of sixty regular members and thirty alternate, to be selected by the Speaker from among all parties and groups, in proportion to their strength. In case of dispute, prior to the publication of the new Standing Orders, on the provisions to be applied, the Plenum or the Section of Parliament in the operation of which the question has arisen shall decide.
a) Disputes on the matters specified in article 55 paragraph 2 and article 57 shall be solved by parliamentary resolution, in accordance with the provisions of the Standing Orders on personal issues. b) The verification of the validity and the returns of a referendum held in accordance with article 44 paragraph 2, as well as the trial of objections to the validity and the returns of parliamentary elections in accordance with article 58 shall be assigned to the Special Court provided by article 73 of the Constitution of January 1, 1952; the procedure of articles 116 seq. of presidential decree 650/1974 shall apply. c) The settlement of conflicts specified in article 100 paragraph 1 section (d) shall come under the jurisdiction of the Court specified in article 5 of the Constitution of January 1, 1952; laws related to the organization, functioning and procedure before the said Court shall also remain temporarily in force.
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Neat old spring house.ReplyDelete
They've made some interesting restaurants out of the old gas stations. I like them all too!
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#2 when you lose you sense of humor, you have lost everything
#3 filler up
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#5 I went to their concert last year
Oh yes, I do like this photo! Re the building itself: whatever it is, it ain't long for this world, I think. :)ReplyDelete
i think that little house is past its best. Hope you have a wonderful weekendReplyDelete
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Spring house for sure . . .ReplyDelete
Really great picture . .
I'm a tapping . . .
such a neat little spring house! sure have some beautiful places in your area...ReplyDelete
Ah the joys of young children. We had two boys two year apart..... chaos!ReplyDelete
Your Fridays are always so much fun -- even when I'm two days late ;>)...... there's an excellent breakfast/lunch restaurant near where we live in Oregon called 'The Pump' in an old gas station ; I wonder how many others there are around the country that didn't make the article you linked. And now I'm hungry for one of their cinammon rolls (will have to wait a few months, since I'm in Florida at the moment)/.ReplyDelete
Am enjoying your Friday Randoms very much on Sunday 😀 laughed at the parental twitter's and the cat catching snowballs 😀 toe tapping to jaaaaaz!ReplyDelete

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Sylwia Gruchała : biography
Sylwia Gruchała (born 6 November 1981 in Gdańsk, Pomorskie) is a Polish fencer.
For her sport achievements, she received:
Golden Cross of Merit Golden Cross of Merit in 2000; Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (5th Class) in 2004.
In the team foil she won medals at the world championships in 1998 (bronze), 1999 (silver), 2002 (silver), 2003 (gold) and 2007 (gold) as well as an Olympic silver medal in 2000. In Individual Foil she won a silver medal at the 2003 World Championship as well as an Olympic bronze medal in 2004.
She is a soldier in the 3rd Command Support Battalion of the Polish Land Forces stationed in Warsaw. Gruchała is also part of the Leon Paul team. In 2009 she posed for polish erotik magazine CKM.
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Chloé on tour
Sounding the promise of long days ahead and late nights to follow with its opening salvos, Chloé's The Dawn heralds the return of the Paris-based DJ and producer, and a new dawn in her ever-evolving career.
Indeed, The Dawn is her inaugural release on her own label Lumière Noire, which she recently set up as a separate entity – after using the name for a collection of releases over the last few months, and of course for her infamous Rex Club night, which has since 2014 become a bit of a club house for Parisian electronic music fans. Operating Lumière Noire as a fully-fledged label will enable Chloé to release a new full-length album (of which The Dawn is the lead single) sometime in the next few months
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27.05.17 - La Montagne - Ajaccio/France
03.06.17 - Le Bon Air - Marseille/France
04.06.17 - Panorama Bar - Berlin/Germany
9.06.17 - Gaité Lyrique - Paris/France
14.06.17 - Sónar off, Sala Bikini - Barcelona/Spain
15.06.17 - OM Concept Store - Barcelona/Spain
24.06.17 - Closing Inter LGBT Podium - Paris/France
17.07.17 - DC10 - Ibiza/Spain
21.07.17 - Schimanski - New York/USA
22.07.17 - Coda - Toronto/Canada
23.07.17 - Piknic Electronik - Montreal/Canada
04.08.17 - Garbicz Festival - Garbicz/Poland
08.09.17 - Culture Box - Copenhague/Denmark
16.09.17 - Oasis Festival - Marrakech/Morocco
Over the ten-plus minutes of The Dawn, a spoken-word track languishes over melodic washes in a dramatic progression that evokes a novel, or noir-ish cinema – a method that the producer has taken a shine to since Take Care. This cultivation of the strange and the beautiful has become her calling card, putting her in a league with likeminded producers, who take the basic tenets of techno and inject them with their own singular poetic visions. A visual-arts analogue could be found in Noémie Goudal's photographs which grace the EP's cover as they will Chloé's upcoming releases.
