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In 1938 Czechoslovakia mobilized against the German threats of war, but hat to give in to the Munich Agreement and withdraw from the border fortifications, even if the army was fully capable to stand against the Wehrmacht. After this not only Germany, but also Poland and Hungary ripped pieces of land from the country, and there were also extensive fights with insurgents, which cost lives of many Czechoslovak soldiers and gendarmes. Today it´s a tradition to reenact how the situation could be, when we would have defended ourselfs. It´s a fact that Hitler was affraid of the Czechoslovak military, which at that time had better tanks, more heavy guns, and a very effective fortification system. Of course we win in the reenactments :-)
The plan is to create four borders, each containing eleven blocks and measuring about 2 meters long. This border will be incorporated into a larger project ... a multiple border quilt featuring a basket medallion in the middle. Inspired by a quilt I saw at the Victoria & Albert Museum last summer.
More people taking selfies at the Pakistan border despite the authorities warning them to move away as this is a high security area. Just a word about Jinnah, who's serious face looks down over the crowds. Jinnah was largely responsible for partitioning the country into India and Pakistan, as he thought he would get a better deal for the Moslems and give his Moslem league a voice. He had unfortunately not factored in Britain's goofing up on the partition by putting an incompetent Radcliffe on the job who ended up dividing homes, families and property. Jinnah had also not factored in the resultant violence during actual partition when riots during the cross migration between Hindus and Moslems led to several millions killed. And the resultant animosity between India and Pakistan was also not what he had bargained for. Jinnah was an atehist to the core, even eating pork despite his being a Moslem. He suffered a lot before his end, and as he was on the verge of death, is said to have actually uttered an Islamic chant, and admitted that the partition was probably one of the biggest blunders of his life. He died the following morning. RIP. (India-Pakistan border at Wagah, near Amritsar, India, Nov. 2017)
BOARDS ACROSS BORDERS
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1. Moderator: Pattie Sellers, Senior Editor at Large, Fortune; Executive Director, MPW/Live Content, Time Inc.
2.Alice Au, Co-head, Board Practice, Asia Pacific, Spencer Stuart
3. Wei Sun Christianson, Managing Director and Co-CEO, Asia Pacific and CEO, China, Morgan Stanley
4. Ambassador Linda Tsao Yang, Chair, Asian Corporate Governance Association
The privately funded Border Patrol "Museum", El Paso Texas. A truly terrifying monument to anti-immigrant xenophobia in America (all in the name of security of course).
BOARDS ACROSS BORDERS
(R-L)
1. Moderator: Pattie Sellers, Senior Editor at Large, Fortune; Executive Director, MPW/Live Content, Time Inc.
2.Alice Au, Co-head, Board Practice, Asia Pacific, Spencer Stuart
3. Wei Sun Christianson, Managing Director and Co-CEO, Asia Pacific and CEO, China, Morgan Stanley
4. Ambassador Linda Tsao Yang, Chair, Asian Corporate Governance Association
WE ARE HERE!
Before the G20-summit in Hamburg, where the mightiest heads of government responsible for exploitation, war and flight will talk about their further strategies, we want to show our face. All of us, united on the streets!
We are not to be overlooked! We are loud! We are angry, because again they speak about us instead with us. We want to create spaces for all those that are usually not heard or that are supposed to remain unheard. Like us. We say: Welcome United!
When we take to the streets, we want to be many. Everyone who cares about the common good and solidarity should come out. Everyone who can no longer bear that people are forced to stay in miserable conditions or left to suffer and die at Europe’s borders, should come out. Everyone should come, who cannot endure to see humans isolated in camps for years, who wants to stop the division which is being made between those who were born here and those just arrived, between ‚good’ and ‚bad’ refugees. We fight for our future. Now is the time to act together. We are more than we think! We’ll come united!
We further invite you to participate with us in a national demonstration on the 16th of September in Berlin, one week ahead of the general elections – come and join a large parade struggling for societal participation, equal rights, and solidarity. Because: Our voices count!
Welcome united! We’ll come united!
BOARDS ACROSS BORDERS
(R-L)
1. Moderator: Pattie Sellers, Senior Editor at Large, Fortune; Executive Director, MPW/Live Content, Time Inc.
2.Alice Au, Co-head, Board Practice, Asia Pacific, Spencer Stuart
3. Wei Sun Christianson, Managing Director and Co-CEO, Asia Pacific and CEO, China, Morgan Stanley
4. Ambassador Linda Tsao Yang, Chair, Asian Corporate Governance Association
Class 43 125/HST crossing the Royal Border Bridge over the River Tweed, heading south after its scheduled stop at Berwick.
Images du Cross Border Workshop à Basel, organisé par l'espace multimédia gantner
Crédits : Samuel Carnovali
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Deputy Commissioner Ronald D. Vitiello meets with students from American University during an informal session titled "Coffee with a Cop" to discuss the mission of CBP and to field questions from the students on border security at CBP headquarters in Washington, D.C., October 4, 2017. U.S. Customs and Border Protection photo by Glenn Fawcett
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Deputy Commissioner Robert Perez spoke on a panel titled “Threats and Trends Assessment” at the International Summit on Borders held in Washington, D.C., June 18, 2019. Speaking along side the Deputy Commissioner are Clarence Yeo, Chief Executive, Home Team Academy, Former Commissioner Singapore Immigration (Left); Seth Stodder, Partner, Holland & Knight (R); and the Moderator: Jayson Ahern, Principal, The Chertoff Group and Former Acting Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (far R).
Photographer: Donna Burton
Customs and Border Protection officers and import specialists assigned to the Area Port of Jacksonville, inspect shipments of possible intellectual property rights violations on Feb. 21. Photo by Ozzy Trevino, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
The Plain of Dukagjin lay under a heavy, low-lying cloud, but up the canyon a bit there were beautiful blue skies.
The privately funded Border Patrol "Museum", El Paso Texas. A truly terrifying monument to anti-immigrant xenophobia in America (all in the name of security of course).