Syrian Refugees Struggle at Zaatari Camp

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Syrian Refugees Struggle at Zaatari Camp

About 120,000 Syrians are calling the tents and trailers of the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan home, at least for the foreseeable future. Related Article »

Text by JODI RUDOREN, photographs by LYNSEY ADDARIO and video by TAMIR ELTERMAN

Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Syrian refugees at a food distribution center at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan.

ZAATARI, Jordan – Some 1.3 million Syrians fleeing civil war have flooded surrounding nations. More than 500,000 are in Jordan, perhaps 120,000 of them in the mind- numbing rows of tents and trailers in the overcrowded Zaatari refugee camp. To move out into Jordan’s overwhelmed cities and villages, Syrians need a sponsor guaranteeing financial support. This leaves many stuck in Zaatari, which opened last July, for months, struggling to survive cold nights, dusty days and a diet of dry rations, and with little to do but long for home.

A Makeshift Metropolis Emerges in the Desert

From September to November of last year, Zaatari doubled in size, to 5,000 shelters. It long ago exceeded its planned capacity of 60,000 people. There are now 25,000 dwellings sprawling across five square miles. Aid workers hope to replace all the tents with sturdier mobile-home units by mid-summer. So far, there are 10,000.

Feb. 3, 201318,169 Shelters

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Hope and Uncertainty at the Border Crossing

Most refugees cross the border at night, some after days of trekking led by opposition fighters. But as the rebels have taken control of areas close to the border, more people are crossing during daylight. At Shajarah, a major Jordanian Army registration point along the border, 541 refugees arrived one recent Wednesday. They were given biscuits and juice and spent up to 12 hours crowding around two soldiers in a dimly lighted tent who checked their identification and logged their names by hand.

Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

A Syrian father with his two daughters and their belongings shortly after arriving in Jordan through the border crossing at Shajarah. 

“We slept in a bus and we rode in a taxi then from car to car. Half of the trip was walking on rocks and we reached here at 3 a.m. I’m waiting here until God makes it better there.”

Ruqaya Mohammad al-Ahmad brought her two children, Sindra, 7, and Tariq, 3, to Zaatari.

From Tent to Trailer, Waiting to Go Home

In Zaatari, the mobile-home units known as caravans are the most precious commodity, separating those who have little from those who have less. The 200-square-foot caravans, donated by more than half a dozen countries, have windows, floors and doors that lock.

Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Zaatari opened as an emergency outpost but now sprawls across five square miles and costs $1 million a day to run.

“It’s so easy. I feel proud because I feel like I help my family by bringing this income.”

Ahmad Ojan, 14, sells cups of hot tea for 15 cents apiece to people waiting at the registration camp and in the open-air market.

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Japan interesting FACTS

1 - Did you know that Japanese children clean their schools every day for a quarter of an hour with teachers, which... led to the emergence of a Japanese generation who is modest and keen on cleanliness.

2 - Did you know that any Japanese citizen who has a dog must carry a bag and special bags to pick up dog droppings.  Hygiene and their eagerness to address cleanliness is part of Japanese ethics.

3 - Did you know that hygiene worker in Japan is called "health engineer" and can command salary of USD 5000 to 8000 per month, and a cleaner is subjected to written and oral tests!!

4 - Did you know that Japan does not have any natural resources, and they are exposed to hundreds of earthquakes a year, but do not prevent her from becoming the second largest economy in the world? -

5 - Did you know that Hiroshima returned to what it was economically vibrant before the fall of the atomic bomb in just ten years?

6 - Did you know that Japan prevents the use of mobile in trains, restaurants and indoor
7 - Did you know that in Japan students from the first to sixth primary year must learn ethics in dealing with people -
8 - Did you know that the Japanese even though one of the richest people in the world but they do not have servants. The parents are responsible for the house and children -

9 - Did you know that there is no examination from the first to the third primary level; because the goal of education is to instill
concepts and character building, not just examination and indoctrination. -

10 - Did you know that if you go to a buffet restaurant in Japan you will notice people only eat as much as they need without
any waste.  No wasteful food.

11 - Did you know that the rate of delayed trains in Japan is about 7 seconds per year!!
They appreciate the value of time, very punctual to
minutes and seconds
12 -. Did you know that children in schools brush their teeth (sterile) and clean their teeth after a meal at school; They maintain their health from an early age -

13 - Did you know that students take half an hour to finish their meals to ensure right digestion When asked about this concern, they said: These students are the future of Japan .
 
VERY SMART PEOPLE

The Japanese might have lost the
war, but look what they have done for their own Country.
There are no bombs going off in crowded business-centres. Or ""Honour Killings"".

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Pantai - Pantai Terindah di Sumbawa Barat

Pantai - Pantai Terindah di Sumbawa Barat

 

Beaches - Beautiful Beaches in West Sumbawa NTB

to see the article and foto2 beach in West Sumbawa please click the link below

http://www.alambudaya.com/2012/11/pantai-pantai-terindah-di-sumbawa-barat.html

Photography and Text by Barry Kusuma

 

Sumbawa is known for the beauty of Coast beaches, any beach that must be visited in the West Sumbawa. 

Maluk beach 
Maluk beach is in a bay, which is located in the village of West Sumbawa Jereweh Maluk. who makes beautiful because Maluk Beach is flanked by two hills, namely Bukit Mantun the north and Bukit Reply to the south. Panorama of the beach is very beautiful, with sparkling white sand. Maluk beach can be fairly Tourists crowded because it is adjacent to the city Maluk addition to local residents. many surfers who want to learn to surf this beach come. 

