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Mexico the country of Salsa, Tortillas and Corruption;
I first arrived in Mexico City in February 2002 as an instructor for the WFB - the World Federation of Bodyguards. A Mexican security service had contracted Anders Sorenson, the Norwegian WFB instructor and I, to set-up a training program for BG’s in Mexico.

I came through customs and the weapons search, shaking my head at the Mexican officials who only spoke Spanish, making my visa interview a complete waste of time.

That was one of my first lessons about Mexico; almost all Mexicans dream of going to the US to live however, the vast majority speaks nothing but Mexican Spanish. This lack of English knowledge goes all the way from the basic uneducated labour worker to the university-educated attorney at law!

The Assassination:

On my second day in Mexico, I witnessed a Mexican Assassination complete with a “Hollywood-Movie” car chase. Sitting in our chauffeur driven vehicle, I was enjoying the sights in the city of Morelia, Michoacan, when I suddenly heard the well-known sounds of automatic rifle fire. A few seconds later a Bronco jeep, riddled with bullet holes sped past us. The jeep rammed into a vehicle right in front of us and stopped momentarily. The front seat passenger was hanging half out of the shattered side window, half his head gone with brain mass showing, in the rear a woman slumped covered in blood. Then the driver regained his senses and sped off down the street ramming other cars as he fled.

The sounds of automatic fire bursts came again but much louder and nearer. Seconds later a black jeep sped by, with two shooters hanging out the windows firing automatic bursts from AR-15’s. By now, from the rear seat, I was yelling at our chauffeur to give chase and try to ram the second vehicle; however, the chauffeur were paralyzed with shock and did not react, until Anders slapped him back to reality.

When we finally gave chase we just glimpsed the assassins jeep, take a right turn at an intersection 30 metres away. Our chauffeur was whining about it being to dangerous to get close to the assassins, however he managed to give a speedy chase. As we turned right at the intersection we witnessed 10-15 heavily, armed Police officers surround the assassins jeep.

The driver of the Bronco jeep were slumped dead over the steering wheel, he had done all he could to evade the attack site and escape the assassins. Realizing the assassins would not relent, the driver had driven with the horn flaring into the no-parking zone, surrounding the heavily guarded high-security police detention centre, where he knew help were immediately at hand.

The assassination turned out to be a drug cartel hit, the dead man in the front were a cartel leader, the woman in the rear was his wife and the driver was his personal bodyguard. The three assassins were arrested and charged with three counts of murder; they all pled guilty and subsequently each received a 12-year prison sentence, with parole after 8 years.

My real surprise about the assassination was the fact that the assassins continued their attack after the target had evaded the attack-site.

This contradicts all “normal” modus operandi for professional assassins, as giving chase across town exposes the whole assassin team to witnesses and law enforcement. Months earlier, I would have argued that this type of “spray and pray” car chase could only happen in a Hollywood movie.

When I discussed this matter with the CEO of the local TV-Azteca, he told me the reason for the continued attack, was that the assassins had more fear of botching the hit, than being arrested by the police. They knew that their Cartel leader would not accept failure and that he would reward their loyalty and commitment. They received the best legal defence money could buy, bribes to the attorney and judges, grease to the prison guards etc. Eight years in prison was simply not such a bad deal for the assassins! This is a similar situation to what is happening in Russia, where standard CP preventive methods, just will not protect your ass either.

The assassination proved to be a blessing in disguise, at least to Anders and I, who suddenly were the two most “wanted” persons in Morelia city. We had requests and questions about training, coming in from police VIP protection teams and security managers for the filthy rich. The WFB could not have arrived in town on a better day.

Being the flavor of the month:

Everyone in protection and his dog wanted to see what we had to offer in the training field. Everyone was very interested but also very sceptical about our training, the Mexicans are wary off gringos with the solutions to all their problems. Very candidly, they told us that they had “enough” experience with no-good American (US) templates for everything. Our schedule was quickly filled with meetings followed by training contracts.

