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Category Archives: Human Rights in Bahrain

Bahrain court upholds military court rulings against activists

Bahrain has sentenced twenty activists to prison sentences ranging from five years to life.  Among those sentenced were Abdulhadi Al Khawaja, who underwent a 110-day hunger strike earlier this year in protest of his torture and mistreatment by security and prison staff.

The Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights reported on the verdicts on the cases of twenty activists which were upheld from previous sentences by military courts today.  Charges included attempting to overthrow the government.

The sentences may be appealed to the Supreme Court in Bahrain.  Some analysts have speculated that the government is holding the activists as a bargaining chip in upcoming talks with the opposition; others posit the rulings are a concession to hardliners with the government and an attempt to send a defiant message to the U.S. and other nations who have called for clemency.

Whatever the motives, the widely-condemned sentences will surely continue to polarize the nation and obstruct dialogue.  The government’s official news media has branded the activists as “terrorists.”

The thirteen activists who are currently imprisoned were charged by the National Safety Court, a military tribunal, in June 2011 after being arrested in February and March 2011.  These trials were later deemed unlawful and have been criticized as violations of human rights.  It is acknowledged and documented that the confessions that led to the June sentences were extracted through extreme instances of torture.  Yet, today those sentences were upheld by a civilian court.

“Today’s court decision is another blow to justice and it shows once more that the Bahraini authorities are not on the path of reform but seem rather driven by vindictiveness.” Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, deputy director of Amnesty’s Middle East and North Africa Programme (AFP).

Sentenced to life in prison:

  • Abdulwahab Hussain Ali
  • Abduljalil Abdullah Al Singace, Haq Movement for Liberty and Democracy
  • Abdulhadi Al Khawaja, President, Bahrain Centre for Human Rights
  • Abduljalil Mansoor Makk (Abdul Jalil Miqdad)
  • Mohammed Habib Al Safaf ( Mohammed Habib Miqdad)
  • Hassan Ali Mushaima
  • Saeed Mirza Ahmed. ( Saeed AlNouri)

Sentenced to fifteen years in prison:

  • Abdul Hadi Abdullah Mahdi Hassan ( Abdulhadi AlMukhodher)
  • Mohammed Ali Ismael
  •
Mohammed Hassan Jawad

Sentenced to five years in prison:

  • Abdullah Isa Al Mahroos
  • Ibrahim Sharif Abdulraheem Mossa
  • Salah Hubail Al Khawaj

Seven activists were sentenced in absentia. Sentenced to life in prison was Saeed Abdulnabi Shehab.  The remaining six activists who are not currently in prison were sentenced to fifteen years:

  • Akeel Ahmed Al Mafoodh
  • Ali Hassan Abdulla (Ali Abdulemam) – blogger
  • Abdulghani Ali Khanjar
  • Abdulraoof Al Shayeb
  • Abbas Al Omran
  • Ali Hassan Mushaima

Here are some of today’s news stories on the developments.

Andrew Hammond, Reuters: UPDATE 2-Bahrain court upholds sentences on uprising leaders

Al Jazeera: Bahrain courts uphold activists’ conviction

Associated Press: Bahrain court upholds life sentences for opposition activists (appeared in Washington Post and New York Times)

Frank Gardner, BBC News: Bahrain appeal court upholds activists’ convictions

Bahrain Coordinating Committee calls for release of imprisoned activist Nabeel Rajab in Bahrain

August 17, 2012 — The Washington, DC-based Bahrain Coordinating Committee strongly condemns the prison sentence of three years on charges of illegal gathering imposed on Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab. The group condemns all forms of repression, and calls on the government and its agents to respect the universal human right of peaceful freedom of expression, along with other basic human rights.

US human rights group calls for release of imprisoned activist Nabeel Rajab in BahrainOn August 16, 2012, the Lower Criminal Court in Manama, Bahrain sentenced Rajab, president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, to three years in prison for participating in “illegal protests.” In Bahrain, a protest is illegal if it is not officially permitted by the government, and all opposition protests have been deemed “unauthorized” in recent months. The court also alleged that Rajab incited attacks against security forces. Rajab will appeal the decision.

The U.S. State Department also condemned the trial and sentence of Nabeel Rajab yesterday.

Thirteen other political dissidents, imprisoned on charges passed down by military courts during the government crackdowns on protests in 2011, remain behind bars while they wait for their sentences to be re-tried in civilian courts, per the BICI recommendations made to the government of Bahrain. Those trials were postponed until September 2012.

The government of the United States has called on the government of Bahrain to release them and anyone else detained for expressing his or her personal beliefs without violence in the Gulf nation.

About the Bahrain Coordinating Committee

The Bahrain Coordinating Committee is a Washington, DC-based grassroots movement that works to obtain U.S. support for democracy and human rights reforms in Bahrain.  More information can be found online at

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U.S. State Dept. decries sentencing of Nabeel Rajab in Bahrain

U.S. State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland addressed questions regarding the sentencing of Nabeel Rajab in Bahrain today during a press briefing.  She asserted that the State Department had urged the government not to proceed with the trial of Nabeel Rajab, and that they would prefer the sentence related to illegal gathering to be “vacated.”

“This is an inappropriate case to begin with,” stated Ms. Nuland. She also stated that she believed the Embassy had been in contact with Bahraini authorities today.

“….we’ve long made clear that it’s critical for all governments, including Bahrain, to respect freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, so we are deeply troubled by the sentencing today of Nabeel Rajab to three years in prison on charges of illegally gathering. We believe that all people have a fundamental freedom to participate in civil acts of peaceful disobedience, and we call on the Government of Bahrain to take steps to build confidence across Bahraini society and to begin a really meaningful dialogue with the political opposition and civil society, because actions like this sentencing today only serve to further divide Bahraini society.”

Another sentence is pending, regarding the activist’s Twitter messages.

By the numbers: an abysmal human rights record in Bahrain in July

Al-Wefaq has collected some distressing statistics about the state of human rights in Bahrain last month.  We have learned…

  • More than 240 Bahrainis were arrested, some of whom were wounded.
  • Approximately 100 people were injured by shotgun pellets, rubber bullets, projectiles, and exposure to tear gas.
  • More than 200 homes were raided by security forces, bringing the total to more than 311 in the past two months.  Security forces are especially notorious for late-night raids, intimidating families, damaging property, and “acquiring” electronics and items of value.

August is not getting off to a great start.  Zainab Alkhawaja was arrested yesterday.

Familiar refrain characterizes Posner’s remarks at Congressional hearing on Bahrain

Assistant Secretary of State (Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor) Michael Posner appeared as a witness at the Tom Lantos Commission on Human Rights hearing yesterday in Washington, DC.

In his remarks, Mr. Posner restated many of the points he has made on other occasions.  He diverged very little from the stance the State Department has taken almost from the beginning of the conflict in Bahrain.  He reiterated that the abuse of human rights in Bahrain is Bahrain’s problem to solve, praised the government’s progress toward reform, and affirmed the Administration’s partnership with the regime.  He also expressed concern about the trials and imprisonment of activists and medics, but stopped short of saying Nabeel Rajab should be released, when questioned on that point, seeming to suggest that the arrest and detention may be considered a legitimate action for some unexpressed reason.

Frustrating to this observer, Posner once again drew the  comparison between violent acts by protesters and the regime’s security forces.  It is misleading to compare a few isolated, but unfortunate, violent incidents by a small minority of protesters with the daily and systematic, full-scale assaults by the vastly more vicious and better-armed regime security forces, including unprovoked attacks on peaceful demonstrators and innocent bystanders.  There is no parity here in force or impact, nor is there any evidence of parity, yet Posner continues to call on both sides to exercise restraint with equal emphasis.

To add insult to injury, he stated that the same government that tortured its citizens, imprisoned activists, and prosecuted its doctors showed “courage” in owning up to its offenses to the world in the face of undeniable proof.

Courage is not a term that most people of conscience equate with the government of Bahrain these days.

Notably absent from his remarks were any comments on the use of tear gas, bird shot pellets, and rubber bullets, nor did he make any reference to the children and adults who had been maimed or killed by security forces and the deplorable prison conditions suffered by the unjustly imprisoned political activists.

Few were surprised when Representative Dan Burton expressed satisfaction with Mr. Posner’s remarks at the conclusion of his testimony.