This stirring aesthetic gives The Dawn a slightly cerebral dimension, which is taken to new depths by Dixon's stubbornly technoid remix. The Berlin-based whiz kid, who has over the last few years risen to the top of the international electronic music scene, inverts Chloé's light-drenched, full-bodied production into a tense, captivating chiaroscuro.


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The new book 'The State Support of the Print Media Abroad' by Dmitry Martynov and Alexander Oskin
The PDA president Dmitriy Martynov and the PDA chairman Alexander Oskin presented their new book 'The State Support of the Print Media Abroad' on January 31st at the Savoy hotel. The representatives of the leading publishing houses, distribution companies, media market experts and journalists were in attendance.
The new book is the seventh one that these two authors collaborated on. The book focused on the state support of the print media and its distribution channels in a number of foreign countries.
In this book Dmitry Martynov and Alexander Oskin show how the state support of the print media industry plays a critical role in promoting the freedom of speech and expression across Europe and North America.
The authors analyzed in detail how these foreign countries protect and support the national print media industry. The book emphasizes different ways in which the state supports print media abroad: from direct financial investments to more indirect ways such as favorable laws and regulations and benefits (tax, customs, postal, etc).
The book is intended for state employees at both the state and federal levels, print media market participants, politicians, and the general public.
According to the experts the time of this new book could not have been better as the print media industry is currently going through hard times in Russia.
Some of the strategies employed by other countries could work in Russia and in the long run help strengthen the national print media companies.
Dmitry Martynov and Alexander Oskin are planning on continuing to study and analyse print media markets both in Russia and abroad.
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Indonesia is a country rich in culture. So if "modern life" bores you or stresses you out, then pack your bag to Indonesia. Escape yourself to a cultural stress-free lifestyle and learn the quality of life from traditional wisdom. One recommended place to go is Asmat region in West Papua Province where Amat Tribe lives.
Asmat region is quite far from "modern life". That means the trip will take a while. Take a plane from Jakarta or Bali to Timika. From Timika, get a small plane to Ewer. And then, you continue your trip to Agats by using speed boat. Agats is the most modern town where Asmat tribe lives. So this is where your Asmat cultural adventure starts.
It is highly recommended if you used the service from professional travel agents for easier accommodation. Also, report yourself to a police station at the airport about your itinerary plan to Asmat. Once you got there, then you shall not miss these awesome activities:
Stay In
There are two choices of where to stay in Asmat region. One is to stay at the hotel on Agats. Two is to stay in local people's house called "bujang". In Asmat, there are two kinds of house; family house and "bujang" house. Rumah Bujang (Bujang House) is a big house where all the single men live together. Families can also live there for a while before they have their own family house. Rumah Bujang is also the center of activities such as religious ceremony or rituals. During these events, women are not allowed to come.
Rumah Bujang is a long wooden house without many rooms. All the men sleep together in line in a wide long room. The house was built together by the clan member using only material from their environment. Because Asmat region is mostly surrounded by swamps, there will be plenty of mosquitos inside the house. For you comfort, please bring lots of anti-mosquito lotion.
To feel the culture at its finest, then we would recommend the second choice. Your travel agent will find the bujang clan who is willing to take you in and help you with the communication. But if you stay in their house, you really need to respect their culture and habits. Smoking cigarettes is quite normal in here. But alcoholic beverage is not allowed at all.
Learn the Customs
Asmat Tribe used to have faith in animism. Now, the minority of them are having "modern religion" such as Christian, Catholic, and even Islam. Even if they have modern religion, they still uphold their customs. Asmat people believe that they are the offspring of Fumeripits (The God). It is said that Fumeripits was casted away by the shore and was unconscious.
His life was saved by a bunch of white birds until he wholly recovered. Fumeripits was alone and lonely. To cheer up himself, he carved some woods into some beautiful sculptures. He then made a kind of drum set called Tifa. He played Tifa everyday until the sculptures turned alive and danced. Fumeripits then went around and created new humans as he went. He also built a long wide house for them to live in. That house was now called Rumah Bujang.
Asmat people believe that human will be stronger if they stay together. They always do everything together; cooking, building house, hunting, etc. That is why they always live in a big group. Nobody in Asmat likes to be alone. So if you are visiting Asmat, make sure to mingle and try to blend in.