In the next months we provided training seminars and courses to corporate VIP protection units and various police departments in the states of Michoacan and San Luis Potosi. The Police departments we provided training to included state SWAT teams and Ministerial Hostage Rescue Teams. These courses were hosted by the State Police Academies and we even held a seminar for the Army during Army Day.

Kidnapping Industry:

Mexico has more than its fair share of drug related crime, robberies, kidnaps and assassinations. In 2002 Mexico became the number 1 country for kidnappings, taking the lead over even Columbia, a position Mexico held until toppled by China in 2004. There are currently about 4000 kidnappings a year in Mexico. A report published in 2002 by the Mexican Ministry of Justice, found that former or serving Police Officers were involved in the planning or cover up of 80% of all kidnappings.

Training the Police:

One of the interesting facts about Mexico is the enormous amount of Police Officers pr capita. Even in a medium size state such as SLP there are more than 3000 State Police Officers. Add that on top of a heavy presence of City, Federal and Ministerial Police Officers. For a “European” the shear amount of Police Officers and independent departments are staggering and the jurisdictions are often over lapping and confusing. There are almost zero communication between the different departments and Petty rivalries are commonplace, between departments of the State Police and the Federal and Ministerial Police.

During a course for the Ministerial Police HRT, we had to stop early because the course was held at the State Police Academy, which were shared by State and the Ministerial Police. However the State Academy chief were annoyed with the Ministerial Police and decided suddenly that they could not use the firing range as it was officially under supervision of the State Police etc.

This is one thing foreigners need to bear in mind in Mexico, politics are part of everything and corruption is not a dirty word. Every “chief” were looking for “what’s in it for me” and if you could provide him with something he wanted, there were ends to what you could do. Firearms are a very delicate matter in Mexico, only the Police and Army has the right to bear arms. Bodyguards are not officially allowed to bear arms, but if you know the right “chiefs” the law means nothing.

However that does not prevent other Police departments from having a say about you carrying arms. During our third course in Mexico, we were training a Corporate VIP Protection unit of the Industrial Police. The Industrial Police were simply a “name” for a unit sponsored by the wealthy in a certain state; they would hire their Bodyguards and then have them “hired” on paper by the Industrial Police. This way the Corporate VIP protection units could legally carry arms. The Bodyguards would thus receive a salary from the Industrial Police and a substantial cash bonus by the corporation they were working for.

Weapons or rather a lack of weapons:

Another interesting problem in Mexico is the acquirement of weapons as the only “body” who have the legal right to import arms and ammunition is the Army. Even the Police Departments have to purchase or lease their weapons and ammunition through the Army. This unfortunately means that the prizes for legal weapons and ammunition are absolutely outrageous. The Army uses its monopoly to fund its own weapons and ammunition purchases and needs, thus the Army have “free” weapons and ammunition due to the tax they levy on the Police.

One result of this is that you can now see Soldiers brandishing new MP-5s used for guard duty, while the local Police SWAT team are still relying on UZIs and Beretta M-12s. It also results in an outrageously low amount of ammunition allowed for training Police Officers in the use of firearms. The majority of Police Officers fire less than 20 bullets a year and in one state, I witnessed the weapons training and the following weapons certification of Police Cadets, after having fired only 12 bullets from a revolver! More than two thirds of the Cadets did not hit their target with more than 2 bullets out of 12, from a 10 meter distance! After this I was “scared” when around armed Police Cadets, I jokingly told the local Chief of Police, to please not attempt to rescue me should I be kidnapped.

Among the interesting aspects of Mexican “Bodyguarding” we found that the vast majority preferred to stick their gun in the back of the pants, gangster style. And avidly claimed that this was the safest and easiest method of carrying a handgun, however during training courses the guns would be dropping all over the place. The main reason for this is that the Bodyguards are not assigned a firearm, but usually pass it between when changing shifts, thus they are to “cheap” to buy their own holster. We made it “clear” that this was unacceptable and students only made the mistake of “tugging” their gun in once!

