The run-up to the genocide

2022 ◽  
pp. 45-68
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Author(s):  
A. J. Sutherland ◽  
J. N. Sharma ◽  
O.H. Shemdin
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2004 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-187
Author(s):  
Donald E. Wagner

It is a common assumption in the international media that the fundamentalist Christian Right suddenly appeared on the US political scene following the 11 September 2001 tragedy, and that it became a major force in shaping US policy in the Middle East. While it is true that fundamentalist Christians have exercised considerable influence during the George W. Bush administration, their ascendance is neither new nor surprising. The movement has demonstrated political influence in the US and England intermittently for more than a hundred years, particularly in the formation of Middle East policy. This article focuses on the unique theology and historical development of Christian Zionism, noting its essential beliefs, its emergence in England during the nineteenth century, and how it grew to gain prominence in the US. The alliance of the pro-Israel lobby, the neo-conservative movement, and several Christian Zionist organizations in the US represents a formidable source of support for the more maximalist views of Israel's Likud Party. In the run-up to the 2004 US presidential elections this alliance could potentially thwart any progress on an Israeli–Palestinian peace plan in the near future. Moreover, Likud ideology is increasingly evident in US Middle East policy as a result of this alliance.


Jurnal Segara ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robby Wallansha ◽  
Wiko Setyonegoro
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Maluku merupakan salah satu daerah di timur Indonesia yang memiliki potensi tsunami yang cukup tinggi, ini dibuktikan dengan lebih dari 25 kejadian tsunami yang terekam di daerah Maluku dari tahun 1629 – 2006 (katalog database tsunami online Gusiakov (2005), Puspito (2007) dan Katalog Gempa Merusak dan Tsunami BMKG), tsunami yang terbesar terjadi pada tanggal 17 Pebruari 1674 yang menewaskan lebih dari 2900 orang dengan run-up hingga mencapai 80 meter dan menghancurkan kota Ambon dan juga pada tanggal 12 Oktober 1899 yang menenggelamkan kota Amahai di Pulau Seram dengan korban tewas mencapai 4000 orang. Oleh karena itu perlu dilakukan pembuatan skenario tsunami untuk mendapatkan kemungkinan tinggi run-up yang bersumber di daerah perairan Maluku dengan menggunakan software Tsunami L-2008. Berdasarkan Katalog Gempabumi Signifikan dan Merusak 1821 – 2009 yang dikeluarkan BMKG, bahwa pada tanggal 28 Januari 2004 telah terjadi gempabumi di Maluku mengakibatkan tsunami yang terobservasi di Namlea, dengan epicenter 3,110 LS – 127,300 BT dengan kekuatan Mw = 6,6 SR. Dalam pembuatan skenario tsunami dalam penelitian ini dengan merubah nilai magnituda gempabumi (Mw=7,0 SR, Mw=7,5 SR. Mw=8,0 SR) berdasarkan referensi setelah itu menggunakan hubungan rumusan empiris dari Hanks and Kanamori untuk mendapatkan nilai slip (m) sekaligus membuat beberapa kombinasi skenario tsunamidengan mempertahankan nilai momen seismik dan merubah nilai luas fault dan slip (m), untuk momen seismik didapatkan berdasarkan rumusan empiris dari Wells and Coppersmith (1994) sedangkan untuk luas fault berdasarkan rumusan empiris dari  Papazachos et al (2004) dengan mengasumsikan bahwa luas fault berbentuk persegi panjang. Dari sebelas skenario tsunami yang dibuat dari setiap magnituda gempabumi diperoleh tinggi run-up tertinggi untuk Mw=7,0 SR yaitu dengan tinggi 0,59 m di daerah Huamual sedangkan terendah di daerah Latuhalat dengan tinggi run-up 0,09 m, untuk Mw = 7,5 SR diperoleh tinggi run-up tertinggi mencapai 2,73 m di Huamual dan terendah 0,36 di Latuhalat, dan untuk Mw = 8,0 SR didapatkan tinggi run-up tertinggi hingga 8,19 m di Huamual dan terendah di Latuhalat dengan tinggi run-up 0,94 m.