Asmat people like to color up their faces and body using natural paints. They use red soil for color red. They mash some seashell for the color white. And then they burn some woods as black paint. Each powder then is mixed with water. They do not need brush to apply it to their skin. Instead, they fold some dry leaves for it.
There are still more customs in Asmat. You will find out about it later during your stay. Asmat Tribe is very nice and friendly so they would be glad to share everything with you.
Due to the story of Fumeripits mentioned above, Asmat has a culture of carving the woods into some exotic sculptures. This form of art of Asmat has made them famous. The sculptures are famous for its complexity, detailed ornaments, and originality. Many art collectors around the world would want to spend a high amount of money to acquire an Asmat sculpture.
Asmat people never use a sketch when carving a sculpture. Everything is spontaneous. They believe that the idea of sculpture shape they have comes from their communication with the ancestor's spirit. That is why they need to remain focus while carving.
After a sculpture is finished, they will hold a ritual. They then bring the sculpture to the swamp and leave it there as a sacrifice to the God in hope that the God will take care of their sago forest and palm trees which has been their main foods for all this time.
Eat Up
Primitive Asmat people do not really know how to cook. They just hunt and harvest sago from the forest and then grill everything on a bonfire. But that was then. Now there are several delicious menus you can try in Asmat. Their main carbohydrate food is papeda. It is like porridge made out of sago. The most favored side dish is satay ulat sagu. Ulat sago is a species of caterpillar commonly found on sago trees. Sound strange, but it contains high protein. If you do not feel like eating caterpillar, then you can try Ikan Kuah Kuning (Fish in Yellow Broth). It tastes the best if you eat it with papeda or simple grilled sago.
Joining the Ritual
There are many kinds of ritual in Asmat. Long time ago, there used to be a ritual where Asmat people needs to choose a man amongst them and behead him as a sacrifice to be given to God Fumeripits. But now, such ritual has been changed. They do not use real human anymore. Instead, they made a human-sized sculpture to behead. This ritual is practiced every year to pray for their prosperity.
There is also Pesta Ulat Sagu (Sago Caterpillar Party). The party is held to show respect to women. This is the only ceremony where women are allowed to be in Rumah Bajang. At this party, the men cooks for the women while the women rest and chitchat to each other. After a meal, the women will express their hard feelings and complains about their husband. The husband has to patiently hear all the complaints and apologize to their wife. That party used to end with happy tears.
So that is all you can do on Asmat region. If you do not really want to stay in Asmat inland, you can stay in Agats town. There are Asmat people on there. You can also stay in a comfortable hotel. And if you want to learn about Asmat culture, you can go to Museum of Culture and Progress.


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It was great to kick off the Marital Arts series this past Sunday and I am REALLY looking forward to the next two messages! I'm especially excited about this Sunday. There have been several occasions in which I have seen professional and collegiate athletes guarantee wins for their teams. It's always entertaining to watch those athletes try to back peddle after their team loses! The problem was they made a promise they couldn't back up!
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Danny Wilson: Joe Dodoo deserves a run in the Rangers team after double against Jags
Gers defender Wilson believes Mark Warburton's side may have found a solution to their lack of goals in the young striker
DANNY WILSON accepts Rangers have had a major problem scoring this season.
But, in Joe Dodoo, the defender thinks they may have finally found the solution.
The young hitman grabbed his first Premiership goals of the campaign to lift Mark Warburton's men into second place.
Partick had looked on course for their first victory over the Ibrox outfit in 23 years when Kris Doolan put them in front 14 minutes from the end.
But an 81st-minute equaliser and a dramatic injury time winner from substitute Dodoo earned Gers all three points.
It was a vital intervention from the former Leicester striker, who displayed terrific composure at both goals — a trait which has been lacking from far too many of his team-mates this term.
Of all the teams in the top six only Motherwell have scored fewer than Rangers.
Kenny Miller, Martyn Waghorn and Joe Garner have all spearheaded the Ibrox attack this season.
But, given the trio have yielded just seven league goals between them it is little wonder they've won only half of their 14 Premiership games.
Dodoo has had limited opportunities to show his worth and has mainly been restricted to cameo roles from the bench.
But Wilson believes the Ghanaian deserves an extended run at leading the Ibrox line.
He said: "We were all delighted for him. I think you saw that with the celebrations.
"It was just a relief when Joe managed to get the two goals.
"Joe works so hard every day and he just hasn't had as much game time as he'd have wanted.
"His contribution was terrific — and not just his goals. His hold-up play and runs in behind gave us a different dimension.
"The goals came at important times and we were all pleased for him.
"He is a calm, composed player.
"His first goal was a great finish and for him not to snatch at the second, especially at that time of the game, was impressive. He has done well and this can be a platform for him to push on.