Bodyguarding the Mexican style:

Another interesting aspect of Mexican “Bodyguarding” is the fact that many VIPs prefer (demands) to drive their own vehicle, thus the Bodyguards are merely following in a back up vehicle. There were daily stories of smart ass VIPs (usually the sons of the wealthy) simply out-driving the Bodyguards, the sons were of course driving Ferrari’s or other sport cars. One Fortune 500 VIP we trained for preferred to drive himself around in a two seat Mercedes Cabriolet, which of course made protecting him hell for the BGs.

Those readers who have access to the first issue of Protection News, can see a picture of the WFB adapting its Embus and Debus training to accommodate the VIP driving his own car. We also found that most wealthy VIPs had a huge luxury bus, which they used for cross state travelling inside Mexico. Due to this we had to improvise and adapt Embus and Debus drills to accommodate this and teach linear assault on busses, during the Counter Assault Team training.

A True Life Experience:

Mexico was a breath of fresh air to me as a European CPO, everything were different from working in Europe and the threat level were far higher and by experience we learned that the BGs can not rely of the Police. The vast majority of BGs and Police Officers I met and trained with (several hundreds) were all highly motivated and good guys, who really wanted to learn. They were all sick with the way things were in Mexico and especially the corruption, but there were little they could do about it. Mexico is truly a land of opportunity for the European BG training provider, as long as you accept the rules of business; “corruption” and status quo. If you want to earn money in Mexico, simply go there on vacation and drop in for a visit, by the VIP security managers and local Police Chiefs and soon you will find yourself immersed in the Mexican BG business.

One night when I was having a drink with a local Police Chief, I complained about the obvious drug trafficking. The chief looked at me and said; when I started this job I got a mail package, within it were two packages, one contained $10.000 the other a bullet! When I asked what he did about it, he quietly said; well I am still here…

Dan Sommer is the author of the SD Agent, a Surveillance Detection Manual, he has been part of the process of designing, implementing and training a SD team for a European Embassy. His 17 years security career started in 1986 and he has active experience from military, security, close protection, counter assault team and surveillance detection operations. Since 1994 the author has been writing training material’s for security companies and police departments. He has been instructing courses world-wide for security officers, bodyguards, police officers, counter assault teams and surveillance detection units. Dan currently acts as the International Director of the World Federation of Bodyguards and has a private business as a Security & Protection Consultant. His work can be viewed at his website http://www.DanSommer.Biz

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With new environmental technologies and modern efficiency methods in mining can we revive this sector of our economy. It would be great for manufacturing costs and coupled with the current low dollar we stand to make gain quite a bit if we can. By doing this the job of doing mining correctly it is feasible, but environmental laws are not the only regulations that mining operations have to deal with, once you let those bastard regulators on the property they are only interested in finding something wrong to pay for their trip.

Many older coal miners of the past few generations met these US Regulators at the gates with shotguns. This is due to the outrageous, self-righteous attitude of the overbearing government regulators. Here is one story from the daughter of an old coalminer who owned several mines which were eventually forced to be shut down. Was it competition that prompted this? Was it the environment? Organized labor? Why the attacks on a coalminer family? Here is her story:

“There is so much political BS in the energy field it isn’t even funny. When I was 11 or 12, I walked down to the mine yard where I witnessed two Federal mine inspectors shoving my father around. They were provoking him to try to get him to fight them. He just stood there like the gentle soul he was. I went back to the house, picked up the rifle and shells and fired a warning shot over their heads. Lord, was my father ever mortified! The Feds backed up with their hands in the air and I told them exactly how to get in their vehicle and drive away before I decided to blow their heads off. They did. My father took the rifle and walked me back to the house lecturing me with the biggest grin on his face. When my mom and dad were discussing the situation, I snuck out, hopped on my bicycle and went after them (of course, I was gun less by this time). They were on the highway a few miles away and I decided to do the domino effect. I got neighbors to get other neighbors and we all hit the highway with me still on my bicycle leading the troops. We went around the corner and the bastards had decided to turn around and come back. All vehicles stopped and everyone got out and stood across the road with me. All were packing with their guns at their sides. The neighbors went to my parent’s house after this to tell them what we’d done. Someone got the law and the attorney and it was probably the first time I saw the gapping holes in our legal system.”

