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Slain Melbourne Man apos;s BMW Found By Police

2020-07-21T21:24:01Z

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A BMW belonging a man found dead in a car park in Melbourne's southeast has been located by police. The silver 2008 BMW sedan [http://www.wonderhowto.com/search/belonging/ belonging] to Michael Mammone was discovered in Miller Court at Cranbourne about 7:30pm on Saturday night. It's about a kilometre from Donnelly Reserve, where the 47-year-old's body was discovered on Friday morning. Police have asked anyone who saw suspicious activity in the area on Thursday or [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-ha-noi-bac-kan-ho-ba-be-cao-bang-hang-pac-bo-thac-ban-gioc.html tour thác bản giốc] Friday to come forward, as well as drivers who were in the area at the time and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-ha-noi-bac-kan-ho-ba-be-cao-bang-hang-pac-bo-thac-ban-gioc.html kynghidongduong.vn] may have dash-cam footage.

Fathers Cannot Walk Their Daughter Arm-in-arm Down The Aisle And Couples Must Wash Their Hands Before And After Exchanging Rings In Post-lockdown Weddings

2020-07-20T06:08:00Z

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Fathers cannot walk their daughter arm-in-arm down the aisle and couples must wash their hands before and after exchanging rings in post-lockdown weddings. New rules issued by the Government today also ban receptions when the ceremonies are allowed to restart with up to 30 people in [http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/?q=England England] from Saturday. The plans are intend to maintain social distancing at weddings as the [/news/coronavirus/index.html coronavirus] pandemic continues but will reduce the big day to little more than a formality. It comes after Prime Minister [/news/boris_johnson/index.html Boris Johnson] last week gave permission for weddings to recommence as part of a widespread easing of lockdown restrictions. More than 250,000 weddings usually take place in the UK each year, but most couples have been affected by restrictions that came into force in March. Here are some of the new rules which will make for very different weddings: CEREMONIES - Keep distanced during 'short' ceremonies The new rules urge people from different households to maintain social distancing between one another, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-ha-noi-bac-kan-ho-ba-be-cao-bang-hang-pac-bo-thac-ban-gioc.html kynghidongduong.vn] which will be 'one metre plus' from Saturday. They say this 'may require marriages or civil partnerships to be adapted to remove practices that would otherwise have brought people into contact with one another, unless required for the marriage or civil partnership to be legally binding'. The guidance adds that 'where this is the case precautions should be put in place to minimise contact and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-ha-noi-bac-kan-ho-ba-be-cao-bang-hang-pac-bo-thac-ban-gioc.html tour hồ ba bể] ensure the timeframe is as short as possible'. This means that fathers will be unable to walk their daughter arm-in-arm down the aisle - and people from different households will be banned from hugging or kissing. Couples have been told that ceremonies should only be done in a 'Covid-19 secure environment' and be 'kept as short as reasonably possible'. This means they should be limited to the parts of the ceremonies that are required so that the marriage or civil partnership can be legally binding. Fathers will not be able to walk their daughter arm-in-arm down the aisle as part of social distancing measures to keep people from different households at least one metre apart Small reception celebrations can only be held if they are groups of up to two households indoors, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-ha-noi-bac-kan-ho-ba-be-cao-bang-hang-pac-bo-thac-ban-gioc.html tour hồ ba bể từ hà nội] or up to six people from different households outdoors RECEPTIONS - Maximum of only two [http://www.houzz.com/?search=households households] indoors The Government has asked that the number of attendees at the service should 'ideally be kept to a minimum as far as possible', but will allow up to 30 to attend. <div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS news" data-version="2" id="mol-12f51120-b9f8-11ea-8f70-bfecf874000a" website can't walk daughter arm-in-arm down the aisle at new weddings

