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This episode is dedicated to animal rights and vegan activist Liz Dealey or Lizzie as she was affectionately known. Lizzie was tireless and relentless in her aim to bring more kindness and consideration into the world. Her whirlwind energy saw her found Melbourne Chicken Save, and dedicate decades of focus, passion and time into the animal rights activist landscape, especially in Melbourne. Her inclusive leadership, her sense of humour, the heart on her sleeve way she carried herself, and her punk rock energy endeared her to several generations of activists. Lizzie's life and works are remembered here in this episode by Stace from Melbourne Chicken Save, Pam Ahern from Edgar's Mission, and with written tributes by many more. Some of Liz's music histroy: The Sputniks (1979-1980) - Liz on Bass 'Second Glance / Our Boys' (1979) Acid drops (1982-1985) - Liz on Vocals & Guitar 'Surfin' Prostitute Beat' (1984) The Twenty Second Sect (1986-1991) - Liz on Vocals & Guitar 'The Wailing House' (1986) 'Get That Charge' (1988) 'UXB' (1989) 'Unexploded' (1989) Pure Purple - Liz on Vocals & Guitar 'Demo Album' (unreleased) Music played: 'Kiss My Ass' Pure Purple (from 'Demo Album' - 90's) 'Hey Baby' The Twenty Second Sect (from 'Unexploded' - 1989) 'I'll Be Your Navigator' The Twenty Second Sect (from 'Get That Charge' - 1988) 'Look Her In The Eye' Pure Purple (from 'Demo Album' - 90's) 'Abbatoir' Pure Purple (from 'Demo Album' - 90's)
In Pacific Waves today: Potential third referendum for Tokelau's status; Bougainville throws down a gauntlet to PNG over independence; PNG passes constitutional amendment for Christian recognition; Unexploded ordnances littered across Solomon Islands. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports an unexploded WWII bomb in Paris has halted much international train travel.
AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports Paris' transportation chaos is ending after an unexploded WWII bomb disposal operation.
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In Syria, unexploded ordinance is the deadliest threat faced by children today – a legacy of the country's 14-year war – the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.Speaking from Damascus, the UN agency's Communication Manager for Emergencies, Ricardo Pires, said more than 300,000 mines are still spread across the country, according to estimates. “The threat is very real for children,” he told UN News's Daniel Johnson. Some parts of country are “fully contaminated with these deadly devices,” while kids are simply unaware of the dangers – which can “end in tragedy.”Here's Mr. Pires now, explaining why it is so important for the international community to take urgent action to prevent more deaths and life-changing injuries.
Welcome to episode 523! In this week's show we have unexploded bombs, engine fires and frequent flyers. In the military news it's all about retiring airframes and aerodynamics. You can get in touch with us all at : WhatsApp +44 757 22 491 66 Email podcast@planetalkinguk.com or comment in our chatroom on YouTube.
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Unexploded Bomb: Where the COVID-19 Vaccine Deaths Are Really Hiding. Epoch Times. Part 1- Evidence: How CDC Buried Vaccine Death Data https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/evidence-how-cdc-buried-vaccine-death-data-5575113 Frontline Health Views 88.8K • Jan-27-2024 Today on Frontline Health we interview John Beaudoin, an electrical engineer and author of “The Real CdC.” On January 18, 2022, Cassidy, a seven-year-old girl died from COVID-19 complications in Massachusetts. Her story was broadcast on local networks. Beaudoin saw it too, but he had questions. “I'm thinking, for everything I know about the data, there's no way a seven-year-old girl died from COVID,” he said. Beaudoin ran eight public records requests. “I ran them through other people so that the state wouldn't deny me,” he said. That's how he was able to obtain the entire death certificate database of Massachusetts with no redactions, from the year 2015 through 2022. At the time, he says it was a total of 420,000 records. Cassidy's cause of death was in there too. Her death certificate vaguely listed “complications of coronavirus-19 viral infection.” “Okay, well, what kind of complications? Why didn't they list anything like pneumonia [or] ARDS?” he said. “Why is there nothing else listed? Did she have a heart attack? How does somebody die from COVID with no other symptoms?” Beaudoin decided to turn to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). After running a few requests, he came upon one record that could have belonged to Cassidy. “The report was made on January 15th, that's a couple days, two or three days before she died.” This particular VAERS record describes a 7-year-old girl vomiting for 8-10 hours after her first COVID-19 vaccine injection. After her second injection, she had severe abdominal pain, 103 degree fever and no bowel movement for three days. If this VAERS record actually belongs to Cassidy, then her cause of death should have been listed as a vaccine. “I want to know, is that the same girl? The state won't tell me so I'm suing the governor of the state, the public health commissioner, chief medical examiner and four individual medical examiners.” But Cassidy's case “was the tip of the iceberg,” says Beaudoin. He has uncovered many more questionable death certificates in the Massachusetts death database that have not attributed “vaccine” as the cause of death when there was evidence of severe vaccine reaction. “It's not willful ignorance,” Beaudoin said. “This is intentional withholding of information from the public that would save the lives of the public.” Follow Dan on
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Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Tuesday, May 21, 2024.TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news digest with our audience. Tune in every morning to the TRNN podcast feed to hear the latest important news stories from Canada and around the world.Find more headlines from Nora at Sandy & Nora Talk Politics podcast feed.Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Sign up for our newsletterLike us on FacebookFollow us on TwitterDonate to support this podcastReferenced articles:Story 1 - SIRT investigating after " officer-involved shooting: in Regina. Story 2 - Unexploded incendiary devices found at site of future EV battery site. Story 3 - Omar Khadr denied an appeal with the US Supreme Court. Story 4 - Top Iranian officials die in helicopter crash in region blanketed in thick fog.Story 5 - The ICC issues arrest warrant for leadership of both Hamas and Israel, will allow events of Oct. 7 and the genocide of Gaza to be examined in court. Story 6 - Julian Assange wins the right to appeal his extradition to the US.
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Unexploded bombs and other ordinance are hidden throughout Gaza posing a threat to civilians now and they will continue to potentially kill long after the war is over. We hear about a victim of one of these munitions and of the challenges of removing such threats as civilians are fleeing fighting.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
A wasteland of rubble. The UN says clearing the debris from Israel's war on Gaza will be a huge challenge that could take 14 years. Unexploded munitions will also make this a dangerous task. So, what will this mean for the millions of Palestinians who hope to return to their homes? In this episode: Jonathan Guthrie, Director of Operations, Norwegian People's Aid. Federico Dessi, Middle East Director, Humanity and Inclusion. Raja Khalidi, Director General, Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute. Host: Folly Bah Thibault Connect with us:@AJEPodcasts on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Threads and YouTube
Daily U.S. news updates. Daily world news updates. Today's world news covers Israel, Gaza, Palestinians, West Bank, and Iran. Today's daily U.S. news and daily world news updates cover these stories: Worldwide pro-Palestinian protests happened on Monday. UNRWA is reporting some prisoner abuses of released Palestinians. Israel continues to keep bodies of Palestinians they killed. Unexploded ordinance has been found in Gaza schools. Israel's economy is tanking. The U.S. thinks Israel will attack proxies over a direct attack on Iran. The IDF allegedly has a plan but not a date set. Google employees are protesting their work with Israel. The USC valedictorian will not be allowed to speak at the commencement. Did I mention she's muslim? Coincidence? Trump stock went down lower after they announced future TV and livestream media.