Interesting how we deal with things in this country. And mine you this is a true story, certainly 30 years ago, but it is real.

Truth, Justice and The American way are an ideal to work towards, it is questionable if they ever have actually existed in our country as per those wonderful textbooks in grade school. However with that now known and with the truth of Santa Clause also revealed to us, we do have duty in this country to fight for that ideal. Having read about this in many novels and non-fiction books and having now experienced these things personally;

http://washguy.com/ftc.shtml ,

I believe we can have those ideals and still provide business opportunities for those who wish to control various industries, by finding win-win solutions that expand the pie for all and serve the needs of the people, not the sheep. If you read about the Oil Barons in this country and understand the politics, the law and the DOJ, you can see there is more to it than simply digging up a raw material or resource, collecting it, refining it and selling it.

This is not good or bad, it just is. And “IT” affects every single aspect of our lives. Everyone should read Ayn Rand before they judge the producers, wild caters, entrepreneurs and risk takers that built all we are and all we know. Perhaps I am not the only one upset about the government’s ability to disrupt the flow of things. Perhaps we are not the first to be attacked or the last. I recommend “The Business End of Government” By Smoot. Here is one family that was attacked who still to this day has many things to say? Such as what is the role of Government?

http://www.rockinst.org/

and another who has given more money to humanity than any other couple in the history of mankind;

http://www.gatesfoundation.org/default.htm .

For us to continue to mine our own natural resources we need to sustain our factories and manufacturing facilities we need a new hands off approach to the inane regulations that plague the industry. We are not saying a complete lack of regard for the environment, but a better approach to the streamlining the bureaucracy and more reality based lawmaking and regulations. Not simply laws to make laws or appease the poppers in the peanut gallery and Sierra Club Fringe with the squeakiest of wheels in a little red wagon full of academia reports containing junk science. What we need is a reality check that will not produce more “Out to Save the World, by making Everyone and Everything Equal” college kids taught by the most liberal of professors.

If we want to revive this sector of our economy and the mining sector to help restore jobs for America and our manufacturing and industrial might we must think about these issues. We need cooperation between government and industry not over regulation from spiteful enforcement agencies. Think about it America, we can be strong again.

“Lance Winslow” - Online Think Tank forum board. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; www.WorldThinkTank.net/wttbbs/

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Health insurance by and large is not top priority when planning a college education. In The Main, the last thing on a student’s mind is medical insurance. Young people tend to think that they will live forever and of course they will not become ill.

Alas, this is rarely the case irrespective of how fit an individual may be. Inexpensive health insurance isn’t merely a luxury, it’s truly a necessity.

Those fortunate enough to be included in their family policy are generally included up until their twenty third birthday. For the student who doesn’t currently have cover on their family plan, an essential part of budgeting for college has to be getting inexpensive health insurance. What’s fundamental in an insurance policy designed specifically for students? So what’s a deductible? It’s an annual amount you have to pay before your health benefits starting, very like a car insurance policy. To give an example, if the deductible is 500 dollars, you have to pay that amount prior to getting financial benefits from your plan.