Was Hitler The Cause Of The Second World War

2020-07-20T00:43:05Z

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id="mod_22371406"> The Second World War was a massive conflict unlike any other previously seen on Earth. The massive destruction and loss of life that resulted from the clash between the Allied and the Axis powers were unprecedented, and historians have dedicated countless hours researching and theorizing about the events that could culminate in such a horrific war, especially after the destruction of the First World War just two decades earlier. Richard Overy, author of Origins of the Second World War, claims that the Second World War was not caused solely by Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany, but by a multitude of different factors that arose during the inter-war period. This assertion is valid, as there were other significant causes of conflict that helped escalate inter-war tensions into a full blown world war, namely the failure of the League of Nations, the ideological clash between the Allied Powers and the rest of the world, and the failure of the United States to possess an active role in promoting collective security. Thus Overy's claim that the Second World War was caused by factors other than Hitler is true as there were a number of significant causes that are to blame as well. The first major cause of the Second World War was the failure of the League of Nations. Though an obvious cause of the war, it is still nonetheless of paramount importance as it allowed for the autarky plans of the axis powers to come to fruition and destroyed the illusion of collective security. The League of Nations was extremely weak to begin with, as the United States were not a member, which severely limited the economic impact of any sanctions that the League put into place as the United States were extremely economically powerful. Additionally, the League lacked its own military force and had to rely on member nations to enforce any rulings that it made. This meant that a member nation could withhold support for a ruling that it did not agree with, and allowed for the Allied Powers to hold a large amount of sway on the decisions made by the League, causing the League to turn into a method for Britain and France to spread their influence and further their own self interests in Europe and the world. This was seen through League mandates, which were agreements that allowed the League of Nations to set up a government in a nation or colony that had belonged to the Central Powers during the First World War. These mandates allowed Britain and France to gain control of territory lost by the Central Powers after the First World War, and maintain their large empires - to basically continue their pursuit of self-interest. This lack of ability to maintain collective security would ultimately lead to the undoing of the league, but was highlighted by the Manchurian crisis of 1931 and Italy's invasion of Ethiopia in 1935. The Manchurian crisis occurred when Japan invaded the Chinese region of Manchuria. Chinese officials understandably appealed to the League to force Japan to release Manchuria and withdraw their troops from China. Though the League agreed that Japan was the aggressor and that they should remove its presence from China, Japan withdrew from the League instead. The League failed to implement economic sanctions on Japan, sanctions that would have been largely ineffective as the United States would have continued trade with Japan regardless. Britain and France were more concerned with maintaining their empires, which had been thrown into disarray after the First World War, and as such did not see the value in volunteering troops or supplies for military action against Japan; such actions would ruin their own trade in the East. This only serves to highlight how the pursuance of self-interests by the Allied Powers severely limited the effectiveness of the League. Japan's succession from the league and that lack of action that followed served as an example to Mussolini's Italy, who invaded Ethiopia in 1935. Though the League again condemned the attack, and actually implemented sanctions this time, it was too little too late and only served to drive Italy closer to Germany and Japan, highlighted by the withdrawal of Italy from the League in 1937. It had become evident through the Manchurian and Ethiopian crises that the Allied Powers of Britain and France were unwilling to work toward collective security, and instead only acted in self-interest. Overy claims that the destruction of the League of Nations lead to "The first murmurings of general war" (Overy 2008, 17) as the idea of collective security was shattered by the realities of the Japanese and Italian offensives, both of which proceeded despite protests by the League. Much of this blame can be placed on the major Allied Powers, Britain and France, as they acted through self-interest instead of the interests of the world to prevent future bloodshed. Thus, Hitler is not solely to blame for the Second World War, as Britain and France's actions in the pursuit of self-interest are also a major cause of the war separate from Hitler's actions. The second major cause of the Second World War that I feel is worth mentioning is the ideological difference between Britain and France, or the Allied Powers, and many emerging powers in Europe and Asia. Overy makes mention of the Spanish civil war at several points in Origins of the Second World War, the overall effect of the war and the rise of fascism in Spain cannot be overstated. Geographically, France was already facing conflict between two ideologically different and aggressively expansionist nations on its Eastern front by 1936, and was now facing a rising domestic conflict to its West between Fascist and Socialist forces in Spain. When fascist forces took control of Spain 1939, France was essentially surrounded by fascist governments. Additionally, both Britain and France were threatened by the Soviet government in Russia, as they felt that communism posed more of a threat than fascism, as the Bolsheviks had successfully overthrown the ruling class of Russia in 1917. As a result, France was driven much closer to Britain, its sole remaining ideological similar major power in Europe. However, France itself was politically splintered, and according to Overy, in 1938 "some right-wing groups favoured closer collaboration with Hitler as the only way of preventing the eventual bolshevization of Western Europe." (Overy 2008, 23)This quote serves to highlight how fascism wasn't observed as the greatest threat to the Allied Powers, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-ha-noi-bac-kan-ho-ba-be-cao-bang-hang-pac-bo-thac-ban-gioc.html tour hồ ba bể] as communism was viewed as a more dangerous ideology due to the October Revolution in 1917. While preparations were made for general war and the Allied Powers were aware of the threats that the fascist governments in Eastern and Central Europe posed, the shadow of communism and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-ha-noi-bac-kan-ho-ba-be-cao-bang-hang-pac-bo-thac-ban-gioc.html tour thác bản giốc] fascist sympathisation prevented the required importance from being directed toward the rise of fascist dictators in Europe and resulted in policies by both France and Great Britain that allowed fascism to grow in areas such as Spain. As such, conflict between the Axis and Allied Powers came to existence not solely because of fascist dictator's desire to expand their empires, but also because of the Allied Power's policies that allowed for such a desire to cultivate. Therefore, the blame for the Second World War cannot be only placed on Hitler and his rise to power, but also because of the ideological suspicion of communism by the Allied Powers that allowed for fascism to rise in Europe as it was seen as a lesser threat. The U.S.S.R. was the site of many of the bloodiest battles not only during the Second World War, but the course of human history as well. | Source The final cause of the First World War that Overy talks about that I feel is worth mentioning is the failure of the United States and U.S.S.R. to intervene to prevent the rise of fascism in Europe during the Inter-War period. The United States was portrayed as a nation that supported the idea of collective security, as shown in Document 4 of Origins of the Second World War which states "This country constantly and consistently advocates maintenance of peace. We advocate national and international self-restraint…We advocate adjustment of problems in international relations by processes of peaceful negotiation and agreement." (Cordell 1937) However, in practice, America was not willing to use force in order to enforce collective security, and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-ha-noi-bac-kan-ho-ba-be-cao-bang-hang-pac-bo-thac-ban-gioc.html kynghidongduong.vn] was not willing to work towards collective security if it was against their self-interest to do so. This is highlighted by their actions during the Paris Peace Conference - France and Britain wanted to see allied war debts erased in order to ease their own financial load and to help repair and rebuild after the First World War. However, America did not cancel these debts, causing the Allied Powers to seek reparations from Germany more aggressively and in greater quantities. This contributed to the hyper-inflation that Germany suffered during the inter-war period and influenced the movement to radical political groups by discontent German citizens. During the inter-war period, America's major goal according to Overy was to avoid another European conflict, leading to the adoption of a policy of isolationism. As such a number of acts were passed through Congress that prevented the sale of arms to countries in a civil or conventional war, effectively removing American involvement from conflicts around the globe. Americans were suspicious of Britain and France's motives due to the actions of both nations after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, in which both nations scrambled to secure territorial holdings taken from Germany, and as such neither France nor Britain expected support from America. As such, Japanese influence was able to grow in the pacific as America offered little resistance, even after a Japanese attack on American warships in the pacific. Additionally, the fascist regimes in Europe were able to grow without resistance from one of the strongest economies in the world, and the Allied powers and the League of Nations were both unable to effectively impose sanctions against the Japanese, and to a lesser extent the Italians, during their periods of expansion into non-belligerent nations. As such, it is easy to see that the lack of American involvement in creating and upholding collective security led to the failure of the League of Nations, and also allowed for rearmament to take place in Europe during the inter-war period, as the laws passed by Congress did not prevent nations not currently at war from building up their armies. If America was a part of the League of Nations, the expansionist policies undertaken by Japan and Italy would have been made impossible due to the effectiveness of embargoes that included the United States. If this were to come to pass, then German expansion would have been much more conservative, as they faced a much more powerful opposing force consisting of America, Britain, and France instead of solely Britain and France. Therefore, the onset of the Second World War was not solely Hitler's fault, as American commitment to collective security could have prevented the expansion of the Axis powers and delayed or reduced the intensity of the Second World War, potentially limiting its scope as few countries would wish to engage in conflict with America. America was emerging as the world economic leader by the Second World War, and so its decision to go to war with Germany was [http://news.sky.com/search?term=extremely extremely] significant. | Source The Second World War was not a conflict that was caused by a single man's actions. Hitler, while a contributing factor to the outbreak of war in 1939, was not the sole factor for the war. World War 2 was caused by a multitude of factors, including the failure of the League of Nations, the ideology differences between democratic, fascist, and communist countries, and the failure of American commitment to collective security. Thus, Overy's claim in Origins of the Second World War that the Second World War was not caused solely by Hitler is an accurate and valid viewpoint on the causes of World War Two. Question TimeDo you think Hitler was the only major cause of the Second World War? Yes No[# See results] Related[ ][ ][ ]by Yudex Hasbun1 [ ][ ][ ]by James Kenny24 [ ][ ][ ]by Nick Burchett2 Popular[ ][ ][ ]by Jools Hogg50 [ ][ ][ ]by Readmikenow9 [ ][ ][ ]by Jimmy the jock24 Comments [ ] or [ ] and post using a HubPages Network account. 0 of 8192 characters used[# Post Comment]No HTML is allowed in comments, but URLs will be hyperlinked. Comments are not for promoting your articles or other sites. sendingAnthony Carrell  7 years ago from Lemoore California I should have added that this was an excellent hub. Well done. Panagiotis Tsarouchakis  7 years ago from Greece We should blame those professors at the School of Art in Vienna who rejected Hitler in 1908. They should let him follow his dream! [ ]Anthony Carrell  7 years ago from Lemoore California The treaty of Versailles,and it's after effects, as far as I'm concerned were the first causes. I doubt if Hitler would have ever came to power without that ridiculous treaty.I have a hub on it.. laugh out loud.