Daily U.S. news updates. Daily world news updates. Today's world news covers Israel, Gaza, Palestinians, West Bank, and Iran. Today's daily U.S. news and daily world news updates cover these stories: Worldwide pro-Palestinian protests happened on Monday. UNRWA is reporting some prisoner abuses of released Palestinians. Israel continues to keep bodies of Palestinians they killed. Unexploded ordinance has been found in Gaza schools. Israel's economy is tanking. The U.S. thinks Israel will attack proxies over a direct attack on Iran. The IDF allegedly has a plan but not a date set. Google employees are protesting their work with Israel. The USC valedictorian will not be allowed to speak at the commencement. Did I mention she's muslim? Coincidence? Trump stock went down lower after they announced future TV and livestream media.
In this episode we look at the brilliant fifth radio series episode The Unexploded Bomb. Tim, James, Jon and Martin consider how brilliant Kenneth Williams is in this episode with his two contrasting voices of the vicar and the bomb disposal expert and also look at the excellent contribution from Hattie Jacques.The Gang of Four discuss the great characters played by Alan Simpson, the edits made to the earlier vinyl and cassette release and their views on the final scene. The four also discuss pyjama parties and how many they have been invited to and debate, in detail, how to cook a five course meal with just one saucepan.As always, the team get side tracked, this time by the Fawlty Towers vinyl box set, comedy records by Bernard Cribbins, Terry Scott, June Whitfield and Frankie Howerd and conclude with a look at the Hancock connection with The Wombles!Don't forget to rate and subscribe to the podcast. And, if you haven't done so already, why not join the Tony Hancock Appreciation Society - full details of how to join are at www. tonyhancock.org.uk We have an event planned to celebrate what would have Hancock's 100th birthday in May 2024 and our annual reunion dinner in September; we'd love to welcome you as a member and see you at our events. We'll be back in a couple of weeks with a review of The New Nose from the fourth television series. Hope to see you then.
#243As we age our immune systems do too, making us less able to fight infections and more prone to chronic inflammation. But a team of scientists has been able to reverse these effects in mice, rejuvenating their immune systems by targeting their stem cells. But there's a long road to trying the same thing in humans.Have you seen the incredible new black hole image? Just a couple of years since the Event Horizon Telescope's first, fuzzy image of Sagittarius A* – the black hole at the centre of our galaxy – a new picture offers a closer look. The stunning image released this week features the spiralling lines of Sgr A*'s magnetic field, which is seeding new questions about how black holes behave.Millions of tonnes of unexploded ordnance litter the globe from conflicts both ongoing and long past. And as time passes these bombs are not getting any less dangerous – new research finds some are actually becoming more prone to exploding.Physicists have theorised that there is a particle called the graviton that carries the force of gravity – much like a photon carries light, or a gluon carries the strong nuclear force. But the graviton has so far remained elusive. Now, researchers think they've seen one, or at least a particle with the correct properties to be a graviton. How this experiment unfolded, and why even a possible sighting is exciting to theorists.Plus: How a bad night's sleep makes you feel older; why therapy horses get stressed when they don't have a choice; and a robot that can design, build and test paper planes.Hosts Christie Taylor and Sophie Bushwick discuss with guests Grace Wade, Alex Wilkins, Michael Le Page and Karmela Padavic-Callaghan. To read more about these stories, visit newscientist.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hot diggity dog! A dog in Jacksonville, Florida, unearthed an extremely old military bomb.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Unexploded Bomb: Where the COVID-19 Vaccine Deaths Are Really Hiding- Frontline Health and Two Clips from X/Twitter. Unexploded Bomb: Where the COVID-19 Vaccine Deaths Are Really Hiding | John Beaudoin Pierre Kory Asks One Simple Question the FDA and CDC Don't Want to Answer “NO LIVES WERE SAVED” by the COVID-19 injections, says researcher and scientist Unexploded Bomb: Where the COVID-19 Vaccine Deaths Are Really Hiding | John Beaudoin Frontline Health Views 144.6K • Feb-03-2024 On this episode of Frontline Health, we continue our conversation with John Beaudoin, an electrical engineer and author of “The Real CDC.” Watch Part 1 here. Mr. Beaudoin has been analyzing his home state's death database from the Massachusetts Department of Health to determine if there were any safety signals after the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. “What I learned a year and a half ago is that 2020 was a year of excess respiratory [deaths],” said Mr. Beaudoin. But that changed when the vaccines rolled out in early 2021. Based on Mr. Beaudoin's analysis, excess respiratory deaths, which include pneumonia and COVID, went down in 2021. “While at the same time, the blood and circulatory causes of death went up instead of down,” he said. “So what people are dying from, they're dying from ... cardiac stroke, pulmonary embolism, gastrointestinal hemorrhages, aortic arch dissections, more than the respiratory, which went down at the same time.” Follow Dan on
Mr. Beaudoin has been analyzing his home state's death database from the Massachusetts Department of Health to determine if there were any safety signals after the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. “What I learned a year and a half ago is that 2020 was a year of excess respiratory [deaths],” said Mr. Beaudoin. But that changed when the vaccines rolled out in early 2021. Based on Mr. Beaudoin's analysis, excess respiratory deaths, which include pneumonia and COVID, went down in 2021. “While at the same time, the blood and circulatory causes of death went up instead of down,” he said. “So what people are dying from, they're dying from ... cardiac stroke, pulmonary embolism, gastrointestinal hemorrhages, aortic arch dissections, more than the respiratory, which went down at the same time.” ⭕️ Watch in-depth videos based on Truth & Tradition at Epoch TV
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Millions of life-threatening Unexploded Cluster Munitions and Other Ordnance (UXO) continue to hold the land of Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam hostage. Legacies of War is the only U.S.-based educational and advocacy organization dedicated to increasing awareness about the American Secret War in Laos and U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia. They are also actively engaged in securing funding for the safe removal of the remaining UXO. In this episode, Host Jarren Peterson speaks with Danae Hendrickson, Chief of Mission Advancement and Communications, about the Lao-led organization's efforts and successes. Danae talks about the organization's beginnings, current focus, and future plans. She also shares her personal awakening to the ongoing devastation of her mother's homeland and commitment to action. When not combing through declassified documents, Danae enjoys cooking, hiking and bird watching with her two-year-old son. More information and additional resources can be found at: https://www.legaciesofwar.org/ This episode was hosted by Jarren Peterson Dean and produced by Charlotte Sebastian, with editing by Laurel Osterkamp and audio engineering by Hugo Rejas and PJ Hoffman. Music generously donated by Bensound.com
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John MacKenzie chats with John Hardy OAM, Second World War Historian and Local Tour Guide, about the strange case of 3 unexploded ordnances (UXO) discovered in the Bilwon State Forest near Mareeba, dating back to the Second World War. The 80-year-old bombs are still considered extremely dangerous and representatives from the Australian Defence Force attended the site. John Hardy OAM has a rich knowledge of the history surrounding World War 2, especially from a local perspective, and operates historical tours of the Atherton Tablelands. The region was a hotspot for military training during the war.
