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How Best to Respond? Expert Meeting Djibuti, 8-10 November 2011
RefugeesRefugees andand asylumasylum--seekersseekers inin distressdistress atat seasea –– howhow bestbest toto respondrespond?? ExpertExpert meetingmeeting DjibutiDjibuti,, 88--1010 NovemberNovember 20112011 AUTHORITIES INVOLVED IN RESCUE AT SEA Central Directorate Strategic Coordination Navy Navy CoCoastast Guard Operational guidance in high seas Operational guidance for S.A.R. events Guardia di Finanza Police & Carabinieri Operational guidance in territorial waters Close shore line patrolling PrincipalPrincipal FlowsFlows towardstowards ItalyItaly From TUNISIA EGADI ISLANDS TUNISI TUNISIA LINOSA LAMPEDUSA SOUSSE MADIJA * Up to 5 November DATA ON LANDINGS YEARS LANDINGS MEN WOMEN MINOR TOTAL 2009 39 391 1 7 399 2010 51 560 2 52 614 2011* 512 26.682 235 1.102 28.019** **Landing in Lampedusa 25.714 Landing in Linosa 429 In 2011 have been arrested 73 smugglers and facilitators and 337 boats have been confiscated. In the 2010, were arrested only 7 persons and 19 boats were confiscated. Modus Operandi from Tunisia • By zodiac or wooden boat, of about 4 to 15 meters in length with 3 to 279 persons aboard (on a boat of 12 meters in length) • By fishing boats of 15/25 meters in length (maximum 344 persons aboard a boat of 15 meters in length) • Principally young males • Many trips are self-organized • Nocturnal departure • The cost is about 1,500/2,000 dinars • The Tunisians, generally, claim to want to reach northern Europe From LIBYA SICILY LINOSA LAMPEDUSA TRIPOLI ZUARA MISRATAH LIBYA * Up to 26 may DATA ON LANDINGS YEARS LANDINGS MEN WOMEN MINOR TOTAL 2009 55 4,928 896 466 6,290 2010 9 279 10 57 346 2011* 99 23.137 3.016 1.985 28.318 In 2011 have been arrested 51 smugglers and facilitators and have been confiscated 60 boats. -
Military History Anniversaries 16 Thru 30 November
Military History Anniversaries 16 thru 30 November Events in History over the next 15 day period that had U.S. military involvement or impacted in some way on U.S military operations or American interests Nov 16 1776 – American Revolution: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots. Nearly 3,000 Patriots were taken prisoner, and valuable ammunition and supplies were lost to the Hessians. The prisoners faced a particularly grim fate: Many later died from deprivation and disease aboard British prison ships anchored in New York Harbor. Nov 16 1776 – American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States. Nov 16 1776 – American Revolution: The first salute of an American flag (Grand Union Flag) by a foreign power is rendered by the Dutch at St. Eustatius, West Indies in reply to a salute by the Continental ship Andrew Doria. Nov 16 1798 – The warship Baltimore is halted by the British off Havana, intending to impress Baltimore's crew who could not prove American citizenship. Fifty-five seamen are imprisoned though 50 are later freed. Nov 16 1863 – Civil War: Battle of Campbell's Station near Knoxville, Tennessee - Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces. Casualties and losses: US 316 - CSA 174. Nov 16 1914 – WWI: A small group of intellectuals led by the physician Georg Nicolai launch Bund Neues Vaterland, the New Fatherland League in Germany. One of the league’s most active supporters was Nicolai’s friend, the great physicist Albert Einstein. 1 Nov 16 1941 – WWII: Creed of Hate - Joseph Goebbels publishes in the German magazine Das Reich that “The Jews wanted the war, and now they have it”—referring to the Nazi propaganda scheme to shift the blame for the world war onto European Jewry, thereby giving the Nazis a rationalization for the so-called Final Solution. -
Headmark 010 Nov 1977