Guardiola Refuses To Commit Future To City As Contract Runs Down

2020-07-20T00:27:49Z

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[/sport/teampages/manchester-city.html Manchester City] are facing the prospect of huge upheaval in 2021, with [/sport/pep_guardiola/index.html Pep Guardiola] still unwilling to commit his future to the Etihad. The Citizens are waiting on more bad news after being dethroned as English champions, with the Court of Arbitration for Sport processing an appeal against the club's two-year ban from European competition, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-ha-noi-bac-kan-ho-ba-be-cao-bang-hang-pac-bo-thac-ban-gioc.html kynghidongduong.vn] enforced by UEFA. City are alleged to have committed Financial Fair Play breaches and could lose a number of their stars including [http://mommysavers.com/?s=Guardiola Guardiola] if the ban is upheld, with the Spaniard's contract expiring next summer. Pep Guardiola is holding back on committing himself long-term to Manchester City The Spanaird's contract runs out in 2021 and City have a two-year European ban pending The Etihad side could lose a number of their top stars if their Champions League ban is upheld RELATED ARTICLES [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next] [/sport/football/article-8466801/The-transatlantic-SOS-call-spawned-Liverpools-new-Fab-Four.html 'I was feeding my baby when they said, "Sell Liverpool to...] [/sport/football/article-8466839/Lazio-2-1-Fiorentina-Luis-Alberto-secures-win-82nd-minute-game.html Lazio 2-1 Fiorentina: Luis Alberto strikes to earn late win...] [/sport/football/article-8466955/Kasper-Schmeichel-urges-Chelsea-target-Ben-Chilwell-not-follow-NGolo-Kante-leaving-Leicester.html 'The grass is not always greener': Kasper Schmeichel urges...] [/sport/football/article-8467051/Ole-Gunnar-Solskjaer-told-sacrifice-stars-land-110m-rated-Jadon-Sancho.html Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 'told he must sacrifice four Manchester...] Share this article Share 6.5k shares 'I'm incredibly excited for this part of the season, and the next one,' the former Barcelona boss said. 'I am incredibly satisfied to be in this club and to try to do our best. 'But I don't want to think too far ahead. Now is not the time. I just think about today. We have a tough game away against Newcastle in the FA Cup and we have to be focused.' Guardiola is determined to bounce back next season after being crushed by rivals Liverpool, with Jurgen Klopp's men being handed the Premier League title on Thursday after City's 2-1 defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Guardiola is desperate to bounce-back next season after being crushed by Liverpool City are 2-1 up at the halfway point of their last-16 Real Madrid tie as they hunt European glory City look to be in need of defensive reinforcements but could struggle to attract the world class talent they need if Champions League football is off the cards. Since Sheikh Mansour's takeover in 2008, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-ha-noi-bac-kan-ho-ba-be-cao-bang-hang-pac-bo-thac-ban-gioc.html tour thác bản giốc từ hà nội] City have achieved everything except the Champions League, a target the club hope to achieve this season to get ahead of any suspension. City find themselves well placed for success so far, having beaten Real Madrid 2-1 in the first-leg of their last-16 clash with the Spanish giants. The second leg was postponed due to [http://photobucket.com/images/coronavirus coronavirus] but City will travel to Lisbon for the Champions League mini-tournament in August gunning for the title. RELATED ARTICLES [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next] [/sport/football/article-8466801/The-transatlantic-SOS-call-spawned-Liverpools-new-Fab-Four.html 'I was feeding my baby when they said, "Sell Liverpool to...] [/sport/football/article-8466839/Lazio-2-1-Fiorentina-Luis-Alberto-secures-win-82nd-minute-game.html Lazio 2-1 Fiorentina: Luis Alberto strikes to earn late win...] [/sport/football/article-8466955/Kasper-Schmeichel-urges-Chelsea-target-Ben-Chilwell-not-follow-NGolo-Kante-leaving-Leicester.html 'The grass is not always greener': Kasper Schmeichel urges...] [/sport/football/article-8467051/Ole-Gunnar-Solskjaer-told-sacrifice-stars-land-110m-rated-Jadon-Sancho.html Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 'told he must sacrifice four Manchester...] Share this article Share 6.5k shares

Katie Piper - apos;There Were Times I Used Mum As An Emotional Punchbag apos;