Among the horrors of war, landmines and unexploded ordnances linger and kill for years afterward. Ukraine is littered with landmines and bombs from both sides. Clearing those explosives is a massive and complicated task, but two young Americans are working on a technological advancement that could make it easier. Special correspondent Jack Hewson reports with the support of the Pulitzer Center. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Among the horrors of war, landmines and unexploded ordnances linger and kill for years afterward. Ukraine is littered with landmines and bombs from both sides. Clearing those explosives is a massive and complicated task, but two young Americans are working on a technological advancement that could make it easier. Special correspondent Jack Hewson reports with the support of the Pulitzer Center. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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Cluster munitions, frequently called “cluster bombs,” have an engineering history that dates back to World War II, when the German Air Force used the weapon against Allied civilian and military targets. As the name implies, cluster munitions are canisters of anywhere from a handful to several thousand small explosives which are designed to scatter widely and explode over a very large area. Unexploded submunitions, however, may remain dangerous for months or years after a battle. * * *Want to watch this podcast as a video? This Week in Engineering is available on engineering.com TV along with all of our other shows such as End of the Line, Designing the Future, Manufacturing the Future, and the Engineering Roundtable.
Cluster munitions, frequently called “cluster bombs,” have an engineering history that dates back to World War II, when the German Air Force used the weapon against Allied civilian and military targets. As the name implies, cluster munitions are canisters of anywhere from a handful to several thousand small explosives which are designed to scatter widely and explode over a very large area. Unexploded submunitions, however, may remain dangerous for months or years after a battle. * * *Want to watch this podcast as a video? This Week in Engineering is available on engineering.com TV along with all of our other shows such as End of the Line, Designing the Future, Manufacturing the Future, and the Engineering Roundtable.
Volunteer divers have made an unusual discovery off the coast of Wellington's Oriental Bay. An unexploded fuze mechanism from World War II is the third potentially live piece of discarded military ammunition unearthed from the Capital's waters. Ghost Diving NZ Founder and President Rob Wilson says the volunteer divers were taken aback by this dangerous discovery. "We immediately put it in a bucket of water, the bucket was submerged. And from then on, it was a case of- right, no-one's touching that, no one's going anywhere near that." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A group of volunteer divers with a mission to clean up Wellington Harbour have found their third piece of unexploded and potentially dangerous WW2 ammunition. Ghost Divers pulled up a small brassy object over the weekend - which a historian has confirmed is a fuze mechanism. The group called the Defence Force explosive ordnance disposal team to deal with it. Previously group founder and president Rob Wilson has found two unexploded artillery shells at Shelly Bay, and he says there's a growing list of things they're instructed not to touch.
Since the war began, military aid from the US to Ukraine has largely received bipartisan report. But a new planned 800 million dollar package has split Democrats and also riled up Human Rights Groups because of one weapon included in the package — cluster bombs.More than a hundred countries, including allies of the US, have banned use of the weapon, which releases a large number of bomblets over a wide area. Unexploded bomblets pose a danger to civilians. The Biden administration is defending the decision, citing Ukraine's desperate need for ammunition.To get a sense of the human cost of cluster bomb use during wartime, we take a look at Laos. Between 1964 and 1973, the U.S. dropped more than 270 million cluster bombs on Laos during the Vietnam War. Host Mary Louise Kelly discusses this with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Lewis Simons, who reported from Asia and the Middle East for decades.
In this episode, Alex talks about an actual Hunter Biden scandal that could hurt the Biden Administration. Then he goes into reports that the United States will supply cluster munition to Ukraine. Cluster munitions are banned in many countries and are controversial due to their ability to threaten civilians. Unexploded cluster munitions, or duds, can be a serious threat to the safety of civillians. Alex is concerned about this decision and worries that it could divide the United States and its allies, it also may cause some form of an escalation.
World War II is still killing people. Unexploded ordnance, the remnants of globe spanning conflict, litters the fields of Europe and the waters of the Pacific. The world spends a lot of money and time cleaning up UX in Europe and helping its victims. In the Pacific? Well, there it's a different story. Especially in the Solomon Islands.Thomas Heaton is a reporter for Civil Beat and the author of its ‘Lethal Legacy' series, which focuses on the devastation World War II is still wreaking in the Pacific.Civil Beat's Lethal Legacy series.Angry Planet has a Substack! Join to get weekly insights into our angry planet and hear more conversations about a world in conflict.https://angryplanet.substack.com/subscribeYou can listen to Angry Planet on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or follow our RSS directly.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
ighty years after the military battered parts of Hawaii Island with grenades, mortars, and bombs, officials estimate thousands of unexploded ordnances remain scattered throughout several West Hawaii Island communities ― a reality that impacts everything from daily life to future planning. Over the years, munitions have been discovered in neighborhoods, hidden on pastureland, and even in the garden at Waimea Middle School. And the danger is real: Since the closure of a massive World War II training camp known as the Waikoloa Maneuver Area in 1945, four people have been killed after coming across old military explosives. Others have been hurt. Meanwhile, with the hazard still there, cleanup efforts have dragged on for decades.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Shallow Problem Review of Landmines and Unexploded Ordnance, published by Jakob P. on March 3, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. This report is a shallow dive into unexploded ordnance (UXO), landmines which is a sub-area within Global Health and Development. This report reflects approximately 40-50 hours of research and is informed by a 6-month internship I did with the programme and donor relations section of the United Nations Mine Action Service in the fall of 2021. The report offers a brief dive into whether we think a particular problem area is a promising area for either funders or founders to be working in. Being a shallow report, should be used to decide whether or not more research and work into a particular problem area should be prioritised. This report was produced as part of Cause Innovation Bootcamp's fellowship program. Thank you to James Snowden, Akhil Bansal and Leonie Falk for providing feedback on earlier versions of this report. All errors are my own. Summary Importance: The issue of UXOs and landmines impacts the health as well as income and most likely the mental health of individuals.. There are on average ~25,000 casualties (defined as severely injured or dead) from landmines, IEDs and UXOs per year (with 2/3rds being caused by IEDs). To put provide some context for this number, Malaria, one of the leading global killers, caused 643 000 deaths (95% UI 302 000–1 150 000) in 2019. This report aims to gauge the income, health and psychological effects of those casualty events. Tractability: Mine action is the umbrella term capturing all the activities aimed at addressing the problem of victim operated landmines, IEDs and other UXOs - meaning that the detonation is triggered by the victim itself. There are several interventions in mine action with four phases to tackle the problem: prevention, avoidance, demining, and victim assistance. Although the report attempts to provide some data on the cost-effectiveness of the different interventions there are several reasons why these estimates are highly uncertain. Furthermore, it is unclear if it would be possible to scale the most cost-effective interventions while keeping the level of cost-effectiveness. Neglectedness: The United Nations Mine Action service functions as the coordinating body for a lot of the funding and efforts in international mine action and moves around 65 million USD. The two biggest implementers are the Mines Advisory Group (90 million USD) and the HALO Trust (100 million USD). Most of that funding comes from high income country governments. These grants often include a political component in where the activities are taking place. It is unclear how effectively these resources are allocated and how many casualties they are preventing each year. Main Takeaways Biggest uncertainties: The poor data availability allows for only low levels of confidence in many conclusions. It is highly uncertain what the economic effects of landmines contamination actually are. Since we would expect that these effects make up a majority of the positive benefit, our cost-effectiveness estimates are highly uncertain. Recommendations for philanthropist and why: The research has led to the recommendation to inquire directly with mine action organisations on what they deem the most cost-effective area or intervention to fund, since such data is highly dependent on the factors which cannot easily be predicted. Ukraine is being heavily contaminated by unexploded ordnance right now, especially in its east, the severity and need of the contamination will require a lot of funding and could be potentially very cost effective due to the dense nature of the contaminants as well as the terrain. Mechanical demining could be an appropriate method which could be highly cost-effective. The wide scale decontaminatio...