The text of his testimony, plus video link, is below.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing and for your sustained concern about Bahrain and the current challenges there. I appreciate the opportunity to appear here today to outline the administration’s views with respect to Bahrain.

Context: Bahrain is an important strategic partner at a crossroads

We all recognize Bahrain’s importance as a longtime partner of the United States in the Gulf region. For more than 60 years, the United States military has worked closely with its Bahraini counterparts. The Fifth Fleet is based in Bahrain, and the country serves as a pillar of our regional security strategy in the Gulf region. The U.S. – Bahrain relationship is particularly important in the face of rising threats from Iran.

Our longstanding alliance with Bahrain is based on shared political, economic, and security interests. And it is in part because of this important strategic relationship that we have devoted so much attention to Bahrain in the last 18 months. The demonstrations and violent confrontations that shook Bahrain last February and March were traumatic to all segments of Bahraini society. And although the violence has diminished significantly in recent months, Bahrain is still a deeply divided nation struggling to regain its equilibrium.

As partners and friends who care deeply about Bahrain’s future, we must be straightforward in our assessments. This is not a time for complacency or wishful thinking. It is a time for the United States and others to work with the government and the political opposition and to urge a new approach to dialogue, about which I will say more in a moment.

It is in this challenging political context that I have traveled to Bahrain five times in the last 18 months, most recently in June, each time meeting with senior government officials, lawyers, journalists, medical professionals, civil society groups, human rights advocates, and several political societies. This visit, my meetings focused on 1) the current situation for human rights in Bahrain following the unrest in February and March of last year, 2) the need for inclusive dialogue and negotiation, and 3) implementation of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry report.

The current situation for human rights in Bahrain

In a number of ways, Bahrain today is more stable than it was a year ago. Last year, the government showed courage in inviting Cherif Bassiouni to initiate the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI). The BICI process was unprecedented both in its scope and the unfettered access the BICI team were granted. King Hamad deserves great credit for initiating this commission and for allowing an independent body to take a critical look at Bahrain’s human rights record and to report so extensively on its findings. We also commend the King for accepting and committing to implement the recommendations of the BICI report. And after a worrying period of rising violence in the streets by both demonstrators and police, violence has subsided this summer.

Despite these positive accomplishments, my recent visit revealed deep divisions within Bahraini society and between many Bahrainis and their government. Almost nightly confrontations, including a number that end in violence between young protestors and the police, and the recent discovery of sophisticated bomb-making materials in Salmabad and Hamad Town punctuate the need for urgent action to heal the divisions in society and bring peace and prosperity to all of its people.

We are concerned that more than a year after the release of the BICI report, we see reports of continuing reprisals against Bahraini citizens who attempt to exercise their universal rights to free expression and assembly. For example, on March 31, 2012, Ahmed Ismail Hassan, a 22-year-old videographer, was shot and killed while filming a pro-reform demonstration. This is one incident in a pattern of reports of activists and demonstrators being injured and mistreated in interactions with the police.

Moreover, permits for organized demonstrations are often denied. Over the past month, Bahrain has stopped granting permits for organized demonstrations in central Manama, and has announced a study to identify suitable locations for protests away from the downtown area. While the study may be a useful opportunity to initiate constructive dialogue, including with the opposition, it must not be used as a mechanism to restrict the universal right to peaceful protest. At the same time, we urge Wifaq and others who organize demonstrations to do their utmost to ensure that those gatherings remain peaceful.

Urgent need for dialogue

Since February and March 2011 there have been numerous calls – including by Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, President Obama, Secretary Clinton, and members of the international community – for broad political dialogue that will lead to a way forward on political reform.

While dialogue and negotiation can only occur among Bahrainis themselves, as a friend and partner of Bahrain, the United States has encouraged dialogue in a variety of different forms over the last 18 months. But despite numerous attempts, attempts at dialogue have broken down. There is little evidence that Bahrain is moving toward a negotiated political agreement on issues such as the powers of parliament and electoral districting.

On my recent visit, I observed that both people in the government and the political opposition felt that time is on their side. This is a misguided and dangerous perception. Bahrain needs dialogue and negotiation to build a strong national consensus about its political future, strengthen its economic standing, and make it a more prosperous country and a more stable ally of the United States. We are pursuing a two-track strategy to reinforce those elements within Bahraini society that are working to promote meaningful dialogue and negotiation.

On the first track, we continue to encourage the government, all political organizations, and civil society to come to the table for a broad, open negotiation about the political future of the country. The current stalemate requires bold leadership from all sides – people who are ready to negotiate now, without preconditions, and to trust the other sides to come to the table in a spirit of investment in Bahrain’s political, economic, and social future. As we have said, the country’s political future is a matter for Bahrainis to negotiate themselves. But as the government did with the BICI process, there is room to invite technical facilitation of Bahraini-led dialogue.

On the second track, we also are encouraging the government to sit down with political and civil society organizations, and ordinary citizens, to try to make progress on issues that matter to people’s everyday lives, such as safety, health, education, labor, and policing.

One positive example of this kind of engagement is the Tripartite Committee’s work with the International Labor Organization (ILO), Bahraini employers, the Bahrain Federation of Trade Unions, and the Ministry of Labor to resolve the longstanding issue of reinstatement of more than 2,000 dismissed workers. We are encouraged by the success of this effort, both in terms of a fair outcome for many of the dismissed workers and the process that led to this outcome. Working with the ILO, the different stakeholders negotiated with each other over the course of several weeks to agree on an inclusive approach for evaluating and making decisions about how to resolve the issue of dismissed workers. While there will no doubt be bumps in the road, there the partners developed a framework for making decisions that shared power among the different stakeholders.

The issue of public safety and policing practices is another area that we see as being ripe for this kind of dialogue and negotiation. We are encouraged by steps undertaken by the Ministry of Interior to initiate some institutional reforms that will make the police more accountable and professional. The change in leadership in the police under General Tariq al Hassan, a career police officer, also is an encouraging sign. We await the results of the announced plan to hire 500 new officers who represent all elements of Bahraini society. And we welcome the announcement earlier this week by the Minister of the Interior that his office will launch investigations of the human rights violations by police officers documented in the BICI report.

But it is not enough for the government to dictate solutions to problems with policing amidst ongoing reports of the abuse of tear gas, birdshot, and other disproportionate mechanisms to control crowds and silence peaceful protestors. While we have consistently condemned the use of Molotov cocktails and other violent measures by some demonstrators, we also have been consistent in our criticism of the use of excessive force by some police.

What underlies the use of excessive force by police and the use of violent tactics by protestors is a fundamental lack of trust between the police and the people whom the police are meant to serve. Trust can only begin to be established through genuine dialogue between the police and the communities they serve. We encourage the government to take the lead in establishing a forum or a process – perhaps with outside technical facilitation – for discussion of public safety and policing practices.

One model we have discussed regularly with the government and others is the Patten Commission, which worked over the course of several years to redefine the mission and practices of police in Northern Ireland. For such a process to work, citizens, community and religious leaders, and civil society organizations must be willing to engage with the government and the police to begin rebuilding the trust that will lead to genuine stability and peace in Bahraini communities.

BICI implementation

The United States continues to encourage the Government of Bahrain to fulfill its commitment to fully implement the recommendations of the BICI report. We understand that full implementation will take time. We commend the government for the initial steps it took toward implementation, particularly in the period leading up to the release of the National Commission report in March 2012.

The Government of Bahrain has taken many important steps toward the long-term institutional reforms identified in the report, such as removing arrest authority from the national security agency, drafting legislation concerning the investigation and prosecution of torture, and drafting a code of conduct for police based on international best practices. The government also has allowed the International Committee of the Red Cross access to its prisons. It has begun to rebuild religious sites, and engaged a team of qualified experts to advise on policing and legal reforms. These are signs of the government’s commitment to address the underlying cause of last year’s violence.

The Government of Bahrain needs to take action on the full range of other BICI recommendations that we believe will help lay the foundation for longer-term reform and reconciliation. These include dropping charges against all persons accused of offenses involving peaceful political expression including freedom of assembly, prosecuting those officials responsible for the violations identified in the BICI report, and ensuring fair and expeditious trials in appeals cases. It also means continuing work to professionalize and diversify Bahrain’s security forces to reflect the communities which they serve.