JOURNAL OF tTHE AUSTRALIAN NAVAL INSTITUTE VOLUME 3 NOVEMBER 1977 NUMBER 4 AUSTRALIAN NAVAL INSTITUTE 1. The Australian Naval Institute has been formed and incorporated in the Australian Capital Territory. The main objects of the Institute are: — a. to encourage and promote the advancement of knowledge related to the Navy and the Maritime profession. b. to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas concerning subjects related to the Navy and the Maritime profession. c. to publish a journal. 2. The Institute is self supporting and non-profit making. The aim is to encourage freedom of dis- cussion, dissemination of information, comment and opinion and the advancement of professional knowledge concerning naval and maritime matters. 3. Membership of the Institute is open to:— a. Regular Members—Members of the Permanent Naval Forces of Australia. b. Associate Members-! 1) Members of the Reserve Naval Forces of Australia. (2) Members of the Australian Military Forces and the Royal Australian Air Force both permanent and reserve. (3) Ex-members of the Australian Defence Forces, both permanent and reserve components, provided that they have been honourably discharged from that force. (4) Other persons having and professing a special interest in naval and maritime affairs. c. Honorary Members—A person who has made a distinguished contribution to the Naval or maritime profession or who has rendered distinguished service to the Institute may be elected by the Council to Honorary Membership. 4. Joining fee for Regular and Associate Member is $5. Annual Subscription for both is $10. 5. Inquiries and application for membership should be directed to:— The Secretary, Australian Naval Institute, P.O. -
NSIAD-95-116 Cruise Missiles: Proven Capability Should Affect
United States General Accounting Office GAO Report to Congressional Committees April 1995 CRUISE MISSILES Proven Capability Should Affect Aircraft and Force Structure Requirements GAO/NSIAD-95-116 United States General Accounting Office GAO Washington, D.C. 20548 National Security and International Affairs Division B-256664 April 20, 1995 The Honorable Strom Thurmond Chairman, Committee on Armed Services United States Senate The Honorable Ted Stevens Chairman, Subcommittee on Defense Committee on Appropriations United States Senate The Honorable Floyd Spence Chairman, Committee on National Security House of Representatives The Honorable C.W. Bill Young Chairman, Subcommittee on National Security Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives This report, an unclassified version of our August 1994 classified report, discusses the results of our self-initiated review of cruise missiles’ wartime performance and potential impact on future aircraft capabilities and forward presence requirements. It contains recommendations to the Secretary of Defense to ensure that the services take cruise missile capabilities into account when determining aircraft requirements and the forces needed for forward presence. We are sending copies of this report to the Secretaries of Defense, the Air Force, and the Navy and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Please contact me at (202) 512-3504 if you or your staff have any questions concerning this report. Major contributors to this report are listed in appendix II. Richard Davis Director, National Security Analysis Executive Summary Operation Desert Storm marked the first time that U.S. forces employed Purpose the Navy’s Tomahawk missile and the Air Force’s Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missile (CALCM) in combat. -
Submission-Mare-Liberum
1 Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants: pushback practices and their impact on the human rights of migrants by Mare Liberum Mare Liberum is a Berlin based non-profit-association, that monitors the human rights situation in the Aegean Sea with its own ships - mainly of the coast of the Greek island of Lesvos. As independent observers, we conduct research to document and publish our findings about the current situation at the European border. Since March 2020, Mare Liberum has witnessed a dramatic increase in human rights violations in the Aegean, both at sea and on land. Collective expulsions, commonly known as ‘pushbacks’, which are defined under ECHR Protocol N. 4 (Article 4), have been the most common violation we have witnessed in 2020. From March 2020 until the end of December 2020 alone, we counted 321 pushbacks in the Aegean Sea, in which 9,798 people were pushed back. Pushbacks by the Hellenic Coast Guard and other European actors, as well as pullbacks by the Turkish Coast Guard are not a new phenomenon in the Aegean Sea. However, the numbers were significantly lower and it was standard procedure for the Hellenic Coast Guard to rescue boats in distress and bring them to land where they would register as asylum seekers. End of February 2020 the political situation changed dramatically when Erdogan decided to open the borders and to terminate the EU-Turkey deal of 2016 as a political move to create pressure on the EU. Instead of preventing refugees from crossing the Aegean – as it was agreed upon in the widely criticised EU-Turkey deal - reports suggested that people on the move were forced towards the land and sea borders by Turkish authorities to provoke a large number of crossings. -