The deadly legacy of armed conflict continues to claim lives long after the fighting is over. As more and more conflicts take place in population centers, including large towns and cities, so does the grave toll of weapon contamination. Unexploded ordnance hamper movement and agriculture, block access to essential services and life-saving humanitarian assistance, and can reverse socio-economic development gains by decades. In this post, ICRC Legal Adviser Eirini Giorgou lays out the obligations under international humanitarian law (IHL) for States and non-State armed groups with regard to explosive remnants of war, along with recommendations for practical measures to ensure their effective implementation.
This episode and all its notes can be found here. All of my writing, books, and other materials can be found here. If you are interested in this subject consider looking into the Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) https://civiliansinconflict.org/ If you'd like to support Threads of The War consider using Wise for your banking needs: www.tinyurl.com/threadswiseHere are three organizations who work in protecting civilians in war and clearing unexploded remnants of war:Center for Civilians in ConflictMines Advisory Group
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Over the past 100 years or so, ordnance has entered aquatic environments around the US at military testing and training sites. As these sites transition away from military use, it's necessary to clean up unexploded ordnance that may have been left behind. We interview Kyle Dalton, one of the winners of the POMA Student Paper Competition from the 182nd meeting of the ASA, about his research regarding the modeling of these unexploded ordnances so they can be detected with sonar.Associated paper: Dalton, Kyle. Simulating elastic targets for sonar algorithm development. Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 46, 070002 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001605 Find out how to enter the Student Paper Competition for the latest meeting.Read more from Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics (POMA).Learn more about Acoustical Society of America Publications. Music Credit: Min 2019 by minwbu from Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=1022
Graham talks about how unexploded US Military bombs on Hawaii are hurting local homeowners. Lee gives the history of how the weekend was created.
Hancock's Half Hour was a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy series, broadcast from 1954 to 1961 and written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The series starred Tony Hancock, with Sidney James; the radio version also co-starred, at various times, Moira Lister, Andrée Melly, Hattie Jacques, Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams. The final television series, renamed simply Hancock, starred Hancock alone. The series was influential in the development of the situation comedy, with its move away from radio variety towards a focus on character development. GSMC Classics presents some of the greatest classic radio broadcasts, classic novels, dramas, comedies, mysteries, and theatrical presentations from a bygone era. The GSMC Classics collection is the embodiment of the best of the golden age of radio. Let Golden State Media Concepts take you on a ride through the classic age of radio, with this compiled collection of episodes from a wide variety of old programs. ***PLEASE NOTE*** GSMC Podcast Network presents these shows as historical content and have brought them to you unedited. Remember that times have changed and some shows might not reflect the standards of today's politically correct society. The shows do not necessarily reflect the views, standards, or beliefs of Golden State Media Concepts or the GSMC Podcast Network. Our goal is to entertain, educate, and give you a glimpse into the past.
It's just one aspect of the seemingly endless list of horrors brought on by Russia's war in Ukraine: Ukrainian authorities say they have already removed some 80,000 landmines and explosive devices across the country. While Washington has pledged $89 million to help Kyiv clear the weapons, the process could take decades. The conflict is now dragging into its seventh month, with no end in sight. Olga Savchenko works for the French NGO Humanity & Inclusion (formerly known as Handicap International), where she heads the explosive risk and education project. She joined us for Perspective.
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Eighty years after the Second World War, Solomon Islands is demanding former enemies Japan and the United States clean up their deadly unexploded bombs. Blasts from thousands of remaining unexploded ordnance, or UXOs, are still killing and maiming people in this former Pacific battlefield. Victims and their families receive little or no government support or compensation – and want the owners of the deadly weapons to take responsibility.
When does a war truly end? What becomes of those left standing and, the ghosts that remain? In 2001, Vietnam vet, David Moragne returned to Vietnam with his comrades with those questions. His film, Flashback: Summer Sail One Revisited documents what they discovered. Bio David Moragne, was born in Manhattan, raised in the Bronx, nurtured in Greenwood, S.C. and grew up in Dong Ha, RVN. He is a retired visual facilitator and storyteller, who has lived an adventurous life before settling down with his family in California's Eastbay community for the past forty years. He is blessed wife an amazing wife, talented and loving family, and friends who make a difference. David takes nothing for granted, and appreciates all his gifts and blessings. For him, “Life Is Good!!!” Notable Mentionshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dpB53CyK04&list=PPSV (Flashback: Summer Sail One Revisited: )On June 11th, 1967, a CH 46 Transport Helicopter call sign Bonnie Sue, with a four man crew from the HMM, 265th Marine Air Group went down while inserting a seven man recon team, call sign Summer Sail One from Third Force Reconnaissance Company in to their zone of operation, south of the DMZ and west of Con Thien, Vietnam. All aboard were killed, and there are bodies never recovered. The accounts, recollections, and memories of this incident have crisscrossed thousands of miles, a lot of years, and affected many people. This is an American story, told in a common language of how some of those affected have tried to find understanding, acceptance, and closure. https://www.justice.gov.za/trc/ (Truth and Reconciliation Commission) was established in South Africa in 1996, to help heal the country by uncovering the truth about human rights violations during Apartheid. https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-history (Vietnam War:) The Vietnam War was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The conflict was intensified by the ongoing Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. More than 3 million people (including over 58,000 Americans) were killed in the Vietnam War, and more than half of the dead were Vietnamese civilians. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_Demilitarized_Zone (DMZ (Vietnam)): was a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demilitarized_zone (demilitarized zone) established as a dividing line between https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Vietnam (North) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam (South Vietnam) from July 1954 to 1976 as a result of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Indochina_War (First Indochina War). During the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War (Vietnam War) (1955-1975) it became important as the battleground demarcation separating North from South Vietnamese territories. The zone ceased to exist with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reunification_of_Vietnam (reunification of Vietnam) on July 2, 1976, though the area remains dangerous due to the numerous https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unexploded_ordnance (undetonated explosives) it contains. https://www.encyclopedia.com/defense/energy-government-and-defense-magazines/grunts#:~:text=For%20the%20soldiers%20who%20served,were%20sometimes%20under%20enemy%20fire. (“grunts”:) For the soldiers who served in the Vietnam War, the word grunt was not just a nickname but also a commentary on their status in the hierarchy of war. To be a grunt was to be in the infantry. It meant leaping out of helicopters into landing zones that were sometimes under enemy fire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_in_action (MIA:) Missing in action (MIA) is a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualty_(person) (casualty) classification assigned to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combatant...
Ramsey Bakery will close 3 weeks on Saturday, Easter food voucher, Douglas Prom business scheme plastic roads, Manx renewable energy & unexploded bombs. It's Mannin Line with Andy Wint #iom #manninline #manxradio
LCDR Tony Nahitchevansky, USN-Ret, joins Stephen Phillips to discuss responding to and rendering safe an Exocet missile aboard USS Stark (FFG-31) during "The Tanker War" after the ship was mistaken by an Iraqi Air Force aircraft as an Iranian Tanker on the night of May 17, 1987.