First, there are several hundred pending criminal cases related to the events of February and March 2011. Many individuals have been in detention for over a year. The government continues to prosecute 20 political activists and appeals cases are ongoing in the prosecution of respected medical professionals. In addition to the ongoing cases against doctors and nurses, we are discouraged by the Court of Appeals’ decision to issue a gag-order banning the media from reporting on trials for the 20 high-profile activists. We urge the Government of Bahrain to ensure fair and expeditious trials in appeals cases and to drop charges against all persons accused of offenses involving political expression and freedom of assembly.

The United States was deeply disappointed that, despite assurances to the contrary, the government sought and received convictions in nine of 18 felony cases against medical professionals before the appellate court, with sentences ranging from one month to five years. While we are not privy to all of the facts, we have consistently urged the government to exercise prosecutorial discretion in these cases and to drop the charges in the interest of turning the page on the events of last year.

The prosecution of these cases is a sign of larger divisions within the health care system in Bahrain. I was alarmed to hear reports from all sides of Bahraini society during my recent visit about the tense environment for medical care in Bahrain. Young men often elect not to seek treatment in public clinics and hospitals when they are injured for fear of being turned in to the police by their doctors on allegations of participating in demonstrations. I also heard that Shi’a Bahrainis now only seek treatment from Shi’a doctors and Sunnis only seek treatment from Sunnis. And the ongoing felony cases against some of Bahrain’s most highly specialized doctors means the country is facing a shortage of talent in critical specialties. There is much work to be done to heal the divisions in the health care system and restore the reputation of Bahrain as a regional leader in medical services.

Second, we call on the Government of Bahrain to hold accountable those officials responsible for the violations described in the BICI report. At the beginning of the year, the government reported that 48 people from the security forces were being investigated for their roles in suppressing protests. So far only nine policemen – five Pakistani and one Yemeni national and three Bahrainis – are known to have been brought to trial for human rights violations. Very little information has been made public about how these investigations were conducted and their trials have been repeatedly adjourned and postponed.

Third, as discussed above, further efforts need to be made to enhance the professionalization of the police. Ongoing violence in the streets between police and protesters points to the need for professional, integrated police and security forces that reflect the diversity of the communities they serve and that adopt a community policing approach.

Bahrain and the Arab Awakening

In conclusion, I want to say a word about Bahrain in the context of the Arab Awakening and the transitions occurring in places like Egypt, Tunisia and Libya. Many people wish to compare Bahrain to other countries in the region such as Tunisia or Egypt. While some comparisons may be valid, it also is very important to recognize the unique history and political and economic development in each of these countries, and to shape our policies accordingly. President Obama has said that stable, democratic societies make the best partners and allies. And so while there is no single path or timetable to forging a real democracy, there are a core set of underlying principles that, as Secretary Clinton recently noted “have to be enshrined not only in the constitution, not only in the institutions of government, but in the hearts and minds of the people.”

Our aim is to encourage all sides to come to the table so that meaningful dialogue and negotiation can get underway in a process that will begin to heal existing divisions within the society and set Bahrain on a course toward greater freedom and prosperity for all Bahrainis. As a partner and friend, the United States stands ready to support the government and the people of Bahrain as they seek pathways toward meaningful dialogue about the future of the country.

Report on today’s Tom Lantos Commission for Human Rights Hearing

A hearing on the state of progress on the BICI recommendations for the Kingdom of Bahrain was held on Capitol Hill this afternoon by the Tom Lantos Commission for Human Rights.  The last time the Commission met was 14 months ago.

Who Was There

Witnesses included co-chairs Representative Jim McGovern (D, MA) and Representative Dan Burton (R, IN) and Senator Ron Wyden (D, OR).  Michael Posner, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, was present to testify on behalf of the U.S. State Department and the Administration.

After a brief adjournment for a congressional vote, witnesses Matar Ebrahim Matar, former Member of Bahrain’s Parliament, Leslie Campbell, Senior Associate and Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa Programs, National Democratic Institute, Tom Malinowski, Washington Director, Human Rights Watch, and Richard Sollom, Deputy Director, Physicians for Human Rights prepared to give testimony, however, I had to leave so I did not personally hear their testimonies.

Representative James Moran (D, VA) and Representative Lynn Woolsey (D, CA) were present to provide their views and ask questions of the witnesses.

The room was completely filled to capacity – standing room only — with journalists, activists, legislators, and others.  In the audience, I recognized Bahraini journalist Nada al-Wadi, Cole Beckenfeld from POMED, and Bahrain Ambassador Houda Nonoo, among others.

Testimony and video will be available on the Tom Lantos Commission for Human Rights website

Husain Abdulla of Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) was not present but he entered testimony into the record and provided handouts, as did Brian Dooley of Human Rights First, and several others.  Representative McGovern also entered today’s New York Times article on excessive tear gas in Bahrain into the record.   Those submissions will be up on the Tom Lantos Commission website in a few days. A source at the meeting also told me that the video of the meeting will also be posted on the website within a few days.

What Was Said in the First Half of the Meeting

Representative McGovern stated views that were most sympathetic to the opposition.  He said he “firmly believed” U.S. arms sales and services to Bahrain should cease until significant reforms took place.  Among many improvements, he called for greater access to Bahrain for NGOs.  He was most disappointed that Nabeel Rajab had been imprisoned and called for all detainees who had not demonstrated violence to be released immediately.

Representative Burton’s views could not be more different.  He claimed that he knew the real story about Bahrain and cautioned the audience against putting too much stock in what he called “reports.”  Citing his visits to Bahrain and meetings with the Crown Prince, U.S. intelligence officers, and the Commander of the Fifth Fleet of the U.S. Navy stationed in Bahrain, he said that Bahrain had made significant progress toward reforms and that 18 of the 26 BICI recommendations had been complied with.  He also alleged that there were people from Iran who were fomenting discord in Bahrain.  Noting that he saw a number of activists in the audience, Mr. Burton said, “I think it would be a tragic mistake to predetermine if the Bahrain government has complied with the recommendations.”

Representative Woolsey was next to speak.  She stated that she too had visited Bahrain but her impressions appeared very different.  She said “I came away from that trip with a greater sense of urgency than I expected.”  Problems she cited were the trial of the medics, the use of tear gas, and the use of rubber bullets.  She stated that she opposed arms sales until real reforms had taken place: “The Government of Bahrain has started to take steps but as a passionate human rights advocate, I expect there to be real, lasting, and meaningful reform.”  She also called for increased efforts by the Bahrain government.

Senator Wyden accused the government of Bahrain of “foot dragging” and cited human rights abuses, the targeting of children, the use of tear gas, and the imprisonment of Nabeel Rajab and other political activists, and the prohibition against peaceful protests and assembly as troubling practices that had to stop.

Deputy Secretary Posner‘s remarks focused on human rights, the need for dialogue, and increased progress on the BICI recommendations.  As Representative Wolf commented, his views were moderate but basically echoed what he has stated many times before at press briefings.  He called on both the opposition and the government to take steps toward dialogue and reiterated his previous comments that human rights was a problem for Bahrain to solve.

He did claim that the violence had abated somewhat “this summer” while “nightly confrontations” between young people and the police were still taking place.  When questioned about the freedom of the press in Bahrain by Representative Moran, Mr. Posner stated that Bahrainis had access to a number of news sources, including satellite television, and were not restricted to accessing only state-run media.

Representative Woolsey asked him to clarify what he meant when he said his department “encouraged” dialogue in Bahrain and by what means, and to this, he replied that the Administration simply reiterated its commitment to both the government of Bahrain and the people of Bahrain.  “We’ve made it clear that we have some concerns about human rights and the lack of progress toward dialogue,” stated Deputy Secretary Posner.

When asked about outside influences in Bahrain, such as Iran, Posner stated “What is clear to me is that there are issues in Bahrain that have nothing at all to do with anyone outside the country and what they’re doing.”

The meeting adjourned briefly for a vote called elsewhere.

I regret that I was unable to attend the rest of the meeting, but I will post a link to the video as soon as it appears on the Tom Lantos Commission website.

Congressional Hearing on BICI to take place Wednesday, August 1

Public Congressional hearing on Bahrain

The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission will hold a hearing this Wednesday in Washington, DC to hear witnesses report on the extent to which the government of Bahrain has implemented the human rights protections recommendations made by the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry in November 2011.