1379073031293.Pdf
SUPERHERO 44 TABLE OF CONTENTS FORWARD . 1 INTRODUCTION . .1-2 WORLD ALMANAC 2044. 2 TECHNOLOGY . 2-3 PSYCHOLOGY AND ECONOMICS . .3 POLITICS ON INGURIA . 3 NEWSPAPERS . 3-4 FORMALHAUTIANS . .4 PLACES TO SEE IN INGURIA, ISLAND PARADISE . 4-5 THE STREETS OF INGURIA . .5 THE CITY OF BLOOMBERG . .6 KIA, Köln INSTITUTE ALUMNI . 7 ATA, ASSOCIATION OF TECHNICAL . .7 THE HUNTER CLUB . 7 UNIQUEX . 7 THE SCIENCE POLICE . .8 THE SUPERHERO SHOP . 9 IPSP, THE INGURIA PROTECTION AND SERVING PROGRAM . .10 THE FREEDOM LEAGUE . 10 CHARACTER DESIGN . .10-11 EFECTS OF PRIME REQUISITE SCORES . 12 FILLING OUT THE WEEKLY PLANNING SHEET . .12 COMBAT SEQUENCE . 14 INJURIES . .15 KINDS OF COMBAT . 15 WEAPONS EFFECTS . 17 HANDICAPS . .18 NOTES ON DESIGNING HANDICAPPING SCENARIO . 18 EXAMPLES OF HANDICAPPING SCENARIO . .19 PATROL . .20 SALARIES . .24 LITIGATION . .24 LIVING EXPENSES . .24 RESEARCH . .24 CRIMEFIGHTING EQUIPMENT . 24 GENERAL EQUIPMENT . 25-26 SUPERHERO 44 SOLO RULES . 27 OPTIONAL SUPERHERO RULES . .29 By Donald Saxman (Based on an idea supplied by Mike Ford.) © 1977 Gamescience, Inc. All rights reserved. Graphics: Mike Cagle, Michsel Ktirtick, Vines Zahnle,, Mike Ford, Don Saxman. Typing: Kathy Edge, Jane Simmons The author wishes to thank Geneva Spencer, Mike Ford, John Railing, Aaron Giles, Eric Brewer, Dan Fox, Guy Mc Limore, Samanda Jeude and the other members of the Indiana University Science Fiction Club who helped playtest Superhero 44 for their suggestions, comments and time. This gamebook is dedicated to Doc, Kal-el, and the Shadow. Without them it never would have been published. Superhero 44 Copyright 1978 Donald Saxman. All rights reserved. No part may be used or reproduced without permission of the author, except for brief quotations in critical articles or reviews. -
Conference Proceedings National Defense University Fort Mcnair, Washington DC [email protected]
Exploring Cyberspace Through Engaging Thought Cyber Beacon III Exploring Cyberspace Through Engaging Thought Conference Proceedings National Defense University Fort McNair, Washington DC [email protected] July 13 - 14, 2016, National Defense University, Washington D.C. About National Defense University Cyber Beacon III was generously supported by the NDU NDU is a strategic national resource that prepares senior leaders to think and operate Foundation effectively at the highest levels in an increasingly dynamic, complex, and unpredictable international security environment. It does this by preparing them to understand, develop, and employ strategies that incorporate all elements of national power. This senior leader development is made possible by NDU’s holistic approach and unique combination of curriculum, location, and student/faculty diversity. NDU students develop an understanding of the canon of strategic theory, and are able to apply and creatively adapt this knowledge to current and future security challenges. This foundation of theory and application is informed by cutting-edge research. The educational experience is also enriched by The NDU Foundation is a non-profit organization committed to enhancing human security and global the many distinguished speakers who engage the students in candid discussions. The university’s ability stability by investing in the education and leadership development of national security professionals to attract these top speakers and build relationships with federal agencies, academic institutions, and studying at the National Defense University (NDU). Established in 1982 as a nonpartisan philanthropic international partners is enhanced by its location in Washington, DC. Intentionally integrating students organization, the Foundation’s mission is to raise awareness and support for NDU. -
GAZETTE Peopje Without Even Trying