"He's had a few injuries but now hopefully he can get a run. He has the qualities to kick on."
Asked if Rangers were crying out for a cool head and lethal predator in the final third, Wilson said: "I think that's what we do need.
"We have been trying to preach to each other that we should be calmer when we get into those situations.
"I'm not a forward so it's not my place to tell people how to finish, but Joe has scored two great goals.
"He has the capabilities to put the ball in the back of the net.
"We haven't scored that many goals this season and that has been our downfall in games."
Miller, Harry Forrester and skipper Lee Wallace all spurned great chances to put Rangers ahead before Doolan's persistence finally paid off in the 76th minute.
The Jags forward saw his first effort blocked but reacted quickest to nod the rebound past Wes Foderingham.
There was plenty huff and puff from the visitors, yet it wasn't until Dodoo replaced Garner on the hour mark they started to pose a threat in the final third.
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The late, late show provides crucial momentum for Rangers ahead of Wednesday night's trip to Tynecastle. Former Hearts defender Wilson said: "In an ideal world we would be a few goals ahead, but the last few weeks we have had to dig deep to get the points.
"That is something we were not doing a month ago so that is a positive for us.
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"We can't say we were great but we managed to dig it out and that is important.
"That's two wins on the trot and we haven't done that too often this season.
"We have a big week coming up with Hearts at Tynecastle first then Aberdeen next weekend.
"We are all tightly bunched up so we need to keep putting points on the board.
"We are under no illusions as to how difficult it will be on Wednesday but we go there on the back of two wins and hopefully we can gain more momentum."
Motherwell are the only side in the top half of the table Rangers have beaten this season.
And Wilson, who is relishing a return to his former employers, knows they need to start putting down a marker against the teams around them. He added: "I'm looking forward to going back to Tynecastle but I'm not sure what kind of reaction I'll get.
"I had a great time there and I've a lot of friends who are still there, but I'm going there to do a job for Rangers.
"We need to start putting points on the board against teams around us.
"You always feel better after a win and the way it's come about means there is a happy changing room.
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Flashpoint Syria: Syrian government accused of chemical attack
Middle East: Syria
Flashpoint Syria: Syrian government accused of chemical attack
In April 2018, there were reports of an apparent chemical attack on the rebel stronghold of Douma. The attack ensued after an extended offensive by Syrian government forces on Eastern Ghouta (as discussed above), with the government determined to reclaim control of the rebel stronghold, Douma. The aid and humanitarian group, Syrian Civil Defense, released videotaped footage of children suffocating. Subsequent gruesome video footage by opposition activists appeared to show the dead bodies of suffocation victims. Blame was placed on the Assad regime, however, Syrian authorities, along with their Russian and Iranian backers, denied the claim. While there was no way for jounalists to immediately and independently report on the events ensuing in Douma, Western powers expressed alarm at the prospect of a possible chemical attack.
Since early 2011, anti-government protests have spread and escalated across the Arab world; Syria emerged as an addition to the list of countries experiencing unrest in March 2011. At first, protesters stopped short of demanding the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad, instead demanding greater political freedom and efforts to end corruption. For his part, President Assad announced he would advance a reform agenda, which would include lifting the emergency laws that had been in place for decades, and increased rights to the country's disenfranchised Kurdish population. These moves were aimed at quelling the rising climate of unrest gripping the country. But over time, as protests continued, and as the Assad regime carried out a hardline crackdown on dissent, tensions escalated between the government and the protesters.
In mid-2011, the United Nations Security Council and the Arab League respectively issued condemnations of the violence in Syria. As well, the United Nations Human Rights Council called for an independent inquiry into the violent crackdown on dissent. Meanwhile, global leaders were calling for President Assad to step down from power, given the brutality of the Syrian regime's crackdown on protesters.
In 2012, the bloody crackdown by the Assad regime on anti-government protesters was ongoing. In fact, the crackdown appeared to become more relentless in places such as Homs and Aleppo. Despite widespread condemnation from the West, a United Nations Security Resolution on the situation in Syria was subject to veto by Russia and China. A subsequent vote in the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly condemned Syria for its brutal crackdown. A prevailing truce, brokered by the joint United Nations/Arab League envoy, Kofi Annan, was established in the interests of preventing further bloodshed; however, it was revealed to be an exercise in theory rather than practice and eventually the United Nations monitoring mission ended in failure.