What is your co-pay? When the deductible is covered, virtually all medical insurance policies expect you to pay a part of the bill for each visit to the physician, medicine or operation. This is called a co-pay. What does the health insurance include? Many policies include Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) and Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA). This could mean particular doctors might not be included in your “network” and might not be included by the insurance plan. Most plans should include a directory of approved professionals, ensure to take this into consideration when you are selecting a medical insurance policy. What exactly does the phrase catastrophic insurance coverage imply? Do be aware that there may be a restriction on health insurance policies aimed at students as far as terminal illnesses are concerned, the coverage provided in most student health insurance policies is by and large less than any standard plan. Restrictions: Limits are very commonplace in student health insurance. It’s really important to read over the insurance policy thoroughly to check out exactly what may and may not be covered. Have all of your insurance details safe at all times. Accidents and illnesses are not only impossible to plan for, but they are most likely to hit when you least anticipate them. Make sure you’re familiar with the particulars of your college health insurance, whether through your parents or you have taken your own selection of insurance.

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“But for how long ? !” We send our brave men and women off to fight in a foreign land , while we allow certain anti Christian government officials to little by little chip away and remove the vary “GOD given” freedoms that we sent them off to defend!

We allowed the BIBLE to be removed from our public schools while we allowed the” theory” of evolution to be forcibly taught to our Children we look at incidents like Columbine and we hear a woman who’s lost a child in a school shooting say GOD how could you let this happen ? YOUR ANSWER : YOU SAID GOD WASN’T ALLOWED IN SCHOOLS ! It’s now more easily done to sneak guns and explosives into a public school , than it is to read a Bible there , and the A.C.L.U. won’t file a law suit for bringing a gun or bomb to school , but they sure will if you bring a Bible.

The American justice system , in the court room you are asked to swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth , “SO HELP ME GOD !”on the BIBLE , while The Ten Commandments have just been ordered out of the public court .”The same principles that you were just asked to swear to tell the truth by !” With the removal of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS on which the American justice was based , and our great country was founded ,YOU have just allowed the hope of all justice to be removed from the American court room !

When I was in school , we were taught to be loyal to our country .We stood shoulder to shoulder as young Americans, and recited the Pledge of Allegiance , the way it was originally designed , ONE NATION UNDER GOD , for those of you who don’t remember . ” GOD & A FREE COUNTRY” That’s what our brave men & women of the armed services are fighting and dieing for !

There are only two ways to be , right or wrong . So if we are in the right ot send our men & women to fight for our “GOD GIVEN FREEDOM”, isn’t it there fore wrong to allow them to remove the name of GOD from public view ?

The agenda of the A.C.L.U Is to make the USA reflect a non - believers view of the nations founding and future existence. They have filed suit to have our national motto” In GOD we trust” removed from our currency , One Nation Under God removed from the Pledge of Allegiance , The white cross war memorials removed and the grave markers In all government cemetery’s such as Arlington will surely be in their line of fire as well .

The Ten Commandments Moses was given by God has been forcibly removed form all most all of the government buildings and our government must reflect a non religious atheistic view in all public places . Why are they so ashamed of their GOD given freedoms ? That was the heritage the fore fathers wanted to pass on to all future generations !

Down through out all history we read of the sacrifices that our ancestors made as they fought and died to keep all of us free . George Washington ordered his troops to daily , begin the day by gathering all officers and troops together and praying . Praying for Almighty God to make them victorious in battle,and for the safety of the men.

The First Continental Congress filed a motion in 1774 to pause for prayer to ask for support and guidance following a report of the British invasion of Boston . The prayer was formed from Psalms 35 in the Bible .

A national day of fasting was initiated by congress to ask Gods forgiveness for sins of the American soldiers committed in the war . Church services were held in the U.S. Capitol building which Jefferson attended and the U.S. Marine band supplied the music at tax payers expense . Church services were also held in the Supreme Court building for many years .

Separation of church and state means , The government was never to force any single religion to be recognized as a nationally chosen or federally controlled , as it was in England . Instead , it was to recognise the practice of many different religions and not prohibit the exercise of it . In short , the government was to stay out of the church’s business , but not for church to stay out of government .

Freedom of religion is an amendment in the Constitution of The United States which stated that Congress was to not make a law for or against the practice of any certain religion,or to restrict the practice of it .