The hearing is open to the public and will take place in Room 2237 of the Rayburn House Office Building (second floor) on Wednesday, August 1, from 1 pm to 3 pm.

The Rayburn Office Building occupies a site southwest of the Capitol bounded by Independence Avenue, South Capitol Street, C Street S.W., and First Street S.W. (View map) in Washington, DC.

Witnesses will appear in three panels.

The witness for the first panel will be Ron Wyden, U.S. Senator for Oregon.  Senator Wyden was one of 24 senators and congressional representatives to oppose the sale of arms to Bahrain.

The witness for the second panel will be Michael Posner, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.  Mr. Posner has visited Bahrain five times in the past two years, the most recently on June 12 of this year, when he spoke to the press at the U.S. Embassy in Bahrain.

Four witnesses will testify on the third and final panel.  They will be

Matar Ebrahim Matar, former member of Bahrain’s parliament and leading member of Al Wefaq National Islamic Society, the largest political party in Bahrain.  Mr. Matar recently appeared on Al Jazeera’s television news program, The Stream (video link) to opine about the state of reforms in Bahrain.

Leslie Campbell, Senior Associate Director and Regional Director of Middle East and North Africa Programs, National Democratic Institute.  Headquartered in Washington, DC, the National Democratic Institute was formed by the U.S. government to foster movements toward democracy in foreign nations, and is funded both by taxpayers (through the State Department and other agencies) and by contributions from foreign governments (including, notably, the Kingdom of Bahrain) and donations from others.  The organization’s work in Bahrain has focused on encouraging citizen participation in elections.

Tom Walinowski, Director of Human Rights Watch.  Human Rights Watch is a New York-based nonprofit organization that has advocated for human rights in Bahrain.

Richard Sollom, Deputy Director of Physicians for Human Rights.  This organization has advocated for dismissal of charges against the Bahraini medics and has called for a cease of the indiscriminate and excessive use of tear gas in Bahrain, which has been linked to fatalities and miscarriages.  The nonprofit is based in Massachusetts.

Directions from Metro

From Union Station:

Start off going around Columbus Circle and joining 1st Street Northeast, going south. Take a left onto D Street, and shortly afterward a right onto 2nd Street Northeast.  Follow 2nd Street South until it becomes 2nd Street Southeast, then take a right onto C Street Southeast.  Follow C Street down the hill.  The Rayburn House Office Building will be the fourth large building on your right, at the bottom of the hill.

From Capitol South Station:

Start off walking north on 1st Street, and cross C Street. Take a left and walk down the hill, following C Street. The Rayburn House Office Building will be the third large building on your right, at the bottom of the hill.

From Federal Center Southwest Station:

Start off walking north on 3rd Street, and take a right at C Street.  Follow C Street to 2nd Street, then cross the road and the park. Stay on C Street across the roads, and you will see the Rayburn House Office Building on your left.

The Tom Lantos Commission is co-chaired by James P. McGovern and Frank R. Wolf.

Bahrain is putting the cart before the horse with its latest attempts at so-called social reconciliation

The government of Bahrain announced last week that they would provide the equivalent of $500,000 US to non-governmental organizations that develop ” social reconciliation” programs.  The Orwellian twist is that this latest effort joins previous initiatives aimed at Bahrainis — primarily at children and young people in school and camp settings — to attempt to influence them to “forgive and forget” past abuses and transgressions by the regime.  This, while Bahraini forces continue to tear gas and shoot birdshot pellets at its citizens, and people who have been tortured, innocent of wrongdoing, still languish in Bahraini prisons, including Abdulhadi Alkhawaja.

In addition to the the deaths and injuries related to police brutality, dozens of women in Bahrain have miscarried their unborn children because of excessive exposure to tear gas.

Perhaps this money might be better spent on reforming the regime’s security and police forces.  Oh, right, they tried that.  Efforts in that direction seem to be fruitless.  The regime’s forces are as vicious as ever.

Royalists in Bahrain label any person who supports the opposition, democracy, and human rights as a “terrorist” and anyone who attempts to bring light to these injustices as an instigator of violence.  The lion’s share of violence, however, is coming from the regime, as numerous, reputable journalists, human rights organizations, and witnesses have reported again and again.

Evidently “social reconciliation” in Bahrain does not involve protecting the human right freedom of speech.  At time of this announcement, the government banned all demonstrations and marches and imprisoned one of the nation’s foremost civil rights leaders, Nabeel Rajab, for speaking his mind on Twitter.

While Bahrain continues to imprison political prisoners…arrest, beat, and torture citizens for speaking their mind…tear-gassing villages…blinding and maiming children and adults with birdshot….any discussion of “reconciliation” is premature.

After all, we are not talking about a parking ticket here.  There have been hundreds of documented cases of human rights abuses, including torture and loss of life.  People have disappeared who are still not accounted for.  People have lost their jobs because of their beliefs.  Mosques, hundreds of years old, have been destroyed.

What kind of reconciliation was Bahrain seeking when they shot a tear gas canister into Zainab Alkhawaja’s leg at close range on June 27?  What kind of reconciliation were they seeking when they shot four-year-old Ahmed Alneham with buckshot, maiming him for life, while his father begged them to stop?

Actions speak louder than words.  Peace is impossible without freedom.  Reforms first — then reconciliation.

Nabeel Rajab: imprisoned for tweets, paying the price for the struggle for freedom

Witness Bahrain interviewed human rights activist and Bahrain Center for Human Rights President Nabeel Rajab in Bahrain yesterday (July 9) just before he was taken to jail for a three-month sentence related to an update he posted on Twitter.

In the video, Rajab states: “I will not stop and I’m teaching people not to stop. If everybody will keep quiet after putting them in jail, then it’s a disaster. We should challenge that. We should be willing to pay the price for the struggle for the freedom that we fight for. And this is the price.”

Read the entire Witness for Bahrain blog post here.

Turning point for dozens of policemen in Bahrain

As tiny as Bahrain is, 24 hours a day are not enough to cover all the stories we want. There are so many invisible soldiers and so many moving stories that the world doesn’t know about.

A few days ago we talked to about 15 men, who worked at the ministry of interior. They all had put in between seven and 27 years of dedicated services as policemen or similar positions. Most of them have families and children depending on them.

When we asked them, what’s their situation now, they all said we’re on hold, waiting. The ministry of interior didn’t officially dismiss them, they don’t have a letter that sets them free, but they won’t take them back either. They can’t work elsewhere because they’re caught in the middle.

In the beginning they were all hesitant to talk on camera, they were worried that the government will come after them or punish them, as some are still waiting their appeals in court. Some didn’t mind showing their faces, others wanted to tell us their stories anonymously.

While we’re working on their individual stories and we’ll post them for you to read, we thought it’s still important to give you a quick highlight on what these policemen went through since the uprising.

Some of them were called in for interrogation during working hours then arrested, others just decided to not show up because of the injustice and inhumane approached they’ve witnessed. Most of them were forced to stand in their uniform under the sun facing the wall for hours.

Without mentioning their names here, one of the policemen said his turning point was the events that took place at the University of Bahrain. He claims he saw with his own eyes riot police protecting thugs and siding with them, because those masked thugs were well known officers, and sons of ministers. He specifically mentioned the son of the foreign minister wearing a mask and joining the thugs in beating people and harassing women. After that he decided not to go to work after what he had seen.

Another man saw what happened when police evacuated the lulu roundabout, saying the theft, burning, and stealing policemen committed was shocking. They take anything and everything as they go.  He says when he saw what they did to the people, and one man after another falls, he couldn’t continue because he couldn’t do this to his own people.

When protesters blocked the road at the financial harbor, one of the policemen told me the riot police and the protesters were on good terms. They were talking and no violence erupted until thugs and other riot police showed up and started hitting the front row of protesters with their batons. The ones at the back started throwing rocks, and protesters in front rows tried to calm them down. He overheard police saying that one of them should try and get hit to reverse the pressure. He said he saw a policeman getting hit; he picked him up and sent him with a Syrian policeman, with a minor injury. Then a rumor came out that this officer had died. He told us, after this incident he realized the dirty game the government is playing, and the lack of transparency in their approaches, as well as the continuous planning to frame the revolution and the protesters in a violent manner. That was his turning point.

Police told us that when Peninsula Shield Forces entered Bahrain, they were given the same uniforms as Bahraini riot police.  Several police further said that a member of the Peninsula Shield Forces shot martyr Ahmad Farhan in the head.