2020-07-19T23:50:24Z

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Katie Piper with her mum Diane Katie Piper's mother Diane nursed her back from the hell of a life-changing attack. Now Katie explains why it's her turn to be the rock Katie's story Katie, 36, lives with her husband Richard and their children Belle, six, and Penelope, two I was a nightmare teenager for my mother. We lived in Hampshire and she was a teacher. Her life revolved around education, being sensible and not making a fuss. There I was, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-ha-noi-bac-kan-ho-ba-be-cao-bang-hang-pac-bo-thac-ban-gioc.html tour thác bản giốc] underage drinking, smoking and constantly having rows. I went to college to study hair and beauty - my dad was a barber and I think they were relieved I would have a sensible job. But when I was 19 I met a load of girls from London, moved in with them and started going to auditions for modelling. My mum was not impressed but I didn't care. As I kept telling her, I never wanted to be like her. Everything changed in March 2008, when I was 24. I was taken to hospital after acid had been thrown over me. [Katie had been raped by her jealous ex Daniel Lynch who then arranged for an accomplice, Stefan Sylvestre, to throw sulphuric acid at her; both attackers were convicted and given life sentences.] I didn't know what was happening. I was blind in both eyes. As well as the agony I was in, all I could hear was male voices around me which made me feel incredibly vulnerable and scared. Then amid the noise I heard my mum and I felt safer. It was incredible the effect the sound of her voice had on me. KATIE with her mum Diane, aged five in 1989 My parents didn't leave my side for the seven weeks I was in hospital - and for months after. My dad is a very emotional guy - he cries at The X Factor - but my mum has never been like that. She was brought up with very Victorian-style parenting. It breaks my heart that her dad told her if she ever needed to cry, to go [http://news.sky.com/search?term=upstairs%20quietly upstairs quietly] and weep into her pillow. But that made her very strong and, in my worst moment, I needed that strength. It was an awful time. I couldn't see, I knew I was completely disfigured and there were so many medical complications caused by the damage from the acid. I also knew the men who did this hadn't been caught and I didn't think they ever would be. I was on massive doses of drugs. There was a point when the doctors came to talk about the next operation and I shook my head and wrote a note saying: ‘Kill me.' Now I have two girls myself, I can't imagine how that felt, but my mum just held my hand and pushed on. She was never fluffy, she never told me everything would turn out well, she just encouraged me to take step after step. She took photos every day. It was the teacher in her that refused to sugar-coat the truth but wanted me to see improvements. And also, I know now, that she wanted documentation in case anything happened to me. She was going to fight for justice - she wasn't ever going to let me down. I feel so grateful to her. When I came out of hospital she looked after me, physically and emotionally. I needed her for everything, from my personal hygiene to my medical needs. There were lots of times I used her as a punchbag. I could take all my anger out on her because I knew she'd never walk away. Mum took early retirement so she could always be with me. I've said sorry so many times. During everything I went through, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-ha-noi-bac-kan-ho-ba-be-cao-bang-hang-pac-bo-thac-ban-gioc.html kynghidongduong.vn] my mum became the closest person to me. My life changed again in many wonderful ways but when I found out I was pregnant with Belle, I was so happy. I'd thought I might never be able to have a baby and my first call was to my mum. She told me she was about to call me because she'd been diagnosed with bowel cancer. I felt my pregnancy had to be the light to her dark. I would take her to events I was invited to; we did lots of lovely things that sound superficial but because she saw so many terrible things through me, I wanted to balance that with happy memories. Six years later we are in lockdown. We speak every day but in those years the cancer spread to her lung, liver, skin and now her lymph glands. Rules are relaxing but I would not risk her health because I love her so much. She still never makes a fuss but it's my turn to be strong. With my kids, I try to be the mother she was with me: reading, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-ha-noi-bac-kan-ho-ba-be-cao-bang-hang-pac-bo-thac-ban-gioc.html tour thác bản giốc] making playdough, listening, giving strength and unconditional love. Now - with those teenage years long gone - the woman I most want to be like is my mother. RELATED ARTICLES [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next] [/home/you/article-8426601/Beauty-skins-secret-weapons.html Beauty: Your skin's secret weapons ] [/home/you/article-8426519/Elizabeth-Day-power-struggle-relationship.html Elizabeth Day: The power struggle in my relationship ] [/home/you/article-8406191/Father-daughters-Hes-Dad-Mum-me.html Father and daughters: 'He's been Dad and Mum to me'] [/home/you/article-8402827/Warning-common-medicines-cause-personality-change.html Warning: these common medicines may cause personality...] Share this article Share Diane's story A retired teacher, Diane lives in Hampshire with her husband David Mother and daughter, 1985 No one can ever really be prepared for motherhood. When I was told Katie had been attacked, I walked into the hospital and didn't even recognise the person lying amid machines and ventilators. I thought: ‘Who is that?' All I could see was black and orange swelling. It did not [https://www.change.org/search?q=compute compute] that it was Katie. But you have to keep going and put your faith in the doctors. It was hard for her. I never wanted Katie to see me cry - it wouldn't help her, so I cried in private. Katie came to live with us after she left hospital. It was a difficult time. My husband David and I had to keep everything going - eye drops in the morning, four massages a day. She didn't like it, and took out her anger on us, but I understood. I kept a diary back then but I don't look at it now. There was so much to take in and do. Meetings with doctors, the police, psychologists and keeping the daily routine. I took leave from work and on top of everything I was worrying about, I worried about Katie's future. All I could see was her continuing to live with us, a hermit's existence, always scared. There was a lot of fear in the early days before the men who did this were caught. She would be terrified if the phone rang or there was a knock at the door. We changed our number and took our names off the electoral register. Fear is contagious and I felt it too. Katie saw a psychologist which really helped her. David and I saw him too because it was difficult for us to cope. Small changes started to happen - she would joke about one ear which was more badly burnt than the other. She let us celebrate her birthday with a little party and a few of her friends. Then one day she came downstairs and said: ‘I'm going to the shop.' I was really worried. I asked if she wanted me to go with her, or to walk halfway, and she said: ‘No.' I watched her go from the garden gate, her thin legs disappearing into the distance. I felt like I did on her first day at school. I was terrified she'd panic and run into the road or that something would happen. I worked out how long it would take to get there and back and kept walking into the street looking for her. She came back smiling. ‘Stop worrying, Mum,' she said. I knew then that she would be OK. I watch her now and I'm so proud of her. I don't know where this spirit comes from but she has touched so many people. She is brave, compassionate and absolutely determined to make a difference. She wants to fix everything. When I told her about my cancer, the next day a juicer and a huge box of fresh fruit and vegetables appeared on the doorstep. She comes with me to my appointments, even when I tell her not to. ‘You were my hospital buddy, I'm going to be yours,' she says. What Katie has done is amazing. But I think the greatest and most incredible thing is her getting married and having two wonderful girls. Honestly, I never thought that would happen, especially when I look back to those dark times. She's a wonderful mother and she's happy, which is all you want for your children. During lockdown I haven't been able to see her but we speak all the time and she can always make me laugh. Katie never gives up hope, which is a great lesson for everyone. Katie and Diane in four Describe each other Katie Strong, intelligent, reliable, selfless. Diane Brave, loving, determined, articulate. Their worst habit? Katie Sending me grammatical corrections on my social-media posts. Diane Her impatience. If a suggestion is made she will want to do it without thinking. When you're together... Katie She tells stories about my childhood. Diane We eat, we drink lots of tea and we always find something to laugh about. Your favourite memory of each other? Katie Sitting at the table sticking pictures from catalogues into a book of stories I had made up with my mum sitting next to me, listening and being absolutely present. Diane Watching her walk down the aisle on her father's arm. I don't cry easily but my eyes were filled with tears when I saw her. Katie Piper's Extraordinary People podcast is available now. 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The 2008 Great Sichuan Wenchuan Earthquake