If we let the A.C.L.U. Full fill their objective of the total removal of God from our nations motto , our songs , our currency , our Pledge , our cemetery , our national monuments , Then we have lost some of our Freedom of speech as well as our Christian rights . That may as well be minority rule and not what the majority of Americans want.

With out the influence of Judaism and Christianity , this nation will morally decay . And if it is silenced for ever publicly , our children will have no idea of their heritage , where it came from or what it means to have God given Freedoms as an in alienable right endowed by their Creator GOD.

There has to be a difference between right and wrong , and where do we think we learned the difference in the first place ? It always returns to what the American Justice system was based upon , The Ten Commandments . And who gave them to us ? GOD ! And so , since we recognize that , then why is it that when something is morally wrong the A.C.L.U. Is the first to file suite to defend that instead of what is right ?

They also want to diminish the legal distinction of the traditional family ( one woman one man) as ordained by God . This undermines morals even further . They have made remark to the legal age of sexual consent to be lowered to 13 or 14 year old children . “YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK !” That’s right, federally funded . We are paying them to do this, whether we like it or not , whether you’re a believer , or non - believer .

People , it’s time to wise up , before it’s too late ! All of us Believer or non -believer , enjoy the freedom this Nation has to offer , and we can all happily live here together . It’s not yet to late to reverse the damage that has been caused . If we continue on the path of removing God from America , Why should He continue to bless it ? And None of us may even want to live here if HE doesn’t bless it . It could turn into another Iraq , where the war is in YOUR back yard !

But then, I’m a man who believes that there is a God who created us, loves us ,and wants us to love our neighbors as our selves . And what could possibly be wrong with that concept ? * * *

Editor monstermall1.com published 2-17-2006

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Israel likes to pride itself on being a Western nation, and in too many ways (idolatry and immorality) it is.

However, in too many other ways their bought and paid for leaders act like they’re old-style Russian Communists who hate religion and the religious and will exert a brazen double-standard in enabling the left to get away with murder (remember Yitzhak Rabin?) and persecute the right for any trumped up charge or wild accusation.

Those precious Israelis of American descent are particularly “troublesome” to the hardcore leftists who aren’t used to such independent thought (1 Kings 18:17), who abhor any who dare question the State, and who cherish their God-given rights of freedom of speech and religion. Israel is blessed to be like a Western nation in this regard, to the extent that those of American and other Western Israelite democracies are free to live and prosper in the Jewish homeland, free to set a noble example for the nation to follow, and free from politico-religious persecution.

Nadia Matar is one of the precious Israelis of freedom-loving American origin who is now under fire for expressing her heartfelt Jewish opinion in the letter that appears below, something that would be considered harmless in the United States. Yet, in today’s quickly disintegrating Israel, Nadia Matar (Co-chair of Women For Israel’s Tomorrow/Women In Green) has been indicted for it!

The outrageous charge in the insulting indictment is “Insulting a Public Servant.” More than a year ago, Nadia wrote her open letter, a public plea, to Yonatan Bassi (head of the Disengagement Authority — the man responsible for forcibly evicting Jews from their homes in Gush Katif/Gaza/Samaria). Is this further proof that Freedom of Speech, and legitimate discussion is verboten (forbidden) in Israeli-style democracy? Judge for yourself:

Fast of Gedaliah 5765 (2004),

Re: Help in writing your letter to the Jews of Gush Katif

I read on the Internet that in the coming days you will send a personal letter to each of the inhabitants of Gush Katif who are designated for deportation. Your letter contains a “personal appeal and initial explanation of the evacuation process.” According to the report in YNet, the final version of the letter has not yet been formulated, and therefore I am volunteering to “help” you formulate the letter. I am attaching a document that is chillingly similar to what you are about to send - and, actually, all you need to do is to change the date (from 1942 to 2004) and the place of the deportation (from Berlin to Gush Katif) and, here, your letter is ready.