Syria has meanwhile been subject to sanctions by various countries and was sliding into pariah status in the international community. Assassinations, alleged massacres, geopolitical tensions with Turkey and Israel, and suspicions about the use of chemical weapons, have since mired the Syrian landscape. Indeed, with it was increasingly clear that with President Bashar al-Assad using brutal tactics to quell the uprising served only to create an even more tumultuous landscape, and eventually set the path for a full-blown civil war. That civil war pitted the Assad forces, backed by Lebanon-based Hezbollah, against a disparate cabal of anti-government entities, ranging from the rebel Free Syrian Army to several Islamist terrorist enclaves.
At the same time, Syria was facing a devastating humanitarian crisis. That crisis reached new heights in August 2013 with claims that Syrian forces launched a chemical attack on the outskirts of Damascus. Although this was the clear sign that United States President Barack Obama's "red line" had definitively been crossed, the international community remained reticent about becoming more involved in the Syrian crisis. Ultimately, an ensuing chemical weapons deal with Syria between the United States and Russia quieted the war drums. In the meantime, though, a highly anticipated peace summit in Geneva ended without yielding any productive results and the civil war in Syria raged on and on.
By mid-2014, while Syria had shown progress in its disposal of chemical toxins, in keeping with an international agreement intended to avoid intervention by the West, the country was dealing with an ascendant "Islamic State." Previously known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria or ISIS as well as Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant or ISIL, this group self-declared a caliphate extending from Syria to Iraq. It was apparent that the power vacuum from the Syrian civil war provided a breeding ground for extremism that Islamic State could exploit and use to both challenge the Assad regime and function as a recruitment tool for Jihadists. Whereas the West and regional powers in the Middle East had earlier called for an end to the Assad regime, suddenly the geopolitical stakes were quite different as extremist terrorists were now posing the most dangerous threat to regional stability. The barbaric beheadings of two American journalists by Islamic State in their stronghold in Syria changed the calculus and the Obama administration in the United States -- initially reticent about re-engaging in the Middle East -- was now looking at a targeted anti-terrorism strategy in the Syrian-Iraqi landscape of Islamic State. As such, a Western coalition, led by the United States, was soon carrying out air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq. Of note was the fact that the United States-led coalition expanded to include Japan and Jordan when citizens of their countries that were being held by Islamic State were also brutally killed.
In 2015, Syria was beset by two sets of intersecting challenges -- the ongoing civil war between the Assad regime and rebel forces on one end, and the horrific dangers posed by the notorious terror group, Islamic State, which had seized wide swaths of territory in Syria and left an appalling death toll. It was generally understood that the civil war conditions in Syria, to some extent, facilitated the emergence of Islamic State in that country. Syrian President Assad's priority to hold onto power, and thus the center of power in Damascus, had allowed a power chasm to flourish in other parts of the country, which Islamic State has been able to exploit. The result has been a mass exodus of Syrians fleeing the country and seeking refuge in Europe. The so-called migrant influx in Europe has raised questions as to how to legally and humanely deal with a burgeoning humanitarian refugee crisis.
At the political level, Russia signaled it would be entering the Syrian crisis militarily in September 2015 although it was unclear if Moscow's goal was to bolster and preserve Bashar al-Assad's hold on power, or, to go after Islamic State.
The geopolitical landscape was complicated in October 2015 with the news that the United States would be deploying special operations teams to Syria. The scene in November 2015 was grave as Russia and France intensified their efforts to go after Islamic State targets in Syria following devastating terror attacks by the Islamist terror network that killed hundreds of Russian and French citizens. Russia, France, and the United States were now respectively changing their respective calculations, cognizant that the Islamist terror group was no longer simply seeking to build its Caliphate but, instead, transposing its goals to more of an Islamic Jihadist orientation. The result was a global security crisis.
In December 2015, in the aftermath of an appalling Islamic State-inspired massacre in California in the United States, President Barack Obama augmented special operations teams in the region with an eye on strategically targeting Islamic State. Also on the agenda in December 2015 and well into January 2016 was a renewed push for peace in Syria, with the goal being a stabilized country where terrorism would not be able to flourish with impunity.
In the first few months of 2016, all eyes were on the peace process for Syria, as well as a fragile cessation of hostilities aimed at facilitating a settlement. Meanwhile, Russia announced it would be withdrawing from Syria although it continued to carry out air strikes supportive to the Assad regime. For its part, pro-Assad forces were making gains against all groups opposed to Assad rule, including Islamic State. Of note was the recapture of the heritage city Palmyra; Also of note in this period was the United States' announcement that its effort against Islamic State was going well, as marked by the elimination of the terror group's second in command.
In the spring of 2016, the Syrian city of Aleppo was being struck by massive aerial bombardment with a devastating death toll on the city's population. It was to be seen how this development would affect the already-fragile peace process.
By the late summer of 2016, the Kurdish YPG militia had launched a major assault on the key city of Hasaka to oust the Syrian army.