David & Mark bring you all the thoughts on the last week in Rugby League from the fans-eye-view. In particular this week, focus is on the big news surrounding the Rugby League World Cup, with your fan views on Australia & New Zealand withdrawing. We've also got some Super League action to recap, as 2020's flexibility returns somewhat as Covid lingers on. Episode Sponsor:This episode is sponsored by Rob's Toy Shop.Find a wide range of toys, gifts, rugby league birthday cards and more at Rob's Toy Shop on eBay. Visit stores.ebay.co.uk/robstoyshop and on any orders over £5 you can earn 5% cashback, and also 1% of your order value will go into the SLP coffers, by putting 'SLPDiscount' at checkout.Episode running order:News, from 11:00Match Reviews, from 58:30Other Results, from 109:00Predictions, from 115:45Quiz & recommendations, from 126:00
The Joint Task Force Atlantic has been busy removing unexploded ordnance from the wrecks of iron ore carriers lying at the bottom of Conception Bay near Bell Island. Shells have been removed from the wreck of the Lord Strathcona, one of a number of ships sunk by German U-boat strikes during WWII. Lieutenant Richard McKenty is the Public Affairs Officer for the CAF-Joint Task Force Atlantic-Bell Island Wrecks Unexploded Ordnance Clearance Project. VOCM's Linda Swain caught up with him at the top of a hill in Holyrood where they were preparing to discharge some of the ordnance already retrieved.
Sea cucumber harvesters are refusing to fish because of the way water loss is calculated, FFAW president Keith Sullivan explains; Canadian Armed Forces' officer Evan Beaton on retrieving unexploded ammunition from four iron ore carriers sunk near Bell Island in 1942.
Join us for an exploration of a side of the Vietnam War that is little known in the United States. Learn about the unexploded ordnances left behind after the United States withdrew from the war, and hear about the "Secret War" in which people from Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam fought alongside American troops. Meet the Speakers Sera Koulabdara serves as executive director of Legacies of War, the only international educational and advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C. Legacies of War is working to address the impact of conflict in Laos during the Vietnam War-era, including removal of unexploded ordnance (UXO) and survivor assistance. Prior to this role, Sera was a long-time volunteer and served on Legacies' board for four years in multiple leadership positions, including vice chair. Under Sera's leadership, U.S. funding for UXO clearance in Laos reached $40 million for 2021—the highest level in history—and the Legacies of War Recognition and UXO Removal Act was introduced by Senator Tammy Baldwin. If approved, this historic bill will recognize the people of Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam who fought alongside American troops during the Vietnam War and authorizes landmark funding of $100 million for five years divided among the three countries of Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Khao Insixiengmay is a former Royal Lao Army Colonel who received military training in Laos, France and in the United States. He was recruited by the CIA and fought in Military Region 3 for six years, and fought all over Laos. David Phommavong is a father, husband and son of a Secret War veteran, the late Keosond Phommavong of SGU Scorpion Unit. He is the co founder of Laotian American National Voice (LAN-V), co-chair of LAN-V Secret War Veteran's Benefit, and Lao Global Heritage Alliance Board of Director. Phommavong is an advocate and a community activist. He and his wife have a private charity, Nourish Lao Children, through which they provide financial and educational support to impoverished children in Lao PDR. Thomas Leo Briggs is retired from the U.S. federal government after 32 years of service. He spent three years in the U.S. Army with one year in Vietnam as a military police platoon leader, three years in the Drug Enforcement Administration as a special agent, and 26 years in the CIA as an operations officer. He entered duty with the CIA in 1969. His first assignment was as a special operations case officer in Laos from 1970 to 1972. During that assignment, he directed all small team special operations in Military Region IV in southern Laos. He published a book in 2009, Cash on Delivery: CIA Special Operations During the Secret War in Laos, which describes his experiences fighting the Secret War in cooperation with the Royal Lao Government against the North Vietnamese Army invaders of the Kingdom of Laos. SPEAKERS Sera Koulabdara Executive Director, Legacies of War Khao Insixiengmay Former Royal Lao Army Colonel David Phommavong Co-Founder, Laotian American National Voice (LAN-V); Co-Chair, LAN-V Secret War Veteran's Benefit; Member, Lao Global Heritage Alliance Board of Directors Thomas Leo Briggs Former Operations Officer, CIA; Former Special Agent, Drug Enforcement Administration; Former Military Police Platoon Leader, U.S. Army Michelle Meow Producer and Host, "The Michelle Meow Show," KBCW/KPIX and Podcast; Member, The Commonwealth Club Board of Governors—Host In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on May 20th, 2021 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join us for an exploration of a side of the Vietnam War that is little known in the United States. Learn about the unexploded ordnances left behind after the United States withdrew from the war, and hear about the "Secret War" in which people from Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam fought alongside American troops. Meet the Speakers Sera Koulabdara serves as executive director of Legacies of War, the only international educational and advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C. Legacies of War is working to address the impact of conflict in Laos during the Vietnam War-era, including removal of unexploded ordnance (UXO) and survivor assistance. Prior to this role, Sera was a long-time volunteer and served on Legacies' board for four years in multiple leadership positions, including vice chair. Under Sera's leadership, U.S. funding for UXO clearance in Laos reached $40 million for 2021—the highest level in history—and the Legacies of War Recognition and UXO Removal Act was introduced by Senator Tammy Baldwin. If approved, this historic bill will recognize the people of Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam who fought alongside American troops during the Vietnam War and authorizes landmark funding of $100 million for five years divided among the three countries of Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Khao Insixiengmay is a former Royal Lao Army Colonel who received military training in Laos, France and in the United States. He was recruited by the CIA and fought in Military Region 3 for six years, and fought all over Laos. David Phommavong is a father, husband and son of a Secret War veteran, the late Keosond Phommavong of SGU Scorpion Unit. He is the co founder of Laotian American National Voice (LAN-V), co-chair of LAN-V Secret War Veteran's Benefit, and Lao Global Heritage Alliance Board of Director. Phommavong is an advocate and a community activist. He and his wife have a private charity, Nourish Lao Children, through which they provide financial and educational support to impoverished children in Lao PDR. Thomas Leo Briggs is retired from the U.S. federal government after 32 years of service. He spent three years in the U.S. Army with one year in Vietnam as a military police platoon leader, three years in the Drug Enforcement Administration as a special agent, and 26 years in the CIA as an operations officer. He entered duty with the CIA in 1969. His first assignment was as a special operations case officer in Laos from 1970 to 1972. During that assignment, he directed all small team special operations in Military Region IV in southern Laos. He published a book in 2009, Cash on Delivery: CIA Special Operations During the Secret War in Laos, which describes his experiences fighting the Secret War in cooperation with the Royal Lao Government against the North Vietnamese Army invaders of the Kingdom of Laos. SPEAKERS Sera Koulabdara Executive Director, Legacies of War Khao Insixiengmay Former Royal Lao Army Colonel David Phommavong