2020-07-19T19:41:08Z

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id="mod_22738701"> The 2008 Sichuan Earthquake was one of the most disastrous earthquakes in terms of destruction, cost, casualties and other factors. It is five years today (May 12th 2013) since this earthquake struck China on the 12th of May 2008 at 02:28:01 pm local time. The quake struck with a magnitude of 7.9 on the Richter scale and lasted for about 2 minutes, destroying millions of homes and buildings including schools and hospitals, damaging dams, breaking water pipes and gas mains, causing power failures, disrupting telecommunications, creating dangerous quake lakes, destroying and damaging roads and railways, [http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&global=1&q=killing killing] and injuring thousands of people, leaving millions homeless, leaving many children orphaned and many more. The epicentre of the quake was in the Wenchuan county in the Sichuan province and hence it is also mentioned as the Wenchuan earthquake. Click thumbnail to view full-sizeContinental convergence | SourceConvergent boundary | Source Location of main fault zones around Tibet and borders of India and China | SourceThrust fault | SourceThe different types of faults. | SourceThe different faults along the Longmenshan belt | SourceLocation of Longmenshan fault | SourceLocation of Epicentre of the earthquake | SourcePicture shows how the collision between the Indian and Eurasian plates has pushed up the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau | SourceThe Longmenshan fault system, a cross-sectional view | Source Longmenshan fault system: This earthquake occurred along the Longmenshan fault and hence we will briefly look at the details about this fault. The Longmenshan fault zone or fault system is made up of a few faults; in other words, there are a few faults that lie within the Longmenshan fault zone. This fault is found at the base of the Longmen mountains in the Sichuan province of China. The cause of the fault is the continental convergence of the Indo-Australian plate and the Eurasian plate. The earthquake occurred due to a rupture on this fault which in turn ruptured two other faults in the fault zone. The rupture was due to the motion of the tectonic plates. The Longmenshan fault is a thrust fault, where ground on one side of the fault moved up or over the ground on the other side. Thrust fault is a reverse fault at a very low angle. If you look at the pictures to the right hand side, you will get a better understanding of the different types of faults and also the difference between a reverse fault and thrust fault. A Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) scale vs a Richter scale | Source Details of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake:The epicentre of the earthquake was in the Wenchuan County, Sichuan which is a mountainous region in western china. The depth of focus of the quake was 19 km. The quake occurred on the 12th of May 2008 at 14:28 hours local time and lasted for about two minutes. The magnitude of the quake was 7.9 with intensity XI on the intensity scale. The quake was felt in the neighbouring countries of Beijing and Shanghai (more than 1,500 km away from epicentre) where buildings swung due to the tremors. The fault broke to a length of 240 km There were thousands of aftershocks even after months of the quake and killed more people and caused more damages. Click thumbnail to view full-sizeLocation of YBF and GAF | SourceMore details about YBF and GAF | Source Cause of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake:The earthquake occurred on the Longmenshan fault system that lies along the border of the Indo-Australian plate and the Eurasian plate in the eastern border of the Tibetan plateau. The quake occurred due to the rupture on this fault, which occurred starting from Wenchuan. The quake waves travelled north-east at an average speed of around 3.1 km per second. The rupture was due to the impact of Indian plate striking on the Eurasian plate (reverse fault) pushing it northward. The total length of the rupture was 240 km and the maximum displacement was around 9 metres. This fault system has many other faults in which two of them were ruptured; the Yingxiu-Beichuan Fault (YBF) and the Guanxian-Anxian fault (GAF). Click thumbnail to view full-sizeFocus is below the surface of the earth and epicentre is on the surface of the earth | SourceYou can see the location of the focus and epicentre | SourceSimple diagram to differentiate between focus and epicentre | SourceThis picture shows how the seismic waves spread out from the focus | SourceSource Reason for high intensity earthquake and heavy damage:The earthquake occurred in a region of the fault that was along the place where the mountain and basin met. The Sichuan basin area is made up of soft sedimentary rocks, so when seismic waves travel through this area, they slow down and increase in amplitude. Note: Seismic waves travel faster in rigid terrain (this is the reason why the effect was felt in far away cities) and they travel slower in sedimentary plains (reason for more destruction in the Sichuan basin area). General rule, soft rocks shake more (easier to shake) compared to rigid rocks, hence the higher intensity of the quake and severe damage in Sichuan area. More than 100 million [http://www.exeideas.com/?s=people%20live people live] in this area. Also the depth of focus or focal depth (the depth of the quake) of the quake was shallow. Again in the mountain region, earthquake caused hill slides and landslides and hence buried the towns in this area. This hindered relief work and also blocked rivers to form lakes which later broke due to accumulation of more water, leading to more destruction. Note: Focal depth and epicentre are two different terms in an earthquake. The pictures to the right hand side will clearly help you distinguish between these two terms Focal depth - is the point within the earth where the rupture initiates. Epicentre - Point vertically above the focal depth of the earthquake on the surface of the earth Click thumbnail to view full-sizeLocation of The Zipingpu Dam | SourceThe Zipingpu Dam near Dujiangyan | SourceThe Zipingpu Dam | Source Different views about why this earthquake occurred:According to USGS, the displacement was around nine metres along the length of the fault and there were surface deformations greater than three metres. According to the Japanese seismologist Yuji Yagi from the University of Tsukuba, the earthquake took place in 2 stages. In the first part, the Longmenshan fault was ripped apart by seven meters. In the second part, the fault sheared by four meters. The total quake lasted around two minutes. The severity of the earthquake was due to shallow focal depth of the quake. According to Japanese seismologist Teruyuki Kato from the University of Tokyo, the seismic waves travelled long distances without losing their energy, because of the firm terrain in Central China. It is also believed that this earthquake was triggered by the construction and the filling of the Zipingpu dam (50 stories tall situated 5.5 km from epicentre of earthquake) that released the tension between the two sides of the fault causing them to move apart. However this was not the cause, the dam could have just triggered the earthquake earlier than it was supposed to happen. Damages and casualties in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake:This quake is considered to be one of the 21st deadliest quakes of all times with 69,195 casualties, 18,392 missing and 374,643 injured. A study on the loss caused by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake | Source Around 4.8 million people were left homeless but estimates predict that it could be as high as 11 million as the government did not release the official figures. The population in the affected area was 15 million. There were 149 to 284 major aftershocks and more than 42,719 aftershocks in total that occurred through to the 28th of May 2008. More than eighty percent of the buildings were destroyed and most of this was due to the poor construction. Almost all provinces in China except Xinjiang, Jilin and Heilongjiang were affected by the quake. Two chemical plants collapsed in Shifang leading to leakage of Ammonia and sulphuric acid in large quantity and hundreds of people being buried under the debris. A school in Dujjangyan collapsed with hundreds of students buried under the debris. A panda from Wolong Reserve habitat, who has grown close to her caretaker while looked after in other centres while the destroyed panda habitat was