In September 2016, the United States and Russia announced that a ceasefire had been reached to bring an end to the bloodshed of the Syrian civil war.
More than a year later in October of 2017, United States-led forces announced a significant breakthrough, declaring they had seized control of the Islamic State capital of Raqqa. The loss of control over Raqqa signaled the effective end of Islamic State's claim to hold sway over a caliphate. While the terror group was still in operation, it was now denied the claim of being home to a hardline Islamist caliphate -- a known "draw" for militants across the world.
In February 2018, the Syrian forces of President Bashar al-Assad carried out a brutal assault on the region of Eastern Ghouta close to Damascus. During the intense aerial bombardment of Eastern Ghouta, which was believed to be a rebel stronghold, at least 500 civilians were killed, including at least 120 children, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. With barrel bombs and shell fire raining down on the region, close to 400,000 people were believed to be trapped there. A United Nations ceasefire to facilitate humanitarian aid as well as the safe passage of residents out of the area was proving to be fragile at best, and non existent at times. The operation on Eastern Ghouta by Syrian forces continued for weeks after.
In April 2018, there were reports of an apparent chemical attack on the rebel stronghold of Douma. The attack ensued after an extended offensive by Syrian government forces on Eastern Ghouta (as discussed above), with the government determined to reclaim control of the rebel stronghold, Douma. The aid and humanitarian group, Syrian Civil Defense, released videotaped footage of children suffocating. Subsequent gruesome video footage by opposition activists appeared to show the dead bodies of suffocation victims. Blame was placed on the Assad regime, however, Syrian authorities, along with their Russian and Iranian backers, denied the claim. While there was no way for jounalists to immediately and independently report on the events ensuing in Douma, Western powers expressed alarm at the prospect of a possible chemical attack.
Syria Civil War: Assault on Eastern Ghouta
In February 2018, the Syrian forces of President Bashar al-Assad carried out a brutal assault on the region of Eastern Ghouta close to Damascus. During the intense aerial bombardment of Eastern Ghouta, at least 500 civilians were killed, including at least 120 children, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. With barrel bombs and shell fire raining down on the region, including Douma and Zamalka, close to 400,000 people were believed to be trapped there.
It should be noted that the region of Eastern Ghouta was regarded as a rebel stronghold. But the actual rebels of Eastern Ghouta were a disparate lot, not all aligned in ideology or goals, and in fact, often ensconced in battles against one another. Among them were Jihadists, such as those belonging to Jaish al-Islam, as well as Faylaq al-Rahman, which has allied with the al-Qaida linked al-Nusra Front.
Monitors on the ground have asserted that the aerial bombardment of Eastern Ghouta was being carried out by Assad's forces, backed by the Russian military. Indeed, the use of Russian warplanes was reported by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. However, the Russian government has denied any direct involvement in the assault on Ghouta.
For its part, the Syrian government was denying an active campaign to target civilians, the death toll notwithstanding. Instead, Damascus has insisted that it was targeting the rebels in the area, asserting that they were going after terrorists.
That explanation did not resonate positively with the wider international community. Instead, world leaders condemned the civilian death toll, while United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres characterized the situation in Eastern Gouta as "hell on earth."
Despite this alarming characterization by Secretary General Guterres, the United Nations was not making much progress ameliorating the so-called "hell on earth." In fact, the process of forging international consensus to resolve the crisis was proving to be a slow moving endeavor. The United Nations Security Council eventually commenced debate on a resolution providing for a 30-day ceasefire to facilitate humanitarian aid as well as safe passage out of the area for residents seeking refuge elsewhere.
The drafting of the resolution was obstructed somewhat by Russian insistence that the ceasefire apply to all groups posing a threat to Damascus. To this end, Islamic State, al-Qaida, and al-Nusra Front, which were not named in the original draft, would have to be included, according to the Russians. As well, Russia was reluctant to specify a date when the ceasefire would commence. As such, the plan for the ceasefire to begin 72 hours after the adoption of the resolution was changed to the more amorphous demand that it start "without delay."
There were some suggestions that the difficulties being posed by the Russians were actually strategic, with Moscow intent on giving Damascus extra time to complete its mission of subduing Eastern Ghouta. To this end, Nikki Haley, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, declared: "As they dragged out the negotiation, the bombs from Assad's fighter jets continued to fall. In the three days it took us to adopt this resolution, how many mothers lost their kids to the bombing and shelling?"
The reality was that the Assad regime was focused on regaining control over Syrian territory, and with Eastern Ghouta's close proximity to Damascus, it was clearly a high value target for the Syrian government. Clearly, the Assad regime would want to foreclose the possibility of rebels carrying out attacks on the capital.