Co-Founder, Laotian American National Voice (LAN-V); Co-Chair, LAN-V Secret War Veteran's Benefit; Member, Lao Global Heritage Alliance Board of Directors Thomas Leo Briggs Former Operations Officer, CIA; Former Special Agent, Drug Enforcement Administration; Former Military Police Platoon Leader, U.S. Army Michelle Meow Producer and Host, "The Michelle Meow Show," KBCW/KPIX and Podcast; Member, The Commonwealth Club Board of Governors—Host In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on May 20th, 2021 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Episode 10 – Hanging out with Unexploded Ordnance, Saddam's Bunkers and Me: Experiences of a Fighter Pilot Episode Summary: Mitchell Institute's Aerospace Advantage takes you to the flight line and beyond in Episode 10 Hanging out with Unexploded Ordnance, Saddam's Bunkers and Me: Experiences of a Fighter Pilot. When we think about military pilots, we almost always envision them in the cockpit. However, whether helping establish requirements for new aircraft, designing fresh operational concepts, or developing attack plans, the Air Force needs folks who are first-hand operational experts. Thus, pilots find themselves rotating through the Pentagon and other associated functions in-between their flying assignments. This podcast explores one such experience through the eyes of Brig Gen Craig “Bluto” Baker, currently serving as the Vice Commander of 12th Air Force. A fighter pilot by trade and having just finished a tour as a Weapons School Instructor, General Baker found himself helping to build the Operation Iraqi Freedom air campaign. Subsequently, he was deployed to Iraq and executed after-action inspections at his recently targeted sites. Tune in to hear his stories and how he found himself hanging from the ceiling of one of Saddam Hussein's palaces next to an unexploded bomb! Full Topic Guide In Episode 10 of the Aerospace Advantage host John “Slick” Baum dives into the story of Brig Gen Craig “Bluto” Baker, a fighter pilot who helped build the Operation Iraqi Freedom air campaign, and put boots on the ground to conduct after-action reports on his targeted sites. This episode is about his story, and his experience from the planning center to Saddam's palace. In late 2002, the U.S. military prepared to take offensive measure against Iraq. As part of war campaign, Brig Gen Craig “Bluto” Baker, found himself as point man in bringing the JDAM GPD guided munition capability onto F-16s. With his background in weapons systems, he was the one of the critical people targeting Iraqi centers of gravity and assessing the damage of the new weapons systems. Bluto led the effort in ensuring that the new bombs were executing their missions successfully, and this was not always safe. It meant strapping on a rappelling rope and diving into blown out bunkers, sometimes to find unexploded ordinance waiting at the bottom of the rope! The Aerospace Advantage is not just about concepts and technology, it is about hearing from the men that put these ideas into practice. New weapons systems are great, but we need to get them into the hands of operators for practice and to ensure that they are achieving the desired effect. Much like Bluto's missions in Iraq, whether planning in D.C. or conducting field missions, even doing both, our airmen are pushing the boundaries of what is possible. Join Slick in future episodes as we hear the stories of airmen and the incredible missions that they undertake to push our Aerospace Advantage. Time Marks: 2:08 – Baum lays down the historic framework of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the Northern and Southern no-fly zones in Iraq 3:31 – Brig Gen Craig “Bluto” Baker joins the show to describe both what hard and deeply buried targets are, and how they are critical to the modern war effort 10:10 – Brig Gen Craig “Bluto” Baker describes the role of different agencies in targeting hard and buried targets 14:55 – Brig Gen Craig “Bluto” Baker tells his experiences collecting Battle Damage Assessments, or BDAs 21:45 – Brig Gen Craig “Bluto” Baker explains the “Project 2000” target in Iraq 29:51 – Brig Gen Craig “Bluto” Baker offers his lessons learned from his experiences for our future military leaders Links: The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies website: https://www.mitchelleaerospacepower.org The Mitchell Institute Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Mitchell.Institute.Aerospace The Mitchell Institute LinkedIn Page: https://linkedin.com/company/mitchellaerospacepower The Mitchell Institute Twitter: @MitchellStudies The Mitchell Institute Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themitchellinstituteforaero/ @themitchellinstituteforaero Credits: Host: Lt Col John “Slick” Baum, USAF, ret. Producer: Daniel C. Rice Executive Producer: Douglas Birkey Guest: Brig Gen Craig “Bluto” Baker, USAF
Today we remember how a misdirected shell landed in Genoa Cathedral on Feb 9th 1941 and failed to explode. Called the miracle of St Lawrence.... we look at how people fall back on religious objects and places during times of war and stress.
In this episode, SUT council member Andrew Connelly speaks with Marco Gilissen – Global UXO Marine Risk Mitigation Director and Offshore Wind Site Appraisal and Design Array Solution Owner at Fugro. Marco talks about UXO risk mitigation and the processes involved to deal with UXO issues that are experienced by different markets around the globe.contact uxo@fugro.comFind out more about SUT at www.sut.org, contact us via info@sut.orgFor more information on how to sponsor an upcoming podcast episode contact info@sut.org Thanks to Emily Boddy for podcast artwork and composing and performing the theme music. Support the show (https://www.justgiving.com/soc-underwatertech)Support the show
Take a seat. Unexploded ordinance, Mexican ghost-boys, and space Jesus dead set on murdering a twelve year old girl. This one is a doozy. We're sitting down with Douglas Wicker and talking Del Toro vs Paradise. So, criss-cross applesauce with the rest of the interstellar skinhead cult and pour yourself a tall glass of Agua De Limbo. Let's dig in to It's Just 2 Movies.
The Battle of Verdun--fought from February 21-December 18 1916 in the Western Front of France--was horrifying and hellish even by the standards of World War One. Over a 299-day-period, there were 1 million total casualties. The French were bled white, but so were the Germans.Of these, 300,000 were killed, which is about 1 death for every minute of the battle. The French most likely lost slightly more than the Germans. About 10% of all French war dead were from Verdun. Half of Frenchmen between 20 and 30 years old were killed. Although more men died at the Somme, the proportion of casualties suffered to the number of men who fought was much higher at Verdun than at any other battle in World War I. Also the number killed per square mile was the greatest at Verdun. To this day, the battlefield is still cratered and pockmarks. Many unexploded shells (maybe 12 million) still remain. Trenches can still be seen. Alistair Horne said, “Verdun was the First World War in microcosm; an intensification of all its horrors and glories, courage and futility.”
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The Battle of Verdun--fought from February 21-December 18 1916 in the Western Front of France--was horrifying and hellish even by the standards of World War One. Over a 299-day-period, there were 1 million total casualties. The French were bled white, but so were the Germans.Of these, 300,000 were killed, which is about 1 death for every minute of the battle. The French most likely lost slightly more than the Germans. About 10% of all French war dead were from Verdun. Half of Frenchmen between 20 and 30 years old were killed. Although more men died at the Somme, the proportion of casualties suffered to the number of men who fought was much higher at Verdun than at any other battle in World War I. Also the number killed per square mile was the greatest at Verdun. To this day, the battlefield is still cratered and pockmarks. Many unexploded shells (maybe 12 million) still remain. Trenches can still be seen. Alistair Horne said, “Verdun was the First World War in microcosm; an intensification of all its horrors and glories, courage and futility.”