rebuilt. | Source The Wenchuan China Earthquake May 12, 2008 Juyuan middle school collapsed and many students were buried. The security guards at a Panda reserve were killed in the quake. One Panda died being smashed by the walls in her enclosure. The other pandas in two reserves close to the epicentre survived but many with injuries. Not much is known about the pandas in the wild. The Zipingpu Hydropower plant had minor damages and is structurally safe and stable. The Tulong reservoir is in danger of collapsing. Around 391 to 400 dams were damaged due to the quake. Thousands of school children died due to poor construction of school buildings. (19,065 students died and 546 disabled). Around 4,727 children were orphaned. Around 7,000 school buildings collapsed throughout the provinces and a total of 21 million buildings were damaged. An estimated 5 million people were left homeless, millions of livestock were killed and agricultural lands were damaged. Around a million pigs died in the Sichuan province The total loss due to the quake is estimated to be $123 billion as property loss and $147 billion (1 trillion yuan) as economic loss. Source Other countries that felt the effect of this quake: Hongkong and Macau felt tremors three minutes after the quake and that lasted for 30 seconds with intensity III, the shaking was felt in Vietnam, Thailand felt shaking from the tremors six minutes after the quake, with buildings swinging for few minutes, Taiwan and Mongolia felt tremors almost eight minutes after the quake, Nepal and Bangladesh felt tremors, India felt tremors almost nine minutes after the quake, and tremors were also felt in Russia and Pakistan. Location and magnitude of aftershocks of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, through to May 28th 2008 | Source Aftershocks:There were around a hundred major aftershocks within seventy two hours of the major quake and these had magnitude between M4.0 and M6.1. According to data on the 6th of November 2008, there had been more than 42,700 aftershocks in total, out of which 246 had intensities between 4.0 and 4.9, thirty four of them had intensities between 5.0 and 5.9 and eight of them had intensities between 6.0 to 6.4. An aftershock on May 25th measuring M6.0 occurred in Qingchuan county, Sichuan and caused deaths and injuries to around a thousand people and destructed thousands of buildings. Two aftershocks on the 27th of May (M5.2 in Qingchuan county, M5.7 in Ninggiang county) injured 63 people and more than 420,000 homes collapsed. There were two more aftershocks in the same area on the 23 of July 2008, killing one, six injuries and damaging hundreds of homes and highways There was an aftershock of M6.1 on the 1st of August 2008 in the Pingwu and Beichuan counties causing two deaths, 345 injuries, collapsing and damaging hundreds of houses and damaging highways. An aftershock measuring M6.1 occurred on the 5th of August 2008 in Qingchuan, killing one and injuring thirty two people. It caused hill slides and disrupted telecommunications. A complete list of all the aftershocks with details of time, date, location and magnitude can be found on the link below: [ ] Click thumbnail to view full-sizeShanghai Stock Exchange | SourceJin Mao Tower | SourceHong Kong New World Tower | SourceShenzhen Stock Exchange | SourceQuake lakes | SourceQuake lakes caused by landslides | Source Aftermath of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake:Many main buildings in Shanghai, for example, the Jin Mao Tower and Hongkong New World Tower were evacuated. Workers in industries were evacuated The international airport at Chengdu was shut down and was opened later in the evening with restricted service. Most of the office towers in Beijing were evacuated. There were cracks in many buildings in Chengdu A cargo train that was carrying tanks of petrol derailed due to deformation caused in the railway tracks and caught fire. Many other railway systems were buried. Rescue troops were delayed due to all the highways to Wenchuan being damaged. 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Worst of the quake lake was the Tangjiashan quake lake which was in a location inaccessible by road or rail transport and was the largest of all the quake lakes. 17 helicopters were involved in this operation of breaking the lake, where engineers, explosive specialists, earth moving tractors, tons of fuel for the machineries were airlifted. 1,200 soldiers arrived by foot and 200,000 people living downstream in Mianvangbyon were evacuated on the 1st of June 2008 in anticipation of the dam bursting. In June 2008 a quake lake that was formed as a result of landslide broke open, flooding one of the devastated towns in the low lying areas. This dislodged damaged buildings, cars and corpses. Tian'anmen Square, Beijing | Source Mourning period:People mourned for earthquake victims on 19th May 2008 at Tiananmen square, Beijing. National mourning was declared by the state government for three days from 19th May 2008. National and regional flags flew at half mast. On the 19th of May 2008, a week after the quake, at 2:28 pm local time, people stood in silence for three minutes. The relay of the Beijing Olympic torch was suspended during the mourning period Many Chinese websites had their home page in black and white and television channels had their logos in grey and displayed banners about earthquake and relief efforts. Casinos were shut down and online gaming servers were shutdown. China Blows Up 'Quake Lakes' Rescue efforts:The Chinese Government spent hundreds of billion dollars on relief and reconstruction. A few emergency medical teams were sent to Wenchuan county by the ministry of health. Thousands of troops from Chengdu Military region and armed police were sent to the Wenchuan county to help with relief work. Level II emergency contingency plan was started by the National Disaster Relief commission. An emergency relief team of around two hundred people was sent to Wenchaun County. The team consisted of Seismologists, commanders from military and army doctors. Due to worse land conditions, rescue operations were difficult. Helicopter evacuations had to be used and hundreds of Tibetan villagers suffered without food and water in their villages for around 5 days. Rain and landslide also affected rescue efforts badly Over 150 aircraft were involved in relief operations which included army, airforce and civil aircraft China accepted international aid to cope with the quake. Tzu Chi foundation and Red cross society from Taiwan sent around hundred tonnes of relief supplies Rescue teams from neighbouring countries joined the rescue efforts on the 16th of May 2008. U.S sent tents and generators through its air force 135,000 Chinese troops and medical officers were involved in rescue efforts across all the cities and counties. Jet Li's "One foundation" also helped with rescue efforts. 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A few pictures from the 2008 Sichuan EarthquakeClick thumbnail to view full-sizeA shot taken in the road heading to Wenyuan, the epicenter of 2008 Sichuan Earthquake | SourceRock Slide in Dujiangyan - 2008 Sichuan earthquake | SourceDamaged road near Dujiangyan, Sichuan | SourceZipingpu Dam North of Dujiangyan | SourceThe China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP) in Wolong, Sichuan was badly hit by the earthquake. 1/5 panda houses were broken | SourceNational mourning for 2008 Sichuan earthquake victims - Tiananmen Square, May 19, 2008, 2:10 PM, before moment of silence. taken from Tiananmen | SourceSichuan earthquake May 12, 2008 - Image courtesy Spark-of-inspiration.com | SourceSourceSourceSource2008 Sichuan earthquake | SourceSourceSource Facts about the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake:This was the deadliest quake since the 1976 Tangshan Earthquake (around 240,000 people were killed) and the strongest quake since the 1950 Chayu earthquake (magnitude 8.5) in China The USGS warned about risks of major aftershocks over the next few weeks and months with some above M7.0 The highest aftershock measured was M6.4 and an aftershock greater than M6.0 occurred on the 5th of August 2008. The Central government of China as part of the Chinese economic stimulus program officially informed that an amount of around $146.5 billion (1 trillion yuan) would be set aside to rebuild the areas affected by the quake. The area where the quake hit, was a rural area with poor healthcare, where poor people lived and was neglected by China's economic rise. Buildings were not designed to withstand earthquakes and hence the reason for high percentage of damage in buildings. Click thumbnail to view full-sizeBei Chuan Earthquake Museum | SourceBeichuan Earthquake Museum | SourceBeichuan quake museum | Source According to data released by the Chinese government on the 21st of November 2008, 200,000 homes were rebuilt and 685,000 were under construction. 