| Nike Sportswear 1948 Concept Store Launch Party |
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14th August 2008 - The Nike Sportswear 1948
Concept Store Launch in London, UK. Mainly
industry heads, Rap6 sat back as Batlow of
the Ugly Kids Club gave us a little tour. We
weren't intending to film but place looked so
slick. Don't get it twisted, this is not an
iD store JUST launching in London, it's a
1948 Concept Store with some serious limited
editions... and refurb'ed ancient editions...
and editions that were a bit wierd!
This joint is real different, check how
spacious it is and the use of old school (not
ol' skool) gym apparatus frames, horses,
benches and the basketball rings all as
display units. The Nike icons wall art of
Michael Jordan, Luol Deng, Paula Radcliffe,
Liu Xiang and others give the space a
polished sense of stature.
Just hope there isn't a school somewhere
where the kids are playing in an empty hall
while the headmaster rocks some new exclusive
Nike's!
Location: Arch 447, Batemans Row, Kingsland
Viaduct London, EC2A
Theory: It's not really new, it's been open
since 1948 but noone could flippin find it
until Googlemaps and TomToms!
Tags : Nike ID Concept Store Launch 1948 Trainers Sneakers Fashion batlow ace vis kojo gabrielle ryan michael jordan |
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| "Al Nakba"--The Palestinian Catastrophe of 1948 |
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The Palestinian Exile, also known as Al Nakba
(Arabic for "The Catastrophe"), refers to the
ethnic cleansing of native Palestinian
peoples ... all » during the 1948
Arab-Israeli war.
From December 1947 until November 1948,
Zionist forces (namely the Irgun, Lehi,
Haganah terrorist gangs) expelled
approximately 750, 000 indigenous
Palestinians--almost 2/3 of the
population--from their homes.
Hundreds of Palestinians were also murdered
for refusing to leave their homes. The most
notable massacre is the Deir Yassin Massacre,
in which an estimated 120 Palestinian
civilians were brutally murdered by an
Irgun-Lehi force. Other massacres include the
ones at Sahila (70-80 killed), Lod (250
killed), and Abu Shusha (70 killed). About 40
other massacres were carried out by Zionist
forces in just the summer of 1948.
Not only did Zionist forces conduct massacres
of Palestinian civilians, rape occured as
well. According to Israeli historian Benny
Morris, "In Acre four soldiers raped a girl
and murdered her and her father. In Jaffa,
soldiers of the Kiryati Brigade raped one
girl and tried to rape several more. At
Hunin, which is in the Galilee, two girls
were raped and then murdered. There were one
or two cases of rape at Tantura, south of
Haifa. There was one case of rape at Qula, in
the center of the country. At the village of
Abu Shusha, near Kibbutz Gezer [in the Ramle
area] there were four female prisoners, one
of whom was raped a number of times. And
there were other cases. Usually more than one
soldier was involved. Usually there were one
or two Palestinian girls. In a large
proportion of the cases the event ended with
murder. Because neither the victims nor the
rapists liked to report these events, we have
to assume that the dozen cases of rape that
were reported, which I found, are not the
whole story. They are just the tip of the
iceberg."
During Al Nakba, Palestinians were murdered,
raped, and ethnically cleansed from their
villages. According to Israeli historian,
Ilan Pappe, "In a matter of seven months, 531
villages were destroyed and 11 urban
neighborhoods emptied."
Palestinians were forced into were forced out
of Palestine and into neighboring countries
(i.e. Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan), where they
lived in refugee camps. Many were also sent
to camps in West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Most Palestinian towns were demolished and
taken by the newly established Israeli
government to make room for new Jewish
immigrants. Old Palestinian infrastructures,
as well as many ruins dating back from the
Canaanites, Romans, Greeks, Crusaders, Arabs,
and Ottoman Turks were completely destroyed.
This signified the end of historical
Palestine and the birth of modern-day Israel.
Al Nakba marked the beginning of the
Palestinian refugee crisis. Al Nakba
destroyed a thriving and diverse Palestinian
society and scattered them into diaspora.
According to the UNRWA, the number of
registered Palestinian refugees today is
approximately 4.5 million. These refugees are
dispersed throughout the world, many of which
are still living in poverty-stricken refugee
camps. Today, the situation keeps worsening
and thousands die from malnutrition,
contaminated water, or scarce medical supply.
Israel has since refused to allow Palestinian
refugees to return to their homes, and has
refused to pay them compensation as required
by UN Resolution 194, which was passed on
December 11, 1948.
Historically, the Israeli government, Israeli
schools, and Israeli historians have denied
that Al Nakba has occured. However, The New
Historians, a loosely-defined group of
Israeli historians, have recently published
information recognizing the Al Nakba tragedy
and controversial views of matters concerning
Israel, particularly events concerning its
birth in 1948. Much of their material comes
from recently declassified Israeli government
papers. Leading scholars in this school
include Benny Morris, Ilan Pappe, Avi Shlaim,
and Tom Segev. Many of their conclusions have
been attacked by other scholars and Israeli
historians, who continue deny Al Nakba even
occured.
Tags : al nakba 1948 catastrophe ethnic cleansing genocide palestinians israeli occupation zionism zionist terrorism refugees |
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| Reagan Campaigns for Truman in 1948 |
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Ronald Reagan - then a liberal Democrat -
campaigns on the radio for President Truman
in 1948. He also supports Hubert Humphrey
for Senator from Minnesota and opposes the
Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 which had been
passed by the Republican congress over
Truman's veto.
Tags : Reagan Truman radio Humphrey Taft-Hartley |
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Durée : 253 s |
| Women's fashions year by year: 1795 to 1948 |
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153 yrs of women's fashion in 8 mins . Up to
1893 it's sound stuff (the original source
for pre-1893 seems to have shown the spring
fashion followed by the autumn one but I'm
afraid I haven't reflected this in the order
they appear in the frame for each year, not
having noticed until it was too late, while
pics chosen to fill gaps in the original for
1801, 1878, 1879 and 1886 were picked for
that year from the web, at random) - after
1893 seasons are ignored and it's the work of
someone who's quite fussy about dating but
couldn't tell a twill from a taffeta.
Acknowledgement of all image sources given in
the end credits (except for half a dozen or
so mislaid ones) - both thanks and apologies
to all website owners concerned.
Tags : fashion history historical costume regency Victorian Edwardian twenties thirties forties 20s 30s 40s |
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