PERSPEUTM By Robert Prucha Did you ever have one of those days. One when nothing goes right. One in which you manage to offend GAZETTE peopJe without even trying. Enter Punxsutawney Phil. I can't Guantanamo Bay, Cuba even write a story about a ground hog without making somebody mad at me. I apologize to all the fine folks at the Naval Oceanographic Detach- Volume 36 Number 23 Tuesday, February 3, 1981 ment who I offended yesterday. I meant no harm; I didn't mean to por- tray them as being unprofessional just because they made one mistake. Fuel and ticket pnces up up up The men and women who monitor and predict our weather provide round- Automobile production is down, The move was needed if Chrysler the type of oil used to heat the-clock service to Guantanamo Bay. fuel prices are up, and if airlines is. to pick up an additional large apartment buildings and run They render service to the fleet plane tickets will have their way, $400 million in federal aid. electric power plants. via forecasts and warnings, help the be going up too. The final vote was by a closer With the price of fuel flying fishermen and divers by calculating Motors has closed out General margin than two previous-votes-of high, the major airlines want the high and low tides, predict the worst loss in its 1980 with the Chrysler workers to help their Civil Aeronautics Board to grant paths of hurricanes and even disturb and both Ford and Chrysler Dory company, and that may indicate them fare increases. -
GAO-21-539, COVID-19: the Coast Guard Has Addressed Challenges
United States Government Accountability Office Report to Congressional Addressees July 2021 COVID-19 The Coast Guard Has Addressed Challenges, but Could Improve Telework Documentation and Personnel Data GAO-21-539 July 2021 COVID-19 The Coast Guard Has Addressed Challenges, but Could Improve Telework Documentation and Highlights of GAO-21-539, a report to Personnel Data congressional addressees Why GAO Did This Study What GAO Found The Coast Guard is a multi-mission The U.S. Coast Guard took steps to safeguard its personnel during the COVID- maritime military service responsible 19 pandemic by updating its policies and guidance, expanding telework, and for maritime safety, security, and administering COVID-19 vaccines, among other efforts. For example, the Coast environmental protection, among other Guard formed a COVID-19 Crisis Action Team comprising targeted working things. During the pandemic, the Coast groups to address COVID-19-related issues and develop new policies and Guard has faced challenges in guidance. Further, from December 2020 through April 2021, the Coast Guard balancing the need to safeguard its administered vaccines to 35,439 (about 64 percent) of its personnel. personnel with its responsibility to continue missions and operations. Selected U.S. Coast Guard COVID-19 Crisis Action Team Working Groups In response to a CARES Act mandate and congressional requests, GAO reviewed the Coast Guard’s efforts to respond to the pandemic. This report examines (1) the Coast Guard’s actions to reduce the risk of COVID-19 exposure for its personnel; (2) challenges the Coast Guard faced in operating in a pandemic environment and how it addressed them; and (3) the extent to which the Coast Guard has The Coast Guard also took actions to address a variety of challenges posed by collected and maintained valid and the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Superman(Jjabrams).Pdf
L, July 26, 2002 SUPERMAN FADE IN: . .. INT. TV MONITOR - DAY TIGHT ON a video image of a news telecast. Ex ~t th efs no one there -- just the empty newsdesk. Odd. e Suddenly a NEWSCASTER appears behind the desk - rushed and unkempt. Fumbles with his clip mic trembling. It's unsettling; be looks up at us, desperately to sound confident. But his voice Nm?!3CASTER Ladies and gentlen. If you are watching this, and are taking shelter underground, we strongly urg you -- all of vou -- to do so immediately. Anywhere-- anywhere e are, anywhere you can find. (beat) At this hour, all we know is that there are visitors on this planet-- and that there's a conflict between 'v them-- the Giza Pyramids have been @ destroyed-- sections of Paris. Massive fires are raging from Venezuela to Chile-- a great deal of Seoul, Korea ... no longer exists ... All this man wants to-do is cry. But he's a realize now that werite been SLOWLY PUSHING IN NEWSCASTER ( con t ' d ) Only weeks ago this report would've seemed.. ludicrous. Aliens.. usi Earth as a battleground. .. ( then, with growing venom: ) ... but that was before Superman. (beat1 It turns out that our faith was naive. Premature. Perhaps, given Y the state pf the world. .- simply desperate-- .. , Something urgent is YELLED from behind the c Newscaster looks off, ' fied -- he yells but it's masked by a SHATT!L'RING -- FLYING GLASS -- the video . .. camera SHAKES -- . -.~. &+,. 9' .. .-. .. .. .: . .I _ - - . - .. ( CONTINUED) . 2. CONTINUED: 4 -. A TERRIBLE WHI.STLE, then an EXPIX)SION -- '1 WHIPPED OUT OF FRAME in the same horrible inst . -