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Svetlana Tikhanovskaya had nothing to do with politics until recently, and has now become the main opposition candidate for the presidential election in Belarus on the 9th of August. She became a candidate when her husband, a leading opposition leader, was suddenly jailed. Jean Mackenzie was able to meet her, and the other women taking on President Lukashenko who has ruled for 26 years. In Australia, relations with its main trading partner China are the worst they've been for decades, over issues ranging from the coronavirus to tariffs on beef and barley. And Australians of Chinese descent are increasingly becoming the victims of racist abuse. Frances Mao, Chinese-Australian herself, reports from Sydney. Florida has reported a record high daily death toll from Covid-19, and governor Ron DeSantis has been under pressure to toughen up restrictions. There is no state-wide requirement to wear masks, but individual cities like Miami have imposed them. Attitudes to the virus remain quite divided, as Tamara Gil has been discovering in Miami. Laos was neutral in the Vietnam war, but was heavily bombed by the Americans anyway, as their North Vietnamese enemies ran supply routes to American-backed South Vietnam via the country. Unexploded ordinance from that time are blighting lives in Laos decades later, as Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent found out. If a common language divides Britain and America, as they say, then how much more does a separate language divide Britain and France? The single word postilion or postillon in French sheds quite a lot of light on what makes these countries so different, says Hugh Schofield in Paris, who is fluent in both languages. Presenter: Kate Adie Producer: Arlene Gregorius
We just talked to Kelly Thomas who found a WWI bomb while trying to plant some flowers.
This week the teeth pullers learn about Paul/Jack who was kidnapped and should get over it, Personal Protection Bodybags and the wonders you can discover in your garden! Some bad background noise this week, apologies! Originally Recorded 7th May 2020 ————————————————————————————— New episodes every Wednesday - Subscribe! iTunes: apple.co/2f6ia06 Stitcher: bit.ly/2GOMiwY TuneIn: bit.ly/2V5RS1R Soundcloud: bit.ly/2InbmO7 Spotify: spoti.fi/2YtuvFH Find us on Twitter: @PullingTeethPod @NickSnipp @SingItSteve Follow us on Instagram: @PullingTeethPod @SingItSteve Email your questions and comments: wisdom@pullingteethpodcast.com Visit our website! www.pullingteethpodcast.com
Bad decisions in the night…and sweaty dreams, a poisoned well. How do you sleep? Our town has dark streets (beware of darkness) on this eve of destruction….Unexploded bombs and European elections. 2021 or 2092, Southern freeze or armageddon the comet… Read the postRC 304: Sweat Dreams (Keep Going Through This) The post RC 304: Sweat Dreams (Keep Going Through This) appeared first on Radio Clash Music Podcast & Blog.
Zsolt Asztalos was Born in Hungary, in 1974. He lives in Budapest. He studied painting in Hungarian University of Fine Arts. At the beginning of his carrier he focused on the consumer society. His art analyzed the computer technology, the marketing and advertising world, high tech science research and the mass media. In the previous 6-8 years he began to study the history editing in the regard of individual and collective memory. His artworks based on studying the past in various approaches. He is quite interested in renovation of the past, editing world and national history and personal remembering. He uses contemporary equipment to expose his ideas: video, installations, different materials based on photograph. He was awarded with highest art prize in his country (Munkacsy-prize). He represented Hungary in the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013 with his installation titled “Fired but Unexploded”. His artworks are exposed in many art markets through Europe: ARCO Madrid, Artissima-Bologna, Vienna Fair, Art Dubai, art markets in Paris, Berlin and London. He usually gives lectures about his art in various universities, for example in Courtauld Institute of Art in London. Zsolt Asztalos participated approx. in 100 group shows through Hungary, London, Madrid, Rome, Prague, Berlin, Venice, Paris etc. and had about 30 solo shows. His artworks can be found in many private collections all over Europe, USA and Middle East.
In this episode, Performance Curator Victoria Mohr-Blakeney interviews Ryan Kerr of Fleshy Thud and The Theatre on King about Unexploded Ordnance, a one-man journey through the Great War, brought to you by a stellar team of some of Peterborough’s best independent artists. 100 years after Armistice Day, performer Ryan Kerr …
To coincide with his exhibition at CAST Cornwall as part of the Groundwork programme, we teamed up with Groundwork and CAST, and the Thomas Dane Gallery in London to record artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen in conversation with Nicholas Serota at the WTW Plaza Cinema in Truro and are honoured to share that conversation with our listeners. The episode is based around the conversation between McQueen and Serota, and Dario and Neil’s discussion of McQueen as a filmmaker and visual artist. Steve’s work in cinema arguably makes him one of the most vital, fascinating and important working British filmmakers but as the conversation elucidates it is merely a different form of aesthetic expression for a visual artist who has created a unique, formidable and exhilarating body of work since emerging on to the British art scene in the early 1990s. The episode also includes Josie Cockram from Groundwork discussing the programme and the work of CAST Cornwall. More information on Rachael Jones’s film Tracing Granite that is discussed in the episode as well as links to other pieces and reflections related to the programme can be found in the RECORD section of the Groundwork website. Information on the artworks discussed by Steve McQueen on the episode: Unexploded (2007) Gravesend (2007) Bear (1993) Deadpan (1997) Drumroll (1998) 7th Nov. (2001) Charlotte (2004) Western Deep / Carib’s Leap (2002) Queen and Country (2007 – 2009) Hunger (2008) Static (2009) Shame (2011) 12 Years a Slave (2013) End Credits (2012 – Ongoing) Ashes (2015) *This episode contains strong language
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Special guest Jamie Franklin, Executive Director of Mines Advisory Group America, joins us for a discussion on the post-war effects of land mines and campaigns to eliminate them. The use of landmines is said to have first been used during the American Civil War in the 1800s and more widely during the Second World War. With... The post Landmines and Unexploded Ordnance appeared first on Matters of State - International Relations Podcast.
From Camp Lee to the Great War: The Letters of Lester Scott & Charles Riggle
"You were speaking of the 314 Co....coming to wheeling for the third Liberty Loan. There will be one from each county, Ohio and Brooke... They just go to talk the people into buying them..." In his twenty-ninth letter home from Camp Lee, Virginia, to his sister Minnie Riggle, US Army Wagoner (mule team driver) Lester Scott, a World War I soldier from Wheeling, West Virginia, writes about a teacher at No. 2 school named Roy Strickland. He then explains the process by which men of the 314th were elected to go to Wheeling to push Liberty Loans — war bonds sold by the US government to finance the war effort. Buying Liberty Loans came to be viewed as one's patriotic duty. Elsewhere on the same day, the German army raided northeast of Verdun, and the British launched a daylight air-raid on Kaiserslautern in southwest Germany near the Palatinate Forest. Unexploded ordinance from both World Wars is still occasionally found in the area. Lester Scott was drafted in 1917 and trained at Camp Lee, where so many Wheeling soldiers were trained. And, like so many of his Ohio Valley comrades, he served in the 314th Field Artillery Supply Company, Battery “A,” 80th (Blue Ridge) Division in France. This is his twenty-ninth letter from Camp Lee, dated 100 years ago today, March 17, 1918. Digital scans and a transcript of Lester Scott's February 5, 1918 letter can be viewed at: http://www.archivingwheeling.org/blog/camp-lee-great-war-september-24-1917 Credits: "From Camp Lee to the Great War: The letters of Lester Scott and Charles Riggle" is brought to you by http://archivingwheeling.org in partnership with the Ohio County Public Library (http://www.ohiocountylibrary.org) and the WALS Foundation (http://walswheeling.com). Jeremy Richter is the voice of Lester Scott. The letters of Lester Scott and Charles Riggle were transcribed by Jon-Erik Gilot. This podcast was edited and written by Sean Duffy, audio edited by Erin Rothenbuehler. [Music for March 17, 1918 episode: "Poor butterfly," Jaudas, Eugene. (performer)Jaudas' Band (performer), 1917, courtesy the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00694036/]
Paul addresses the problem of casual sexual behavior inside the church. Looking at the implications of being sexually active outside of marriage.