Those policemen are sentenced to between one and eight years in prison, as well as the dismissal from their jobs. Some have already served their sentences, and others are awaiting their appeals. Some still get 50 percent of their salaries, others get nothing at all. Like many other Bahrainis, they’re just waiting, jobless, demanding justice.

One of them told us “Even if they ask me to go back to work, there is no way I will, ever.”

** There are no exact numbers yet, but different accounts suggest more than 200 hunderd policemen defected to in support of the Bahraini uprising, not including females. **

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Destinationsinbali; Kelimutu: The Tricolored Lakes

Kelimutu Lake on Mount Kelimutu, Ende, Flores has 3 smaller lakes located side yesteryear side to it. The lakes look to own got unlike colors that modify over fourth dimension due to volcanic activity which started 1000000 years ago. In the entire world, this color changing phenomenon solely occurs at Kelimutu.

Presently, these 3 lakes own got black-green color inwards the far due east lake, greenish inwards the middle lake, in addition to dark inwards the due west lake. Previously, the far due east lake was ruby in addition to the middle lake was blue.

The local community considers these lakes a sacred place, where the souls of the dead lie. The refer Kelimutu itself was derived from the give-and-take ‘keli’, agency ‘mountain’, in addition to ‘mutu’, agency ‘boil’. The East lake is every bit good called “tiwu ata polo” or lake for evil spirits, piece the middle i is called “tiwu nua muri koo fai” or lake for immature souls, in addition to the due west lake is called “tiwu ata mbupu” or lake for elderly in addition to wise peoples souls. Lake Kelimutu in addition to its spectacular panorama are similar a shot a real pop tourist attraction.

Getting There
Kelimutu is situated inwards Koanara village, Wolowaru sub-district, Ende Regency, nigh 66 kilometers from Ende urban nub in addition to 83 kilometer from Maumere City. Moni is a hamlet at the pes of Mount Kelimutu. It is the gate to Lake Kelimutu. The distance betwixt Moni in addition to Kelimutu is fifteen kilometers.

You tin accept a motor taxi, auto or populace shipping to accept you lot to a parking lot earlier Kelimutu peak. Buses plying the Ende-Maumere road volition transcend Moni. From there, you lot must walk xxx minutes along the mount side.

Every day, in that location are flights from Denpasar in addition to Kupang to Maumere. To Ende, daily flights solely come upward from Kupang. If you lot are interested inwards making a long trip inwards Flores, you lot tin maiden off from Maumere inwards the due west in addition to catch Kelimutu, Ende, Bajawa, Ruteng in addition to lastly Labuan Bajo (Komodo) or vice versa if starting from the east.

Getting Around
Kelimutu expanse is surrounded alongside wood containing floras that are scarcely establish inwards Flores area. Other than pines, in that location are every bit good casuarinas, ruby wood in addition to edelweiss. Pine wood grows good inwards this side of Kelimutu Mountain. The other side of the mount is dried province alongside highly unstable sand in addition to soil. Local community believes that Kelimutu Mountain is sacred in addition to donates fertility to the nature nearby.

Visitors tin solely walk unopen to Lake Kelimutu only non all areas tin live explored because some are unsafe in addition to thus restricted. From Moni to Kelimutu, if you lot similar to larn trekking, in that location is a path which is shorter than the auto access route.

Distance from Moni to the top is nigh 12 kilometer (km). The distance to the parking lot yesteryear motor vehicle is xi kilometer, in addition to and so visitors volition climb on pes through the pathway for xxx minutes.

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Morning is the best fourth dimension to witness the beauty of Kelimutu Lake. Close to the midday in addition to at eventide the scenery of Kelimutu Lake is blocked alongside thick mist.

Other than the scenery of Kelimutu Lake, visitors tin taste Flores’s hilly topography from the peak of Mount Kelimutu, during a sunny day. Or the beauty panorama at Kelimutu National Park. There’s the Conservation, containing pines in addition to casuarinas trees which are sights for sore eyes.

Tired of hearing auto horns? Listen to the chirp of birds inhabiting Kelimutu National Park. Or feed the many long-tail monkeys inwards the wood to the south.

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The best fourth dimension to catch is July to September. But if you lot missed that period, you lot tin witness a local tradition inwards mid-October when the community offers livestocks for paa loka (religious offerings).

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Java Black

Java black bamboo.Gigantochloa atroviolacea

A striking plant from Indonesia.  Similar in height to Timor Black (Bambusa lako) but not quite as vertical.

Though the canes are not as highly polished as Timor Black, they turn a deeper black more quickly.

Absolutely gorgeous as well as being multi-use.  The shoots are edible but are more likely to be used for musical instruments or construction as they are excellent quality lumber.   Attains heights of 40-60 feet, with canes to 4” in diameter.

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A few weeks ago I wrote and we gave away a periodized strongman program that was complex, detailed and comprehensive. It has the athlete training 5 days per week, with an optional events day on Saturday. Being a periodized model, it helps for the athlete to keep solid records and have a flexible personal schedule with time for recovery.

This is not possible for many competitors, and I get asked all the time what are the most important things to do in the gym on a limited training schedule. All athletes should understand that you get the most amount of results out of just a few exercises. By committing to just a few key movements, you can cover almost all your bases in minimal time and still make great progress in the gym and in contests.

Each of the following exercises is either dedicated to building complete full body strength or covering the demands of multiple events. An athlete with 45 minutes three days a week can be competitive by working hard on these movements and getting in solid nutrition.

If you have been in the gym more than 5 minutes, someone is going to be extolling the benefits of the squat. It is almost comical how quickly everyone who wants to solve a strength problem will begin to ask about your squats. Without getting all fan boy on the most written about exercise there is, I will just give my 2 cents on how you should train them for strongman.

  • Two days per week
  • Use a variety of reps; 20 is great for endurance, three for strength, and any amount in between for a combination of both.
  • 3 work sets minimum
  • One day should see you going as deep as possible, the other can be a modified version such as box or front squats.
  • Wear squat/weightlifting shoes

Farmer’s Walk

Picking up a weight and walking with it is what humans have done as work for millennia. If you have access to plate loadable implements here, that’s excellent, but unnecessary as dumbbells can work too. The pickup is great for your deadlift, the grip work is unparalleled for the forearms, the abdominals and low back muscles are engaged, and nearly every muscle in the body comes into play when you begin walking.

  • One day per week.
  • Mix between heavy for short runs and light for distance.
  • Although seen less frequently in contests, turning with a significant weight really ups the muscular stress involved here.
  • 3 work sets here should be plenty

The Overhead Press

If you can dedicate yourself, it is preferable you learn to jerk the weight over head. It has been the gold standard for putting max weight over head for over fifty years for a reason; but it is not the only only overhead you should do. The strict press and push press have tons of value for building strength and size as well.

  • Two sessions per week; one press, one jerk.
  • Again, 3’s for strength, 10’s for endurance.
  • Since we are on limited time, clean the reps 75% of the sessions and work out of the rack on overloads.
  • Get creative here and use dumbbells for some stability work from time to time.

Stone Loading

Stones lifting makes you strong. It also builds endurance, conditioning, and mental toughness. To me, it just didn’t feel like a real contest without a stone series or stone for reps. Another full body builder here, very little is left unworked after a good stone session. To minimize the damage they can do to the skin, make sure you protect yourself with sleeves and neoprene.

  • One session per week, with a few weeks off per year. Forty weeks of loading over the course of 52 is plenty.
  • After warm up two sets of triples and then two sets of 10 under sixty seconds is a great session.
  • Don’t always load directly in front of the platform. Try having the stone ten feet from the platform and work a carry and load one week a month.
  • The stone can also be shouldered if you are looking to get a more demanding lift in.

There isn’t another exercise that is more underrated than the pull-up. I am always astounded wehen they aren’t part of a Strongman program. There are many modifications of this movement that engage most of the muscles in the upper body. The Latissimus Dorsi are the prime movers here and those muscles are responsible for a huge portion of the work done in Strongman. A massive wide back is a must for any serious competitor.