1.94 million families still remained without permanent shelter. 1,300 schools were reconstructed. 25 counties were relocated. Internet was used as a source for rescue and recovery efforts during the rescue times. 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They were paid little money (USD 8,800) as compensation and per-parent pension (USD 5,600) in order to maintain silence. A rescue helicopter that carried earthquake survivors and crew members crashed due to fog and turbulence on the 31st of May 2008. Government of China provided free aid for reversing sterilizations to parents who lost their only child in the quake. Earthquakes Thank you for reading. Please leave your feedback and comments and also do not hesitate to share your thoughts or experiences if you have any. The figures regarding damages, casualties and other information have been collected after research and data from various sources. Please feel free to comment if there are any errors so that this hub can be updated. Thank you again. Livingsta Books on earthquakes[ Quakeland: On the Road to America's Next Devastating Earthquake][ Buy Now]  Related[ ][ ][ ]by livingsta31 [ ][ ][ ]by Mr Archer18 [ ][ ][ ]by Rickrideshorses8 [ ][ ][ ]by EcoAsh17 [ ][ ][ ]by Mel Jay12 Popular[ ][ ][ ]by Jennifer Gonzales5 [ ][ ][ ]by Mel Jay3 [ ][ ][ ]by Chris Telden8 Comments [ ] or [ ] and post using a HubPages Network account. 0 of 8192 characters used[# Post Comment]No HTML is allowed in comments, but URLs will be hyperlinked. Comments are not for promoting your articles or other sites. sendingMaruful Hoque  2 years ago Livingsta tell the actual moment of The 2008 Great Sichuan / Wenchuan Earthquake that is terrible and strong. Thank a lot this article share for everyboday. AUTHORlivingsta  4 years ago from United Kingdom Hello Jeff, you're welcome. Glad to be of some help. All the best! :) Jeff  4 years ago OMG thanks a lot it help soooooooo much for my assessment thanks you who ever made or research about thank you :) AUTHORlivingsta  6 years ago from United Kingdom Hello Sorellelinda, thank you for stopping by and adding some information :) Sorellelinda  6 years ago This part of the bridge has been setrngehtned with the addition of steel plates, new rivets and bolts, and extra bracing. Engineers also inserted rollers under the roadway and 96 viscous dampers to help absorb the shock from earthquakes and help the bridge move without damaging itself. AUTHORlivingsta  7 years ago from United Kingdom Hi Mommytalks, thank you for stopping by and sharing your experience. I am sure she would have shared much information with you about her experience there. Have a great weekend! AUTHORlivingsta  7 years ago from United Kingdom Hi Pinto2011, thank you for reading and sharing your views, thoughts and concerns about this incident. Nature is indeed powerful and we will never know when it will strike. Have a great weekend :-) AUTHORlivingsta  7 years ago from United Kingdom Hi Peggy, thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts. I am glad that you found this interesting. Thank you for the votes and share. Have a great weekend! :-) AUTHORlivingsta  7 years ago from United Kingdom Hi Moonlake, thank you so much. I am glad that you found this useful. Thank you for the votes and share. Have a great weekend! :-) mommytalks  7 years ago The U.S. also sent my sister. She was there with a major relief agency for almost 2 years .... Subhas  7 years ago from New Delhi, India Hi livingsta! The the story is so horrible, I just think what would have happened in those people's mind frame who actually faced this gory details of nature's fury. All these things, let us make believe that nature is very powerful and we must know to strike a balance with it and respect it which is badly needed. Peggy Woods  7 years ago from Houston, Texas That was such a horrific event. Your post captures the event in great detail. Up and interesting votes. moonlake  7 years ago from America This is a great hub and in my opinion would deserve HOTD. Thank you for sharing this with us. Voted up and will share with followers. AUTHORlivingsta  7 years ago from United Kingdom Hi aud99, yes, so true! Thank you for stopping by and sharing your thoughts. Have a good day :-) Audrey  7 years ago So many horror stories emerged from that earthquake. Schools were flattened in seconds, killing children. There were subsequent complaints of sub-standard building materials due to corruption but of course, it is too little too late. AUTHORlivingsta  7 years ago from United Kingdom Hi Elias, thank you for reading and your support. Yes, I do agree with your point. Prediction is not accurately possible, but the seismic activity is being recorded in many places and this may give a warning about any earthquake that may occur in the near future. Again, what you say is so true, the panic, a difficult one to go through not knowing when something will happen. The precautionary measures will not be something that will be executable unless one knows a nearly accurate time span. Elias Zanetti  7 years ago from Athens, Greece Very interesting hub, livingsta. You did a good job in presenting this catastrophy in an accesible manner, for regular, none scientists, folks. It is obvious from many disastrous cases around the globe that despite our technological advances in the last century, one can only feel worder and awe when mother natures decides to showcase her power. Also of interest is the case of the prediction of the earthquake you mention in your article. As far as I am concerned, there is a consesus among seismologists that there is not a technology available to allow an accurate prediction. Even if we assume that a scientist could achieve such an accurate prediction, would it be possible to narrow it down to a time span of a few days? Saying, for example, that there is a high probability for an earthquake to happen in a given area within a period of months, that would only cause panic while at the same time precautionary measures such as evacuation wouldn't be a viable solution. AUTHORlivingsta  7 years ago from United Kingdom Hi James, thank you for reading. I am pleased that you found this hub informative. Thank you for the vote. Have a great week ahead! Tijani Achamlal  7 years ago from Morocco Wonderful hub.It is very informative and well-documented.Sorry ,I ve never heard of Sichuan earthquake .I dunno why ..maybe I was busy .Thanks for this ,It was really catastrophic .Voted up AUTHORlivingsta  7 years ago from United Kingdom Thank you so much kidscrafts. Yes they did have another one again and that area has warning for frequent major earthquakes because of the tectonic movement. And yes, I did read about the criticisms too on a few issues related to this quake. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us. It is quite scary to hear. I am pleased that you found this hub interesting. Have a great day :-) kidscrafts  7 years ago from Ottawa, Canada Great hub Livingsta! Some earthquakes can have devastating effects indeed! I think they had again an earthquake not long ago in the Sichuan province and the aid came quite faster than in 2008 where there was heavy criticism for the slow effort to help all the people affected! In Ottawa, we had a few little earthquakes; the last one about 3 years ago was more serious because we lost electricity for a while but I didn't realize we had an earthquake because I was rushing to cut my grass ;-) I heard a loud noise and I thought it was a truck on a main street. And then an neighbour told me we had an earthquake! When I was a kid, I lived in Africa for a few years near the Tanganyika lake...and in that area we could have regularly some earthquakes. Your hub is well researched, plenty of documentation with maps, graphics and pictures! Thank you for sharing! AUTHORlivingsta  7 years ago from United Kingdom Hi Prettynutjob30, thank you for reading. I am pleased that this was of some use to you. We learn something new everyday from various sources, don't we? And it feels great. Have a great day! [ ]Mary  7 years ago from From the land of Chocolate Chips,and all other things sweet. Great informative hub, I have always been fascinated by Mother Nature's ability to switch from beautiful one minute to scary in less than a minute. This hub taught me quite a bit I didn't know about Earthquakes.