The document is a letter from 1942 to the Jews about the upcoming deportation from Berlin. The letter was sent to the candidates for deportation by the Jews of the Judenrat (the Disengagement Authority), in cooperation with the Nazi authorities. The document goes into great detail as to where the people will be transferred, what they are to take with them, and what they are to leave behind. The letter can be found at Yad VaShem.

The document ends with an emotional appeal by the heads of the Jewish community in Berlin to act calmly, and thereby facilitate the work of the deportation. “We fervently request that you obey the orders and perform all the preparations for the transport in a calm manner. The members of our community who are designated for immigration should be aware that they con decisively contribute to the smooth implementation of the transport by their personal conduct and orderly compliance with all the orders. Needless to say, we will do all that is in our power, to the extent that this is permitted us, to stand by the members of our community and offer them all possible aid” [Council of the Jewish Community in Berlin, 1942].

How similar is this to your words, when you say in various interviews how much you “identify with the pain of the settlers of Gush Katif,” and how important it is that you, specifically, are involved in their deportation, in order to ease the process. But all of your declarations will be of no avail, Yonatan. The truth is that you are a modern version of the Judenrat - actually, a much worse version, because then, during the Holocaust, this was forced upon those Jewish leaders by the Nazis, and it is extremely difficult for us, today, to judge them. Today, no one stands with a gun to your head and forces you to collaborate in the crime, without any conscience pangs. Yes, I know. There is a difference between then and now. The goal of the Nazi monster - that also annihilated most of my family - was the physical annihilation of the Jewish people, a physical Holocaust. But let’s not pretend to be innocent: the goal of the deportation from Gush Katif and northern Samaria is the annihilation of the entire Jewish settlement in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza, as an interim stage of a spiritual Holocaust: the elimination of the state as a Jewish state, and its transformation into a secular state, a state of all its citizens, without any Jewishness. Not to mention, of course, the bloody price that we will have to pay for our retreat. If the criminal Oslo accords cost us more than 1000 victims, Sharon’s deportation plan will give such a push to the Nazi Arab terror (for the Arabs will see that Israel’s folding is proof that terror pays) that I fear to think how many Jews will pay with their lives for Sharon’s “disengagement.”

In conclusion - I wish to correct the empty words by Minister Poraz, who said today that “a Jew, too, may be an anti-Semite.” This sentence should be: “History has proven that Jews are the biggest anti-Semites.” And, Yonatan, you should know that there is no escape from the simple truth: whoever participates in the deportation of the Jews of Gush Katif and northern Samaria - participates in an anti-Semitic act, and will be remembered as such, for everlasting shame. It is still possible for you to resign from your abhorrent post and arrive at Yom Kippur, the Day of Judgment, clean and at peace with your conscience, without being part of the modern Judenrat - the Deportation Authority.

Nadia Matar, Co-Chairperson of (Women in Green)

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Camas UK Ltd. has agreed to enter into an out of court settlement with an employee who suffered a broken thumb due to inadequate communication from the company about new working procedures. The company has paid £6,000 to the employee as compensation for the injury.

The accident took place when Anthony Lacey, an engineer with the company was asked to replace the face plates on some of the machinery. He was however unaware of a key change in the procedure related to applying of the face plates. Earlier, glue was used throughout the circumference of the pads, but now a much lesser quantity of glue was used, that too only on the top and bottom of the pad. This meant that much lesser force was needed to crowbar the pad off. Oblivious to this fact, Mr. Lacey applied full force and the magnet came off, falling on his thumb and resulting in multiple fractures.

The incident prompted a representative of the employee’s union, GMB , to say that such a lapse in communication from the employers was totally unacceptable. He said that the incident could so easily have been avoided, had the employer showed a little more care and concern.

Mr. Lacey’s legal representatives, Thompsons Solicitors, also came out with a statement saying that the employers need to be more responsible towards their duty of providing a safe and secure workplace to the workers. They said that even simple lapses like the one in this case could end up having significant consequences for the employees.