Maluk Coast than surf here we can also meet a lot of fishing boats 
Spicy beef jerky often found on the beach stalls Maluk 
Besides surfing, there are many other activities you can do at the beach Maluk. You can swim, sunbathe, canoeing, or just laze around while playing on the beach sand. Clean white sand beaches and shallow sea is perfect and to perform various activities. Around Maluk Beach there are several restaurants and food stalls that will satisfy your culinary. 


Rantung beach 
Rantung beach one of the best surfing spots in Indonesia, even in the world. Waves at this beach are included in the list of the best waves in the world. No wonder that the famous Maluk Beach to various parts of the world surfing championships and many international level (International Surfing Championship) held there. This beach is known by people around the beach because Smithers Yoyo's rolling waves to a height of over two meters and the waves much like yoyo continued rolling up as if to suck the surfers who try to conquer it. 

Here are lodging and many foreign tourists who occupy this inn, staying here is generally surfers. they specifically came to this beach just to subdue the fierce waves contained on this beach. 

Tropical beach 
excellence tropical beach has sand beaches have sand and white pepper-shaped, curved shape was like a lake shore. Moreover, the color blue is really exotic beaches, beach is arguably its unspoilt beaches, just a pity there are many Tropical resort near trash and other Along Tropical Beach neighborhood looks clean, nice area on the water or beach sand beach. 

Tropical beach scenery is beautiful. We can see the rocks time stroll on the sand beach we can also find the shells with a colorful variety of diverse forms. Every now and then we can also find a small animal around the coast such as crabs and snails. 

Lawar beach 
Lawar beach is a beach on the west coast of the island of Sumbawa. The distance is about 3 to 5 km from the beach Rantung. Lawar very exotic beach, with dunes towering at the right end of the beach. Like the other beaches on the west coast of Sumbawa, white sandy beach as well Lawar. Interestingly, the sand on the beach is really clean and soft white like milk powder. on the left coast there are many big rocks very beautiful if you photograph. Grains of sand at the foot feels very soft. To feel the softness of the sand you should walk barefoot.

Hollywood Studios Want Google to Censor Dotcom’s Mega

Hollywood Studios Want Google to Censor Dotcom’s Mega

Two major Hollywood studios have asked Google to remove the homepage of Kim Dotcom’s Mega from its search results. Warner Bros. and NBC Universal claim that their copyrighted content is hosted on the URL and want it taken down. Dotcom is disappointed by the news and points out that constant takedown abuse is restricting access to legitimate files. “This is in line with the unreasonable content industry behavior we have experienced for years,” he says in a response.

Every week copyright holders send millions of DMCA takedown notices to Google, hoping to make pirated movies and music harder to find.
Unfortunately not all of these requests are correct. Because of the high number of often automated notices and the fact that copyright holders don’t check the validity of all requests, this results in questionable takedowns.
One site that has been the target of this kind of takedown abuse is Kim Dotcom’s file-storage service Mega. In recent weeks Hollywood studios Warner Bros. and NBC Universal both asked Google to de-list Mega’s homepage from its search index. These are odd requests as Mega’s homepage doesn’t link to any files at all.
According to a takedown request by NBC Universal, however, Google is led to believe that Mega’s homepage is linking to an infringing copy of its film Mama. Warner Bros. on the other hand claim in a DMCA notice that Mega is making a pirated copy of Gangster Squad available to the public.

NBC Universal takedown request

Kim Dotcom is not happy with the censorship attempt and points out that this is not the first time he has fallen victim to this kind of abuse.
“The Warner Bros. and NBC Universal requests to Google are censoring our entire homepage. This is in line with the unreasonable content industry behavior we have experienced for years,” Dotcom tells TorrentFreak.
“You will recall the illegal takedown of the Megaupload song by Universal Music and the attempts to censor our Mega radio ads. The shutdown of the entire Megaupload site remains the ultimate illegal takedown by the content industry.”
In this case, Google caught the error and refused to remove the Mega homepage, making it still available in its search results today. However, these kind of mistakes are certainly not an isolated incident. Dotcom points out that when Megaupload was still around one in five DMCA requests were bogus, often the result of automated processes.
“During the Megaupload days over 20% of all takedown notices were bogus. We analysed big samples of notices and most were automated keyword based takedowns that affected a lot of legitimate files. The abuse of the takedown system is so severe that no service provider can rely on takedown notices for a fair repeat infringer policy.”
Dotcom believes that instead of teaming up with Hollywood and protecting the interests of the copyright lobby, the White House should understand that the entertainment industries’ misuse of the DMCA has damaging consequences.
“The constant abuse of takedown rules and the ignorance of DMCA obligations by the content industry are based on the confidence that the current U.S. administration is protecting this kind of behavior. The political contract prosecution of Megaupload is the best example,” Dotcom tells us.
“The White House doesn’t appreciate that the DMCA was the biggest contributor to a thriving Internet economy in the U.S,” he adds.
The ‘mistakes’ by Warner Bros and NBC Universal show that wrongful takedown requests can seriously impede the availability of perfectly legal content. With millions of notices coming in each week Google can’t possibly correct all errors, as we’ve shown many times in the past.
Dotcom agrees, and points out that the copyright extremists are the problem, not the service providers like Mega.
“From my experience the only people who are acting like criminal lunatics are the copyright extremists who think that the DMCA doesn’t matter. Their agenda is war against innovation. The kind that forces the content industry to adjust an outdated business model.”
“History repeats itself and Innovation always wins,” Dotcom concludes.

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