Author(s):  
Hoolo Nyane

While electoral discontent has been the enduring feature of constitutional democracy in Lesotho since independence, disagreement over electoral system is a fairly recent phenomenon. When the country attained independence in 1966 from Britain, electoral system was not necessarily one of the topical issues of pre-independence constitutional negotiations. The major issues were the powers of the monarch, the office of prime minister, the command of the army and many more.  It was taken for granted that the country would use the British-based plurality electoral system.  This is the system which the country used until early 2000s when the electoral laws were reformed to anchor a new mixed electoral system.  When the new electoral laws were ultimately passed in 2001, the country transitioned from a plurality electoral system to a two-ballot mixed member proportional system. By this time, electoral system had acquired prominence in politico-legal discourse in Lesotho.  In the run-up to 2007 elections, bigger political parties orchestrated the manipulation of electoral laws which culminated in clearly distorted electoral outcomes. The manipulations motivated further reforms in the run-up to 2012 election which resulted in the single-ballot mixed member proportional system. The purpose of this paper is to critically evaluate how electoral laws have anchored electoral system reforms throughout the various historical epochs in Lesotho since independence. The paper contends that while the country has been courageous, unlike most of its peers, to introduce far-reaching electoral system changes, the reform of electoral laws has not been so helpful in attaining the higher objectives of political inclusivity, constitutionalism and stability in Lesotho.


Author(s):  
S. M. FROLOV ◽  
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V. I. ZVEGINTSEV ◽  
I. O. SHAMSHIN ◽  
M. V. KAZACHENKO ◽  
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A new experimental method for evaluating the detonability of fuel-air mixtures (FAMs) based on measuring the deflagration-to-detonation (DDT) run-up distance and/or time in a standard pulse detonation tube is used to rank gaseous premixed and nonpremixed FAMs by their detonability under substantially identical thermodynamic and gasdynamic conditions. In the experiments, FAMs based on hydrogen, acetylene, ethylene, propylene, propane-butane, n-pentane, and natural gas of various compositions, as well as FAMs based on the gaseous pyrolysis products of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) are used: from extremely fuel-lean to extremely fuel-rich at normal temperatures and pressures.


Author(s):  
S. M. FROLOV ◽  
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V. S. AKSENOV ◽  
I. O. SHAMSHIN ◽  
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Deflagration-to-detonation transition (DDT) in the system “gaseous oxygen- liquid film of n-decane” ' with a weak ignition source was obtained experimentally. In a series of experiments with ignition by an exploding wire that generates a weak primary shock wave (SW) with a Mach number ranging from 1.03 to 1.4, the DDT with the detonation run-up distances 1 to 4 m from the ignition source and run-up time 3 ms to 1.7 s after ignition was observed in a straight smooth channel of rectangular 54 x 24-millimeter cross section, 3 and 6 m in length with one open end. The DDT is obtained for relatively thick films with a thickness of 0. 3-0.5 mm, which corresponds to very high values of the overall fuel-to-oxygen equivalence ratios of 20-40. The registered velocity of the detonation wave (DW) was 1400-1700 m/s. In a number of experiments, a high-velocity quasi-stationary detonation-like combustion front was recorded running at an average velocity of 700-1100 m/s. Its structure includes the leading SW followed by the reaction zone with a time delay of 90 to 190 s. The obtained results are important for the organization of the operation process in advanced continuous-detonation and pulsed-detonation combustors of rocket and air-breathing engines with the supply of liquid fuel in the form of a wall film.


Author(s):  
Martin Franz ◽  
Sebastian Henn

Often, investments from emerging economies in firms in industrialized countries evoke concerns among the employees in the targeted firms. Many of them are afraid of losing their jobs, or fear that the new owners could undermine existing social standards. Up to now, little is known about how such investments affect industrial relations in targeted countries. Using the example of investments from the BRIC-countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) in German firms, this paper analyses whether employees’ fears are well founded. To this end, four different factors are considered. These include: (1) the situation of the target firms in the run-up to an acquisition and the employees’ reactions to the takeover, (2) the investors’ knowledge of the current system of industrial relations, (3) the day-to day interactions with the new owners, and (4) the patterns of communication between works council representatives and the new owners. The empirical part of the article is based on an analysis of quantitative data as well as the application of problem-centered interviews with members of work councils, trade union representatives as well as managers.


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