  • Twice per week is ideal on this exercise
  • Big guys should work bodyweight for low numbers and an assisted machine for high reps
  • Lighter athletes should use weights to get triples, and bodyweight for reps.
  • Change grip to target different muscle groups on the back, wide grip, narrow, chin ups, etc.
  • I love this variation to help with stone and sandbag pick ups

These aren’t the only exercises you can do. If you allow 45 minutes for your session and you work at solid pace, dedicating 20-30 minutes to these movements will give you time for side work. Sprints, sled drags, dumbbell snatches, Plyos, and anything else athletic you allot time for will complement these exercises.

A simple workout is often the most effective for many athletes who value quality over quantity.

Editors note: This article is an op-ed. The views expressed herein are the authors and don’t necessarily reflect the views of BarBend. Claims, assertions, opinions, and quotes have been sourced exclusively by the author.

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Weight training is in the blood of BarBend contributor Mike Gill. Learning how to lift as part of his conditioning for Jr. High School wrestling fueled a passion that has lasted now for 35 years. He has a background in all weight disciplines and has competed in Bodybuilding, Powerlifting and Weightlifting eventually finding his niche and turning professional in the sport of Strongman. Retired from competition, he now focuses on coaching and applying events from the most versatile weight discipline to other sports. His vast knowledge of Strongman has been highlighted in his work as a color commentator for live broadcasts of the Arnold World Championships, National Amateur Championships, World’s Strongest Man Over 40 and World’s Strongest Woman.Not limiting himself to just working with weights, Mike has used his decades of discipline to work as a life coach and speaker. Additionally he can often be seen in New York City as a stand up comic.He can be reached for coaching at Michaelgill100 [at] gmail.com, @prostrongman on Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram, and on Facebook.


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Friday Beer: Karoo Craft Oryx Weiss

It’s Friday afternoon, it’s baking in Cape Town and you’re probably thinking about doing the weekly bottle store visit (or is that just us?). To help along this week we thought we would pick up a Karoo Craft Oryx Weiss. full disclosure, we’ve never tried this beer, or any of their beers before. Their packaging did however do a great job in enticing us.

Karoo Craft Oryx Weiss

The brewery, established in 2015 “with the vision of consistently brewing high quality beers for the South African market” operates out of Simonsvlei Winery out in Paarl. They are currently producing four beers under the Karoo Craft label, and we’ve only ever heard good things about them. Go looking and you will find:

  • Kudu Lager
  • Jackal India Pale Ale
  • Impala American Pale Ale
  • Oryx Weiss

What’s particularly interesting is that the brewery also operates as a a space for craft beer enthusiasts to not just buy beer but to also brew their own. They offer a very specific contract brewing option which is a great option for aspiring brewers to start making some reasonable quantities. We have not yet gone to visit them but from the looks of their website they have a very smart setup.

We know not everyone is a fan of wheat beers (weiss or wit), but we really do. And, ultimately, one brew from a brewery can say a lot. If it is a good weiss then the chances are that the other beers that they produce are good to (although this is not always the case).

The Karoo Craft Oryx Weiss retails for about R39.95 which, granted is a fair bit, but it’s definitely worth trying if you haven’t had one before. Be sure to go find them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to keep up with what they have going on. And, again, if you find yourself out in Paarl go pay them a visit.

Until next week, cheers!

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$ 378.00

Arrow BM15 Hotel Mortise Lever Lock. Arrow BM Series Lever Mortise Locks are intended for heavy duty use in schools, hospitals and commercial buildings where security, durability and low maintenance are required. They are engineered for strength and  performance, and precisely manufactured to exacting standards.

Arrow BM15 Hotel Mortise Lever Lock:

  • Inside knob/lever always free, while outside knob/lever is always rigid.
  • Latchbolt operated by knob/lever inside and by key outside.
  • All keys except emergency keys are shut out when deadbolt is projected by turnpiece inside.
  • Turning inside knob/lever will retract both the deadbolt and the latchbolt simultaneously.
  • Auxiliary latchbolt deadlocks latchbolt.
  • Furnished with visual indicator button

Handing – Handed; field reversible. The lockset can be re-handed without disassembling the lock case.

  • Door Thickness – 1-3/4" (4mm) standard.
  • Backset – 2-3/4" (70mm).
  • Lockcase – Heavy gauge steel, with zinc dichromate finish for corrosion resistance. 5-7/8" (149mm) x 4" (102mm) x 15/16" (24mm).
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  • Faceplate – Wrought brass, bronze or stainless steel. Attached by machine screws to lockcase front.
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  • Auxiliary Latchbolt – 9/16" (14mm) effective throw and 3/8" (10mm) effective auxiliary latch deadlocking.
  • Deadbolt – One-piece stainless steel, 19/32" (15mm) x 1 1/4" (32mm) x 1" (25mm) throw.
  • Hub – Knob: nickel steel, 5/16" (8mm) and 9/32". Lever: nickel steel, 5/16" (8mm).
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  • Finishes: 26D, 10B, 04, 03.
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ANSI Meets A156.13 Series 1000, Operational Grade 1.

Federal Meets FF-H-106C, Series 86 and 87.

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  • Land Size: 771 m2 (approx)

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Parkland abounds! Mazzini Reserve is across the road, Fraser Park is 'round the corner and Higgins Park is two blocks away. This leafy near-city suburb is both practical for its ease of commuting and equally off the beaten track to escape the madding crowd.

771m2 of prime green titled rare earth underpins the value of this 1950's jarrah framed home. With a head-start on the reno-work already underway (check out the edgy new bathroom!), 7 Mazzini Street is the perfect opportunity to secure a toehold in this fast gentrifying part of Perth.  Surrounded by quality homes. Look around and you'll see there are only a few remaining original homes, with substantial renovations and new builds occurring on every street in the suburb.

Whether you are handy enough to tackle renovating this home yourself, live in it as is, or if you are just looking for an excellent building block (a northwest facing back yard, and a long northern boundary is great for solar orientation), 7 Mazzini offers you the chance to buy today and build later.

Take advantage of nearby public transport, the vibrant East Vic Park cafe and restaurant strip and proximity to quality schooling and Curtin University.

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* Undercover decked area off rear french doors
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For a well located big block opportunity 7 Mazzini Street is the best choice on the market today.

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Amazing wire mesh portrait by Korean artist Seungmo Park

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Isn’t that a thing.
It looks like an etching from close up.

Breathtaking - I would love to see this in person!

And I sure hope he used stainless steel mesh.

Somewhat similar to the process of packing tape painting by artists like Mark Khaisman and Max Zorn, but using screen seems to offer the opportunity for smoother tonal transitions. Bronze wire mesh comes in a variety of finenesses and doesn’t rust.

The headline was not misleading.

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Watch what happens when you pour different kinds of molten metals into water

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He says he’s doing the video to put people at ease who comment on how he’s gonna kill himself, etc. I dunno, I’ve seen some of his videos, and it often doesn’t look like he’s taken the best safety precautions, so I kinda agree with those people.

Oh, and he claims that “aluminium” is a common mispronunciation of aluminum, which isn’t really true (though he may have been employing humour here).

People are cowards. True, he could use more precautions at times, but there used to be times when chemists were more brave than today and he is a call to that era. He’s not exactly reckless, too. Even the worse things, e.g. chlorine, he does in small enough amounts.

Judging from him calling °C “communist temperature units”, and referring to Fahrenheits at 2:46 as “F stands for Freedom, go Team America”, I’d say that the humor hypothesis is quite strong.

Well, since the person who first named it called it “aluminum” and not aluminium, I’d say he has a pretty good leg to stand on. It was just pompous British people who decided to insert an i where it didn’t belong.

checks turns out Davy named it alumium, but he named it after alumina, which was not called aluwminija.

Humphry Davy settled on the name aluminum in his book in 1812. He first called it alumium, but changed his mind when he finally saw the light of the vastly superior name of aluminum.

No sodium? Boooring…

The shining rain of burning thermite makes up for it.

I would really like to see what a pound of liquid platinum looks like when poured into water, but before you do it, could you please share your address and the time you’ll be filming

The story goes that Davy was so mashed out of his gourd on Nitrous Oxide that he couldn’t remember how he spelt it from document to document.

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BCoN Requests Community Input

The natural history collections community is invited to provide input on a draft report about community progress toward the goals and objectives outlined in the Strategic and Implementation Plans for NIBA. The report is the outcome of a two-day stakeholder workshop held in Washington, DC in January 2017 by the the Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN).

