The Netherlands is part of what can be called ‘the European war-exempted-zone’. Firework is a popular craze here from 10 in the morning December 31 to 2 at night January 1, to drive out the old year. 60 to 70 million Euro value of explosives goes up in the air, 200 to 300 eye operation [...]
Archive for December, 2011
The distressing luxury of New Year big bangs as fun – 中國火藥的遺產 (legacy of Chinese gunpowder)
Posted in The downside of leisure industry, war crimes, tagged ban fireworks, Explosive Weapons Campaign UN, firework ban, gunpowder history, New Year celebration The Netherlands, new year firework, vuurwerkverbod, war reminiscences, war trauma, 中國火藥 on December 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
THOU SHALT CONSUME: Boxing Day London 26/12/2011
Posted in Consumerism, tagged Boxing Day Sales, Deuteronomy, Made in China goods based on exploitation, shift of meaning of the word 'consume' on December 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The day after Christmas is called ‘Boxing Day’ which was traditionally the day that the better off classes in England would give a box with some gift to their underpaid servants to soothe their class-guilt. Since long this has been diverted into a big shopping sales day for the masses. This year the London subway [...]
Summary execution from 1968 to 2012: from pistol to drone
Posted in war crimes, tagged Afghan War, drones, long distance killing, summary killing, Vietnam War on December 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Summary Execution 2012 – 1968.. long distance versus close range killing on the spot without any trial… are we as shocked by the killing drones of today as back in time during the Vietnam War, with the Chief of the South Vietnam Police General Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing a handcuffed Vietcong prisoner, Nguyen Van Lem [...]
Filemaker Pro 11 Applescript to launch Filemaker and open a specific database work-around
Posted in Filemaker pro, tagged Applescript, filemaker help, start-up script Filemaker Pro 11 on December 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
For those running into the same problem… The script is: tell application “FileMaker Pro Advanced” activate delay 3 end tell tell application “FileMaker Pro Advanced” open “IMP43:IMP32:AMS:AMStabl:AMSrota.fp7″ end tell This is a simple work-around for a problem not completely solved at the Filemaker help page with the title: Mac OS X: Error message when launching [...]