Authorization to Disclose Coast Guard Information Form
AUTHORIZATION TO DISCLOSE COASTGUARD INFORMATION United States Coast Guard Headquarters Commandant (G-MRI) 2100 2nd Street., S.W. Washington, DC 20593-0001 Re: Name: Address: D.O.B.: S.S. No.: Please accept this authorization and provide the information below: I hereby authorize the United States Coast Guard (the “Covered Entity”) to release my information described below to: New Jersey Maritime Pilot and Docking Pilot Commission One Penn Plaza East 9th Floor Newark, New Jersey 07105 (973) 491-7693 Purpose of Disclosure: The documents are being produced in connection with an Application for New Jersey State Docking Pilot license. Documents/Information to be Released: This authorization is limited to obtain applicant’s Coast Guard license and records: Information to be disclosed and provided: ___ Any and all information obtained during any investigation of this applicant; ___ Evidence of current first class pilot’s license or a first class pilot endorsement license issued by the United States Coast Guard; ___ Evidence of current unlimited radar observer’s certificate; ___ Evidence of participation in a United States Department of Transportation required drug screening and testing program; ___ Evidence of a current physical examination by a licensed physician in a manner prescribed by the United States Coast Guard; New Jersey Maritime Pilot and Docking Pilot Commission One Penn Plaza East, 9th Floor Newark, NJ 07105 I understand that the information to be disclosed includes my identity, diagnosis and treatment including but not limited to, ALCOHOL, DRUGS, GENETIC TESTING, BEHAVIORAL OR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED & INFECTIOUS DISEASES, AIDS AND HIV information, as applicable. -
“Why So Serious?” Comics, Film and Politics, Or the Comic Book Film As the Answer to the Question of Identity and Narrative in a Post-9/11 World
ABSTRACT “WHY SO SERIOUS?” COMICS, FILM AND POLITICS, OR THE COMIC BOOK FILM AS THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF IDENTITY AND NARRATIVE IN A POST-9/11 WORLD by Kyle Andrew Moody This thesis analyzes a trend in a subgenre of motion pictures that are designed to not only entertain, but also provide a message for the modern world after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The analysis provides a critical look at three different films as artifacts of post-9/11 culture, showing how the integration of certain elements made them allegorical works regarding the status of the United States in the aftermath of the attacks. Jean Baudrillard‟s postmodern theory of simulation and simulacra was utilized to provide a context for the films that tap into themes reflecting post-9/11 reality. The results were analyzed by critically examining the source material, with a cultural criticism emerging regarding the progression of this subgenre of motion pictures as meaningful work. “WHY SO SERIOUS?” COMICS, FILM AND POLITICS, OR THE COMIC BOOK FILM AS THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF IDENTITY AND NARRATIVE IN A POST-9/11 WORLD A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Miami University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Department of Communications Mass Communications Area by Kyle Andrew Moody Miami University Oxford, Ohio 2009 Advisor ___________________ Dr. Bruce Drushel Reader ___________________ Dr. Ronald Scott Reader ___________________ Dr. David Sholle TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .......................................................................................................................... III CHAPTER ONE: COMIC BOOK MOVIES AND THE REAL WORLD ............................................. 1 PURPOSE OF STUDY ...................................................................................................................................