Since the community’s Strategic Plan for a Network Integrated Biocollections Alliance (NIBA) was first published, significant progress has been made toward the goals it articulated. However, as with any effort of significance, it is wise to periodically assess progress.

Although the participants in the workshop and the BCoN Advisory Committee have endeavored to capture an accurate assessment of progress toward NIBA, we have almost certainly missed some significant developments. Thus, we invite you to review this document and share your thoughts and suggestions with us. We also ask that your share this request with colleagues.

We invite comments on the draft document by Friday, November 24, 2017. All comments or questions should be submitted electronically to PublicPolicy@aibs.org.

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Surf Resort Ocean Front Estate is a 7400 sq/ft luxury home located in Neskowin, part of Tillamook County.

The site for the Oregon State Parks, of which this beach is part of, says this of our location:

"The long beach and Cascade headland are delightfully pristine. In the town of Neskowin, you'll find a general store, restaurant and two golf courses amid the lovely ocean cottages. A bit north, you can canoe and kayak on the relatively undeveloped estuary of Nestucca Bay."

The home has a theater room, pool table, shuffle board, poker table, ping-pong, darts and multiple gathering spaces.

We know the inside amenities will impress BeachPress attendees, but the most amazing thing about the home is its prime oceanfront location.

To get here, you'll need to fly into Portland International Airport (PDX). The drive to the beach house from the airport is just under 2.5 hours, so we'll be working hard to make sure people arrive at roughly the same time, so that carpooling is possible.


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Rainfall is a project based around self-generative drones and field recordings. Essentially to be listened to as background music, the project features 90 mins of analog synthesizer loops, infinite reverb tails and delays overlapping and creating new harmonics, set against the backdrop of field-recorded rain storm, recorded in San Diego. Part two is a little less self-generative and more sequence based, continuing the theme in similar meditative style.

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When you go to orient a group of joints, it never correctly orients the end joint in the chain. That frustrated me, so I decided to write a quick script that does it for you.

All it does is orient the selected and set the jointOrients of the last relative of the selected joint in the chain to zero. Obviously this doesn’t work in every situation, but I found it works great in small joint chain situations like FK feet.

If anything, it might save me some time from manually setting joint orientations. The more I can do that, the better 😛

import maya.cmds as cmds

# orient joint chain
# Orients the joints in a chain to normal attributes then nulls the orients
# of the last joint

def orientJointChain():
    sel = cmds.ls(sl=1,o=1,type="joint")
    jointChildren = cmds.listRelatives(sel,ad=1)
    endJoint = jointChildren[0]
    cmds.setAttr(endJoint + ".jointOrientX",0)
    cmds.setAttr(endJoint + ".jointOrientY",0)
    cmds.setAttr(endJoint + ".jointOrientZ",0)

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715. arkos -- a bear
... bear. Probably from arkeo; a bear (as obstructing by ferocity) -- bear. see GREEK
arkeo. (arkou) -- 1 Occurrence. 714, 715. arkos. 716 . Strong's Numbers.
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Ep. Lxxvii. I Hear that You are Indignant at the Outrages which ...
... of monks, and the calamity of the poor, who lost even their pity through ferocity. ...
of others)"but it is far greater and more Godlike, to bear with injuries. ...
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The Acquirement of Spiritual Power
... The elements of power are there; but it is only when this ferocity is tamed ... Bring
its searching light to bear upon all your habits, your actions, your speech ...
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Jesus and Pilate
... flourish about his own carefulness to bring judicial impartiality to bear on the ...
shouted.' It suggests his feeble effort swept away by the rush of ferocity. ...
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The Scope of the Apocalypse is Indicated by Its Place in the ...
... in his personality the characteristics of the leopard (beauty and subtlety), of
the bear (strength and cruelty), and of the lion (boldness and ferocity). ...
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2 Timothy iv. 13-Sep
... the man, but to prepare his disciple for the conflicts, that he might bear them
firmly. ... For he calls Nero a lion from his ferocity, and the violent and daring ...
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'The Rulers Take Counsel Together'
... What a hideous and tragic picture we have here of the ferocity of the hatred, which ...
explanation of the nature of His kingdom and His mission to bear witness to ...
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Much Less May the Christian Put the Service of Idolatry on his Own ...
... She has the burden of her own humility to bear. ... besides the figure, there is contumely
with ready lip, and dishonour, and infamy, and the ferocity involved in ...
/.../tertullian/the chaplet or de corona/chapter xiv much less may.htm

The Millennium in Relation to Creation.
... The present ferocity of the wild beast is abnormal and due to the fall of man ... And
the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and ...
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St. Donatus, Bishop of Euroea, and Theotimus, High-Priest of ...
... inhabitants of Isoria, a village in the territory of Euroea, bear testimony to ... Scythia
by their predatory incursions, he tried to subdue the ferocity of their ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of sozomenus/chapter xxvi st donatus bishop of.htm

Righteous Hatred
... prey, thou mayest keep in leash, (like a noble lion, only destitute of ferocity)
against any ... it may devour; or if it come with the hug of a bear, seeking by a ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/righteous hatred.htm

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2 Samuel 17:8
For, said Hushai, you know your father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
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Proverbs 17:12
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
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Proverbs 28:15
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
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Isaiah 11:7
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
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Isaiah 59:11
We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
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Lamentations 3:10
He was to me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
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Hosea 3:3
And I said to her, You shall abide for me many days; you shall not play the harlot, and you shall not be for another man: so will I also be for you.
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Bear: Two Destroy the Young Men of Beth-El Who Mocked Elisha

The Bear: Attacks the Flock in the Presence of the Shepherd

The Bear: Cruel

The Bear: Cunning

The Bear: God in his Judgments

The Bear: Growls when Annoyed

The Bear: Inhabits Woods

The Bear: Miraculously Killed by David

The Bear: Often Attacks Men

The Bear: Particularly Fierce when Deprived of Its Young

The Bear: The Kingdom of Antichrist

The Bear: The Kingdom of the Medes

The Bear: The Natural Man

The Bear: Voracious

The Bear: Wicked Rulers

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Rozella McKay was 13 years old when Tsar Nicholas II of Russia was forced to abdicate in the February Revolution, ending three centuries of Romanov rule. Nicholas II or Nikolai II, known as Saint Nicholas in the Russian Orthodox Church, was the last Emperor of Russia, ruling from 1 November 1894 until his forced abdication on 15 March 1917. His reign saw the fall of the Russian Empire from one of the foremost great powers of the world to economic and military collapse. He was given the nickname Nicholas the Bloody or Vile Nicholas by his political adversaries due to the Khodynka Tragedy, anti-Semitic pogroms, Bloody Sunday, the violent suppression of the 1905 Russian Revolution, the executions of political opponents, and his perceived responsibility for the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Soviet historians portray Nicholas as a weak and incompetent leader whose decisions led to military defeats and the deaths of millions of his subjects.
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Rozella McKay was 16 years old when The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage in America. The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex. It was adopted on August 18, 1920.
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In a report published Monday, analysts at Credit Suisse initiated coverage of Medivation Inc(NASDAQ: MDVN) with a Neutral rating and a price target of $115. The analysts believe that the company’s current valuation is driven by the M&A environment in the biotech segment, rather than being supported by fundamentals.

Although the sales of the company’s prostate cancer drug, Xtandi, are likely to meet expectations, Medivation’s stock is likely to come under pressure if an acquisition does not occur in the near future.

“Our survey suggests strong uptake of Xtandi in the next 12 months, and the market penetration predicted by the survey is consistent with the 2015 guidance. However, the duration of therapy predicted by our survey is consistent with the shorter duration reported in two recent studies,” the analysts explained.

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Washington, D.C. – Saving for retirement to ensure financial security in later years is a goal shared by all Americans that unfortunately is not always within easy reach.

The Bipartisan Policy Center’s Commission on Retirement Security and Personal Savings conducted an in-depth review of the obstacles preventing employers and employees from contributing to the financial security of working Americans and released its findings and recommendations today in Securing Our Financial Future: Recommendations for Retirement Security and Personal Savings.

“Many Americans struggle to save. Millions are anxious about their retirement and their ability to accumulate a savings cushion for short-term unexpected needs,” former Sen. Kent Conrad, commission co-chair, said. “These challenges call for comprehensive solutions. We are encouraged in the bipartisan interest to address these issues and hope the commission’s recommendations will contribute to meaningful action to achieve a secure retirement future for all Americans.”