Good health and safety training like the fire warden course offered by Workplace Law will help improve your staff’s health and safety awareness and avoid costly accidents.

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Commencing with the most straightforward of explanations an exchange rate is the current price at which one particular nations currency will be swapped to another’s. Therefore, for example the exchange rate would be the amount of Afghanistan Afghanis you should receive in exchange for every single Kyrgyzstan Som.

Fixed exchange rates are furthermore recognised by the handle ‘pegged exchange rates’; they are used to stabilize the value of a currency; particularly when that particular currency is fluctuating a lot; to help out business & investment.

Floating exchange rates - this is when a national currencies current value is set through market forces. This is a much more risky way to conduct business but of course this is the situation where you might have the opportunity to turn a profit,

You might well additionally hear talk of animals in currency; a bull is an individual who foresees that market values will go up conversely a bear is an individual who foresees that market prices will drop. A bull market is a market where prices are currently going up conversely a bear market is the exact opposite - a market where values are going down. Click here for a little more information.

A currency broker is someone that acts as an intermediary person in-between yourself and the market - brokers are oftentimes in the position to obtain you the very best price when you are looking to buy or conceivably sell.

The dollar rate is the exchage rate that a single unit of any currency has when pitted against one unit of the US Dollar; this is a useful barometer for a currencies current value.

This is very obviously by no means an exhaustive selection of terms - it is merely a good starting point; but with a small fraction more research you could be substantially on your way to becoming a financial expert in no time at all.

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With all the education on drunk driving that our society has received in the past thirty years we feel that not much has changed. All you have to do is turn on your television every night to your local news station and hear about another tragic traffic accident caused by a drunk driver. We feel it’s time to get extremely tough with drunk drivers. We have set out what we think are appropriate penalties for Drunk Drivers.

We also feel that every time a person gets into a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol that it’s a premeditated crime and should be punished accordingly. Below are our recommendations:

First Offense: While our recommendations for first time offenders are tough, it still allows the offender time to improve their lives and re-establish themselves in society. First time offenders should be made to pay a fine of ten percent of their yearly income. This will have an equal effect for rich and poor offenders.

If an offender is unemployed then a sentence of one year in prison without parole should be handed out.

Every offender must have their name published in a local newspaper at the expense of the offender.

Finally, first time offenders must be forced to enter into an alcohol treatment program ( Such as Alcoholics Anonymous).

Note: If the drunk driver kills someone while driving drunk, they should receive a penalty of twenty five years to life in prison

Second Offense: Now it’s time to get really tough. For their second offense, drunk drivers should receive a prison sentence of three to five years. Hopefully the time in prison will instill in their minds that they are criminals who are committing serious crimes that have the potential of killing or injuring an innocent person.

A lifetime driving ban must also be imposed against the drunk driver. Alcohol treatment must be provided for the drunk driver. This will be the drunk driver’s final chance for rehabilitation.

The name of the offender must be published in a local paper.

Note: If the drunk driver kills someone while driving drunk, they should receive a penalty of twenty five years to life in prison.

Third Offense: Since this type of offender has already been given two chances for rehabilitation, we as a society must give up on this person and throw the book at them. A sentence of twenty five years to life must be imposed. We must keep this chronic offender off the road. This criminal has already been punished two times before. In their third offense they would be driving without a license.

This type of chronic offender must be punished severely. We have a duty to protect society and it’s obvious that this type of criminal disregards the life of other people and puts their criminal activity first.

We have provided what we think are appropriate penalties for people who drive drunk. While our penalties are tough throughout, the offender still has a the choice and the ability of re-entering society as productive members. It really is the choice of the drunk driver to continue to drive drunk. If these criminals continue to carry out these serious crimes against society, then we must react and punish them accordingly.

Anthony B. is the founder and owner of ItsTheRightWay.com a news, political and sports commentary website.

Anthony has over 7 years of experience as a business professional.

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