By Feb. 24, 2018, the United Nations Security Council finally issued a resolution authorizing a 30-day truce across Syria.
The actual efficacy of the ceasefire was a matter of debate given the Syrian government's stance. At the United Nations, Syrian Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari made the following assertion: "We're combating terrorism on our territories. Our government will reserve the right to respond as it deems appropriate in case those terrorist arms groups are targeting civilians in any part of Syria with even one single missile." This statement telegraphed the message that Damascus would find ways to continue its assault on Eastern Ghouta.
Other groups were delivering their own caveats to the ceasefire. For example, two main rebel factions in the area -- Jaish al-Islam and Failaq al-Rahman -- both signed onto the truce, but they simultaneously warned that they were reserving their right to respond if they came under attack.
Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia warned that the ceasefire would not prove to be particularly useful without commitments from the various groups operating on the ground. He said, "What is necessary is for the demands of the Security Council to be underpinned by concrete on the ground agreements."
Nebenzia's warning proved to be prescient. In the immediate aftermath of the unanimous vote by the Security Council, jets continued to pound Eastern Ghouta. First responders, meanwhile, warned that there was little evidence of the ceasefire being in effect, making the rescue of victims, the tally of corpses, and the delivery of humanitarian aid almost impossible.
By Feb. 25, 2018, air strikes were continuing in the area of Douma in Eastern Ghouta. As such, France and Germany were urging Russia to place pressure on the Assad regime in Syria to honor the ceasefire. But the assault on Eastern Ghouta was relentless and continuing for weeks after.
Syrian Crisis: Syrian government accused of chemical attack in Douma
April 2018 was marked by an apparent chemical attack on the rebel stronghold of Douma. The apparent chemical attack ensued after an extended offensive by Syrian government forces on Eastern Ghouta, with the government determined to reclaim control of the rebel stronghold, Douma. Suspicion fell on the Assad regime in Syria as being the likely culprits although it denied these claims.
At issue in April 2018 was the fact that the aid and humanitarian group, Syrian Civil Defense, released videotaped footage of children suffocating after a suspected chemical attack in the rebel-held Syrian suburb of Douma. Subsequent gruesome video footage by opposition activists appeared to show the dead bodies of suffocation victims.
Reports indicated that after the apparent chemical attack in Douma, scores of victims flooded medicate facilities suffering from respiratory crisis and burning eyes. Dozens of victims -- women and children included -- died from their ailments. Indeed, rescue workers in Syria reported that the bodies of more than 40 people were discovered in their homes -- vicrims of what seemed to be suffocation.
It should be noted that anti-Assad activists have disseminated videotaped footage of the bodies of people -- adults and children alike -- discovered on floors with white foam being emitted from their mouths and noses.
In truth, with journalists not positioned on the battlefield with the kind of access needed to report directly on the claims of a chemical attack, the allegations would yet have to be verified.
That being said, the Syrian Civil Defense and the Syrian American Medical Society, which runs medical facilities in rebel-held areas of Syria issued a joint statement asserting that more than 500 people had sought medical attention, presenting "with symptoms indicative of exposure to a chemical agent." The symptoms included including respiratory issues, burning eyes, foaming from the mouth and nostril, and the "emission of a chlorine-like odor." The joint statement furthermore asserted: "The reported symptoms indicate that the victims suffocated from the exposure to toxic chemicals."
Aid and humanitarian groups on the ground placed the blame on the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad. Syrian authorities denied the claim, with state media accusing the Army of Islam -- the Islamist extremist rebel entity that controls Douma -- of manufacturaing the footage in order to curry favor with the international community. Meanwhile, Russian authorities, who back the Asssad regime in Syria, also denied that chemical weapons were used. Likewise, Bahram Qasemi, the spokesperson for Iran's Foreign Ministry, suggested the reports of a gas attack in Syria were not credible and, instead, "an excuse" by the United States and Western countries to take military action against Syria.
On the other side of the equation, most Western powers reacted with alarm and outrage. The United Kingdom's Foreign Office demanded an investigation and declared that if the use of chemical weapons was verified, it would be "further proof of Assad's brutality." Frence Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian expressed deep concern over the apparent chemical attack and demanded that an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council be convened. In the United States, President Donald Trump reacted via the social media outlet, Twitter, characterizing the shocking event as "mindless CHEMICAL attack" on victims and promising consequences as he tweeted: "Big Price."