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2020-07-19T14:07:06Z

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First they came for the statues; then they came for the stained glass windows. Yes, the fashion (at least among undergraduates) for trashing commemorative edifices is developing new forms. And in one particular case, the targeted memorial is barely 30 years old. This is the Sir Ronald Fisher memorial, a stained glass window in the dining hall of Gonville and Caius College at Cambridge University to honour the work of its former member, described as 'a genius who almost single-handedly created the foundations for modern statistical science'. Sir Ronald, in fact, was knighted by the Queen in 1952. But last week, the college said that it would remove the Sir Ronald Fisher memorial because it was 'now aware of [his] views and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-ha-noi-bac-kan-ho-ba-be-cao-bang-hang-pac-bo-thac-ban-gioc.html tour hồ ba bể] actions … in a way that was not fully appreciated in 1989'. There is one British eugenicist whose name is widely known outside the academic world. That person's name is advertised in magazines and on hoardings, and it pulls in many millions of pounds of taxpayers' money every year. I refer to Marie Stopes (pictured). The organisation bearing her name, Marie Stopes International, is perhaps the world's biggest abortion provider Unshaken The dons were too delicate to mention that the university outpost of Extinction Rebellion, supposedly in sympathy with Black Lives Matter, had spray-painted 'Eugenics is genocide — Fisher must fall' on the college's Gate of Honour. Sir Ronald had been the founding chairman of the university's eugenics society: he was devoted to stamping out breeding by those he deemed 'feeble-minded high-grade defectives ... comprising a tenth of the total population'. This was high fashion on the Left of British politics in the early 20th century and advocated enthusiastically in their favourite newspaper and weekly magazine (then, as now, the Guardian and the New Statesman). Last week, the college said that it would remove the Sir Ronald Fisher (pictured) memorial because it was 'now aware of [his] views and actions … in a way that was not fully appreciated in 1989' The Sir Ronald Fisher memorial is a stained glass window in the dining hall of Gonville and Caius College at Cambridge University to honour the work of its former member It was actually Adolf Hitler who put their ideas into practice, though more radically than they had proposed: Hitler enacted a policy of euthanasia for those we would nowadays term [http://www.superghostblogger.com/?s=learning learning] disabled, pioneering the gassing methods the Nazis later applied to an entire race. 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Earlier this month, University College London retitled two lecture theatres that had hitherto carried the names of Francis Galton and Karl Pearson (Galton invented the term 'eugenics' in 1883, and Pearson was the country's first professor of eugenics, financed by a bequest from Galton). Earlier this month, University College London retitled two lecture theatres that had hitherto carried the names of Francis Galton and Karl Pearson (Galton invented the term 'eugenics' in 1883, and Pearson was the country's first professor of eugenics, financed by a bequest from Galton). They are [http://www.sharkbayte.com/keyword/pictured pictured] together - Pearson (left) and Galton (right) The Galton lecture theatre has now been renamed lecture theatre 115, and the Pearson lecture theatre is now to be called lecture theatre G22. There's safety in numbers. 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Not only are its operations in this country largely paid for by us as an adjunct to the NHS, its overseas work is given huge sums by the Department for International Development. And now the Archbishop of Canterbury has joined in the circus: Justin Welby (pictured) said last Friday that there would be a 'review' of statues and monuments, including in Canterbury Cathedral, and that 'some will have to come down' But what motivated Stopes (1880-1958) was not money: it was an intense eugenic passion — to weed out those she deemed of inferior genetic stock. Originally a brilliant plant palaeontologist, she became obsessed with human breeding, so fixated on this that she disinherited her son Harry for marrying a short-sighted woman (Mary Barnes Wallis, the daughter of the inventor of the 'bouncing bomb'). Stopes wrote: 'She has an inherited disease of the eyes which not only makes her wear hideous glasses so that it is horrid to look at her . . . I have the horror of our line being so contaminated . . . Mary and Harry are quite callous about the wrong to my family and the eugenic crime.' As the historian Geoffrey Alderman records: 'This obsession led to her becoming a very proud public supporter of Nazism . . . she even sent Herr Hitler a collection of love poems. What motivated Stopes (1880-1958) was not money: it was an intense eugenic passion — to weed out those she deemed of inferior genetic stock. She is pictured on a 50p stamp Honour 'In a poem she wrote in 1942, she declared: 'Catholics and Prussians, the Jews and the Russians, All are a curse, Or something worse.' ' Yet this is the woman who, in 2008, was accorded the signal honour of having her portrait on a postage stamp. And only a few years ago there was a campaign to put up a statue of Stopes in Manchester. Given that part of her clinic's original slogan was 'A Sure Light in our Racial Darkness', one wonders if it would now have required pulling down, almost as soon as it had been put up. And now the Archbishop of Canterbury has joined in the circus: Justin Welby said last Friday that there would be a 'review' of statues and monuments, including in Canterbury Cathedral, and that 'some will have to come down'. Meanwhile, in the real world, the rest of the country is just trying to cope with the biggest health and economic disruption of our lifetimes. LESS ICE MAKES P-P-PENGUINS PERKIER! Hot news from the Antarctic: the penguins are prospering. And why is that interesting? Because this is the creature which was supposed to be the principal victim of climate change and the consequent loss of sea ice. 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And what of that creature even more loved by humans: the polar bear? Three years ago a National Geographic video of a solitary starving polar bear, its rib cage distressingly visible, became an internet sensation, watched by an estimated 2.5 billion people. 'This is what climate change looks like,' said National Geographic. Well, that particular polar bear was clearly in a bad way. But over the past 15 years, the polar bear population has risen from around 22,500 to as much as 31,000, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-ha-noi-bac-kan-ho-ba-be-cao-bang-hang-pac-bo-thac-ban-gioc.html tour hồ ba bể] according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Meanwhile, the Adélie penguins are loving the climate. Can we be forgiven for driving cars now?

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