This report presents a comprehensive package of bipartisan proposals to address six key challenges:

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“Taken together, the recommendations in this report aim to establish a better savings culture to produce an adequate retirement across the income spectrum for current and future generations of Americans,” James B. Lockhart III, commission co-chair, said. “Our commission developed proposals to address one of the most glaring problems: access to a workplace retirement savings plan.”

To improve access to workplace retirement savings plans, the commission recommends the creation of “Retirement Security Plans” that would allow small employers to transfer most responsibilities of operating a retirement savings plan to a third-party expert and band together to lower costs and administrative burden. Also recommended are improvements to the myRA program that would help part-time and seasonal workers least likely to be offered a retirement savings plan by their employer.

Those are just two of the many recommendations offered by the commission to help all Americans save for their future. For someone just starting out in the workforce to someone nearing retirement, the commission offers proposals intended to help them achieve financial security.


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Leading Cryptography Scholars Join Forces To Tackle Regulators Issues

Bitcoinist | Sep 11, 2018 | 07:30

Scholars from a number of leading research universities have recently come together to tackle the issue of how blockchain technology and regulatory frameworks can co-exist and promote the adoption of blockchain technology.

Abelian, the “Accountable Privacy” initiative, is a collaborative effort between the research institutes of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) of Singapore, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) of China, and the University of Wollongong (UoW) of Australia. The development is handled by Hong Kong based blockchain development firm CryptoBLK, which is well-known for its previous development work for HSBC and ING.

“When a new technology emerges, there is generally period of grey zones as markets and regulators figure out ways to adapt to each other,” says Professor Huaxiong Wang at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University. He is joined by three other scholars in cryptography on this project Abelian.

“Today’s financial regulatory framework is built on years of experience. We need to adopt an openminded yet carefully balanced approach in merging regulations and new technologies.” Wang continued.

Cryptocurrencies have long been criticized for their potential use cases in supporting illegal activities such as money laundering, and the trading of firearms and drugs. Some jurisdictions embrace these new currencies, with Japan taking the lead recognizing Bitcoin as legal tender, while others instead chose to ban cryptocurrencies.

“Most jurisdictions are still at an exploratory stage, possibly looking towards the decision of other nations before themselves deciding on the best way forward. Blockchain is by many seen as both a risk, as well as an opportunity for smaller nations to differentiate themselves as centers of blockchain expertise”, Wang continued.

“Singapore has been relatively welcoming to blockchain and cryptocurrency businesses, but we would not be surprised to see governments explore stricter policies related to taxation and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) in the future.”

Clashes between the privacy aspects prevalent in cryptocurrencies, and the needs of monetary authorities, tax bureaus and the like are expected as these may need to evaluate user transaction records for the sake of compliance.

“At the same time transaction data must be kept private from the general public.” Said Dr. Duncan Wong, who is spearheading the development of the Accountable Privacy initiative. “The obstacles to cryptocurrencies achieving critical adoption are as much related to technological limitations as well as regulatory challenges.”

Dr. Duncan S. Wong at MIT Technology Review

Dr. Wong is also the co-inventor of Linkable Ring Signatures, a defining technology for Monero, the most popular privacy cryptocurrency to date.

In Abelian, privacy features similar to those used in Monero will be incorporated to achieve full privacy, meaning the sender, receiver and transaction amount are all hidden from the general public.

“What makes this project truly unique is the combination of these privacy features with verifiable encryption, which will make it possible for users to give third parties the ability to monitor their transaction data.”, Wong explained.

The group published an academic whitepaper in June this year, making public formally defined security models, definitions and cryptographic schemes required to achieve these ambitious objectives.

“Sometimes the blockchain space focuses too much on the financial side of things, such as the Bitcoin price and the vast funds raised via Initial Coin Offerings” said Wong. “We need to put the best minds together to make sure this technology can generate real utility for users, and truly live up to the hype it is generating.”

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In 2014 the Black Friday savings were superb, where B&Q dropped prices on its most popular products. So you can be sure each year they will have many more to keep you happy. There are now 359 stores in the United Kingdom and even if you cannot make it into your local store do not worry because they will be showing its deals on its official B&Q website and when they do we will be listing what we can right here.

The name B&Q stands for Block & Quayle (Richard Block & David Quayle), these were the two that founded it back in 1969. It is now an owned subsidiary of Kingfisher. There are other stores in China, Taiwan and the Republic of Ireland.

B&Q caters for all those that wish to do a bit of DIY, being it the beginner or professional. You can shop by room such as bathroom, bedroom, living room, kitchen, loft, garden & garage etc. From minor jobs to projects B&Q has it all. They supply full kitchens and bathrooms, along with building supplies, electrical & security, lighting, heating, insulation, painting and decorating, plumbing and much more.

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You’ll be able to see all the B&Q special offers on their Black Friday deals page.

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  • Jack

    Gas BBQ in my mind is cheating, but my main concern is do i buy my BBQ now for this summer or wait util the BF sale for next summer? See I like the ‘BLOOMA 200 ORANGE ROCKWELL CHARCOAL BARBECUE’ priced at £83 but what’s the odds of this being cheaper in November!!!!

  • Mark

    The B&Q Black Friday landing page says. “Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2018 are on the 23rd and 26th November.”

  • Garry

    The top two products that stick out the most is the KARCHER WV CLASSIC WINDOW VAC reduced fro £60 down to £35 and the DEWALT XR 18V 1.3AH LI-ION COMBI DRILL 1 BATTERY reduced from £87 down to £70.

  • Brian

    And at last it is here, B&Q Black Friday deals are now live. This sale event will run from today November 23 until Sunday 26.

  • Charlotte

    You can buy artificial trees from just £15, wonder if these will be any cheaper during Black Friday.

  • Jacob

    Black Friday deals will start on November 24th and the Cyber Monday offers on the 27th.

  • Michael

    B&Q is updating its website, I am guessing they are updating its Black Friday page – watch this space.

  • Nolene

    B&Q online is selling the Plum Store-It Sand Pit for just £61 after reducing it from £76, a cool £15 saving.

  • Tari

    B&Q website has Black Friday 2017 marked down for 24th November and Cyber Monday for the 27th.

  • Matthew

    Loving the B&Q BF deals right now, the Kudox Towel Warmer is now priced at £38 instead of £78.

  • Lee

    The Black Friday featured product is the Karcher WV CLASSIC Window Vac, which has been reduced from £53 to £33, lovely £21 saving.

  • kenny

    The B&Q Black Friday Fortnight has started, it is now live and runs until December 1st. Each product has end date details added.

  • Jerry

    I bet they start on November 21st and go for two weeks from then, that would make more sense. If anyone knows anything please let us know by replying here, thanks.

  • Jason

    The B&Q page is now saying Black Friday Fortnight coming soon, is this still going to be from November 25th?

  • Judy

    We have to just sit back and wait for the Black Friday 2016 at B&Q, in the meantime you may want to know there are many sales going on right now. Such as price cuts across lighting and laminate flooring.

  • Oslo

    B&Q Black Friday 2016 is on 25th November and Cyber Monday on 28th November.

  • Donnie

    Hurry folks, just for 7 more hours you can save yourself £5 at B&Q. Silentnight duvet and pillows was £20 now £15.

  • Henry

    I had issues with B&Q website going down on me earlier but things seem to be all ok now – Todays 12 days of christmas is the Dimplex Whitsbury Brass Inset Electric Fire or the Valor Siva Manual Control Inset Gas Fire for £197 each instead of them being £296.

  • Joanne

    The cyber Monday deals will probs look good but i am more excited for the 12 deals of Christmas. So need to know now what deals they are, arrrggghhh guess i have to wait.

  • Julia

    What time is B&Q opening its doors on Black Friday? Hopefully they will have a huge sale on.

  • Simon

    The Vertirad Duplex Radiator is now priced at £191 reduced from £225.

  • Geoff

    They are selling at the moment Dulux Kitchen and bathroom paint (2.5l) in colour at 2 for £30. If you really need it now its a great bargain, but come Black Friday it will be much cheaper right.

  • Kate

    I could do with B&Q having a lot of garden furniture on its Black Friday sale, as i have just done up the garden and its just missing a few things now.

  • James

    So they do good deals on B&Q products, does this mean they will include a whole kitchen or will it be like items etc.

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