I just finished talking with Dan Drezner, Professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Stay with me now… because Drezner is most definitely not your parents’ poli sci professor. For one, you’ve got to follow him on Twitter. He’s funny, topical, and as likely to tweet a goofy video as he is to include a scatter-plot graph. He’s also not above using a curse word every now and then. He also seems, on Twitter, like a guy you’d want to hang out with. For example, when he tweeted before the debate: “I'm stocked up on the necessary provisions for #debatenight. Are you,” the accompanying image wasn’t old Theodore White books on The Making of the President, but instead was a photo with bottles of rum, scotch, vodka, and ibuprofen. And the scotch was Blue Label. Like I said, definitely a new age professor – and we talked about that. In fact, it turns out that in addition to foreign policy and international security agreements and global trade, Drezner thinks a lot about how technology lets him and others like him become an important and growing part of every day political discussion. And if you listen to his analysis, you’ll understand immediately why Dan’s become a big player. But if you want to keep up with him, you better move quickly. In addition to teaching and tweeting seemingly non-stop, Dan’s a regular contributor to the Washington Post’s “PostEverything” blog. He’s also written 5 books, and is at work on number 6. He’s got a lot to say. Much of it’s really funny. All is incredibly insightful. I think you’re going to like this conversation...
1) His week that was- Kevin Healy 2) 70 years on they still go bang- Nic MacLellan, journalist and researcher 3) Political witchhunt at Sydney University- Paul Duffill, visiting scholar at Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies 4) Palestinian refugees, Part 2 - Yousef Al Reemawi, human rights activist. translator and presenter of 3cr's Palestine Remembered
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Bags of ammonium nitrate, explosive remnants of war, modern improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Unexploded ordnance is still a huge problem in Afghanistan and the largest cause of civilian casualties. With counter-IED now an integral part of the NATO training mission in Afghanistan, the battle against explosives remains a top priority for both the international community and the Afghan forces. Also available in high definition
A bombie cluster munition on a farm in Khammouane Province, Laos.©2010/Jerry Redfern Karen Coates is a freelance American journalist who writes about food – among other things. She emailed to ask if I would be interested in talking to her about a book that she and her husband, photographer Jerry Redfern, have produced. It’s called Eternal Harvest, but it isn’t about food, at least not directly. Its subtitle is the legacy of American bombs in Laos. Some of those bombs are 500-pounders. Lots of them are little tennis-ball sized bomblets, which are as attractive to farm kids as a tennis ball might be, with horrific consequences. The story of unexploded ordnance in Laos was an eye opener, for me. But I also wanted to know about food in Laos, and so that’s where we began our conversation. Over the course of nine years and a bombing mission every eight minutes, round the clock, more than 270 million cluster bombs – or bombies – were dropped on Laos. The cluster bombs were a small part of the 2 million tonnes dropped on Laos, almost half a tonne of ordnance for every man, woman and child in the country. Some was aimed at breaking the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The rest was jettisoned by pilots who had been told not to return to base with any bombs left in their planes. The failure rate, as Karen said, was around 30 percent. Unexploded ordnance remains an ever-present threat, and not only during the business of farming. About half the people killed, according a a 2009 report, were going after scrap metal. A scrap metal collector can make $5 a day, compared to the average wage of about $1 a day. And that’s not the only way the bombs are “beneficial”. Many farming families use craters – created by bombs that did explode – as fish ponds, improving both their income and their nutritional status. Casualties have dropped, from about 1450 a year in 1975 to about 350 a year in 2009, but less than one per cent of the land has been cleared. A technician with a UXO Lao bomb disposal team scans for bombs in a woman’s yard as she continues weeding. They work along a new road built atop the old Ho Chi Minh Trail.©2006/Jerry Redfern Notes Eternal Harvest: the legacy of American bombs in Laos has a website and is available from Amazon. I started reading up about bomb crater fish ponds at Nicola Twilley’s Edible Geography. Fascinating accounts of individual farmers bring an otherwise dry FAO field manual on common aquaculture practices in Lao PDR to life. The maps in this online post by Xiaoxuan Lu about her thesis give some idea of the scale of the problem. Karen writes online at The Rambling Spoon and elsewhere. There’s plenty there about restaurants, Lao cookbooks and that nine-day field trip we talked about. The music is a Lao folk tune called Dokmai (Flower) by a group called “Thiphakon (roughly, resonance of angels)”. I found it online. Engage
Fakultät für Mathematik, Informatik und Statistik - Digitale Hochschulschriften der LMU - Teil 01/02
Methods for constructing high-risk zones, which can be used in situations where a spatial point pattern has been observed incompletely, are introduced and evaluated with regard to unexploded bombs in federal properties in Germany. Unexploded bombs from the Second World War represent a serious problem in Germany. It is desirable to search high-risk zones for unexploded bombs, but this causes high costs, so the search is usually restricted to carefully selected areas. If suitable aerial pictures of the area in question exist, statistical methods can be used to determine such zones by considering patterns of exploded bombs as realisations of spatial point processes. The patterns analysed in this thesis were provided by Oberfinanzdirektion Niedersachsen, which supports the removal of unexploded ordnance in federal properties in Germany. They were derived from aerial pictures taken by the Allies during and after World War II. The main task consists of finding as small regions as possible containing as many unexploded bombs as possible. In this thesis, an approach based on the intensity function of the process is introduced: The high-risk zones consist of those parts of the observation window where the estimated intensity is largest, i.e. the estimated intensity function exceeds a cut-off value c. The cut-off value can be derived from the risk associated with the high-risk zone. This risk is defined as the probability that there are unexploded bombs outside the zone. A competing approach for determining high-risk zones consists in using the union of discs around all exploded bombs as high-risk zone. The radius is chosen as a high quantile of the nearest-neighbour distance of the point pattern. In an evaluation procedure, both methods yield comparably good results, but the theoretical properties of the intensity-based high-risk zones are considerably better. A further goal is to perform a risk assessment of the investigated area by estimating the probability that there are unexploded bombs outside the high-risk zone. This is especially important as the estimation of the intensity function is a crucial issue for the intensity-based method, so the risk cannot be determined exactly in advance. A procedure to calculate the risk is introduced. By using a bootstrap correction, it is possible to decide on acceptable risks and find the optimal, i.e. smallest, high-risk zone for a fixed probability that not all unexploded bombs are located inside the high-risk zone. The consequences of clustering are investigated in a sensitivity analysis by exploiting the procedure for calculating the risk. Furthermore, different types of models which account for clustering are fitted to the data, classical cluster models as well as a mixture of bivariate normal distributions.
Members of the 716th Explosive Ordinance Detachment, 17 Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 2nd Engineer Brigade detonated an unexploded artillery shell found on a mountainside near Seward Highway. Also available in high definition.
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