Trump took the opportunity to attack former President Barack Obama's decision not to respond militarily to the Syrian government's crossing of his own "Red Line" in using chemical weapons. Trump tweeted: "If President Obama had crossed his stated Red Line In The Sand, the Syrian disaster would have ended long ago! Animal Assad would have been history!" But Trump faced criticism from a leading senator within his own Republican Party, with John McCain accusing the president of telegraphing the United states exit from Syria, thus emboldening the Syrian regime.
Action by the United States would require a political balancing act since the use of chemical weapons would have to be proved, and action would contradict Trump's recent statement that he wanted a United States exit from Syria.
The claims of the chemical attack in Douma occurred after weeks of an offensive by the Syrian government in Eastern Gouta (discussed above). With Douma being a remaining rebel stronghold, it was at the top of the government's target list, with the Assad regime making clear that it had the intention of retaking control of Douma.
The claims of the chemical attack in Douma occurred after several weeks of an extended offensive by the Syrian government in Eastern Gouta (discussed above). After a massive assault by Russian and Iranian-backed Syrian forces for weeks, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, more than 1,600 people in the area had died, and tens of thousands were displaced as they were forced to flee the crossfire of violence. With Douma being a remaining rebel stronghold, it was at the top of the government's target list, with the Assad regime making clear that it had the intention of retaking control of Douma.
Given the appalling nature of the events in Douma, an international response was in the offing with the United Nations Security Council holding an emergency meeting on April 9, 2018.
It should be noted that the United States ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said that her country "will respond" to the suspected chemical attack in Syria, regardless of whether there was action from the United Nations Security Council. For his part, United States President Donald Trump vowed forceful action in response to the "barbaric" attack in Syria, noting that his country had "a lot of options militarily" to consider. He affirmed a response from the United States, asserting, "But we can't let atrocities like we all witnessed ... we can't let that happen in our world ... especially when we're able to because of the power of the United States, the power of our country, we're able to stop it."


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Get Your Spirit in Shape: Singing Our Faith in Lent & Easter
When we attend church on a Sunday morning, we sing songs that enrich our worship. In the early days of the Methodist movement almost 300 years ago, Charles Wesley wrote special hymns for the faithful to sing in worship and at home.
I had so much fun talking to the Rev. Paul Chilcote about Advent and Christmas hymns that I decided to call him again, this time to talk about some Charles Wesley hymns for Lent and Easter. We talk about hymns you know like "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today," and some that you may never have heard before. Along the way, we talk about grace, resurrection, and so much more.
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- The Song Forever New: Lent and Easter with Charles Wesley — A devotional for Lent and Easter
- A list of Paul's published books are listed on his faculty page at Ashland Theological Seminary.
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- Musical Devotions: Hearing familiar hymns with new ears — Devotions on Charles Wesley hymns by Joe Iovino, including a new section publishing throughout Lent 2017.
- Charles Wesley's Gift of Music is a video produced by United Methodist Communications about the "poet laureate of the Methodist movement."
- Discover more about the hymns of Charles Wesley through the Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition at Duke Divinity School.
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LOS ANGELES --The Los Angeles Police Department is using zombies to warn the public about car burglars.
In the video, zombies wander the streets, breaking into cars, stealing iPads and other valuables left in plain sight.
This year 21,000 vehicles have been burglarized in the city of Los Angeles.
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My original arc idea went like this: I would to feature a different one of Alafair's ten children as the character of interest in each book. The featured child would somehow be involved in the events surrounding a murder, and as their mother, Alafair would intrude herself into the kid's life, whether s/he wanted her or his parent's help or not, and in the end, Alafair and maybe the child would contribute to the solution of the mystery. As an aside, the featured offspring might end up with a life-partner.
I stuck with the formula through book one. As it turns out, I like to mix it up a bit.
The million dollar question for the author of a long series is this: How do you keep it fresh? How do you make every story stand alone, yet in its place as well? I have found over the course of ten books in the same series that I have even departed from the usual mystery novel format. The later books are constructed more like thrillers than puzzles, they may or may not revolve around one of the children, and Alafair may or may not be able to solve the mystery.
And now that book number ten, Forty Dead Men, is in the can and due to hit the shelves in February 2018, I'm wondering where I want to go from here. I have begun an eleventh Alafair and it is a big departure from the formula, but I have also started working on something completely different. Because if you aren't excited by your own writing, how can you expect your readers to be?
Speaking of repeating myself, let me remind you Dear Readers that I will be making a nine library tour of small eastern Oklahoma towns from Sept. 12 through Sept. 16. The September 16 event at the Muskogee Public Library will be particularly of interest, since after my talk at 11:00 a.m. I'll be joined by fellow mystery authors Mary Anna Evans, Will Thomas, and Julia Thomas at noon for a mystery writers' roundtable. Check out my entire schedule at my website. I hope to see you there.