Ouze Merham is a fictitious character, made out to be a general in the Israeli Defense Forces, who allegedly interviewed Ariel Sharon in 1956. The interview, first appeared on Muslim websites in mid-2001 during the al-Aqsa Intifada, turned out to have been a hoax. Sharon, who was Prime Minister of Israel when the interview appeared in public, never made such an interview and the Israeli army has no record of a general by the name Ouze Merham.
The hoax quotation is frequently used as anti-Israel propaganda. It was a winner of the 'Annual Islamophobia Awards' held by Islamic Human Rights Commission on May 31, 2003.
The alleged quote
In the quote, Sharon allegedly said:
"I don’t know something called International Principles. I vow that I’ll burn every Palestinian child (that) will be born in this area. The Palestinian women and child is more dangerous than the man, because the Palestinian child’s existence infers that generations will go on, but the man causes limited danger. I vow that if I was just an Israeli civilian and I met a Palestinian I would burn him and I would make him suffer before killing him. With one hit I've killed 750 Palestinians (in Rafah in 1956). I wanted to encourage my soldiers by raping Arabic girls as the Palestinian woman is a slave for Jews, and we do whatever we want to her and nobody tells us what we shall do but we tell others what they shall do."
A hoax
Some evidence of the quote's falsehood:
* There is no record of any Israeli general named "Ouze Merham" existing, nor any record of Sharon giving such an interview in 1956. It is also unclear why an Israeli general would interview Sharon (who, at the time, was only a major), and then publish the interview.
Islamic Human Rights Commission award
The Islamic Human Rights Commission announced Sharon as the "winner" of the "Most Islamophobic International Politician of the Year’," during its "Annual Islamophobia Awards" ceremony, for the "Ouze Merham" interview. The host told the "Palestinian freedom fighter" who accepted the award on Sharon's behalf to "give this to Sharon personally".
Other Media Usage
Student columnist Mariam Sobh used the quote in her December 11, 2003 Daily Illini column, but later apologized.
The hoax quotation is frequently used as anti-Israel propaganda. It was a winner of the 'Annual Islamophobia Awards' held by Islamic Human Rights Commission on May 31, 2003.
The alleged quote
In the quote, Sharon allegedly said:
"I don’t know something called International Principles. I vow that I’ll burn every Palestinian child (that) will be born in this area. The Palestinian women and child is more dangerous than the man, because the Palestinian child’s existence infers that generations will go on, but the man causes limited danger. I vow that if I was just an Israeli civilian and I met a Palestinian I would burn him and I would make him suffer before killing him. With one hit I've killed 750 Palestinians (in Rafah in 1956). I wanted to encourage my soldiers by raping Arabic girls as the Palestinian woman is a slave for Jews, and we do whatever we want to her and nobody tells us what we shall do but we tell others what they shall do."
A hoax
Some evidence of the quote's falsehood:
* There is no record of any Israeli general named "Ouze Merham" existing, nor any record of Sharon giving such an interview in 1956. It is also unclear why an Israeli general would interview Sharon (who, at the time, was only a major), and then publish the interview.
Islamic Human Rights Commission award
The Islamic Human Rights Commission announced Sharon as the "winner" of the "Most Islamophobic International Politician of the Year’," during its "Annual Islamophobia Awards" ceremony, for the "Ouze Merham" interview. The host told the "Palestinian freedom fighter" who accepted the award on Sharon's behalf to "give this to Sharon personally".
Other Media Usage
Student columnist Mariam Sobh used the quote in her December 11, 2003 Daily Illini column, but later apologized.
Laser Sunday/Laser Day
A somewhat unknown holiday, Laser Sunday (second Sunday in August) started in 2007 to celebrate the birth of the laser by Theodore Maiman. It is celebrated with laser shows, laser tag events and (planned for 2008) the first use of the Neutron Laser. Believed to originate in Washington, Laser Sunday (or Laser Day) is quite unorganized, and the significance of the date is unknown.
A somewhat unknown holiday, Laser Sunday (second Sunday in August) started in 2007 to celebrate the birth of the laser by Theodore Maiman. It is celebrated with laser shows, laser tag events and (planned for 2008) the first use of the Neutron Laser. Believed to originate in Washington, Laser Sunday (or Laser Day) is quite unorganized, and the significance of the date is unknown.
Green Copying, abbreviated to gc is the term that describes how certain email and text/data messages can be sent. Instead of sending an email to a cc or bcc, a person would be able to click the gc icon that would allow the recipient to read but not print the email. Emails that do not directly pertain to the person and therefore have no use for being printed would be sent in this manner. Companies are able to save money by sending out blanket emails to all employees but by limiting the number of printable copies they could limit their potential paper output. Studies are being performed to see how much of what is printed in a corporate environment is actually used and whether going green will help cut paper costs.
Created in hopes that the world would be willing to stop copying people on items, the idea was introduced in 2008.
Emails that had a listing of gc or green copy would instruct the user that this item not be printed. In the age of digital organizers and web based calendars, people see the gc label and understand that the printing of information just to then file it electronically. People currently can type at the end of an email to "please consider the environment before printing" but as of yet there is no formal way to direct the reader towards another option.
The term was created by Josh Ruderman in 2008, a teacher and environmental forward thinker when he became aware of the growing number of items printed in his school that went unread. Often just because people were copied on a document they felt a need to print it out. This added cost to schools and businesses can be hard to quantify. Of course people would be quick to make the file printable but the purpose would not be to stop such acts, simply remind employees that theenvironment should be considered before adding paper into landfills. Ruderman began a program in 2007 to bring awareness to this cause. In August 2007 he sent a letter to Mircosoft asking for the addition of gc to their office suite package, this would enable people to click gc rather than cc or bcc and would give the person access to only reading the article or attachments rather than printing. Since then, he has continued to work to bring change by the major software companies.
It is the hope that people will start to use the term gc rather than cc in order to raise awareness that not all emails should be printed.
Created in hopes that the world would be willing to stop copying people on items, the idea was introduced in 2008.
Emails that had a listing of gc or green copy would instruct the user that this item not be printed. In the age of digital organizers and web based calendars, people see the gc label and understand that the printing of information just to then file it electronically. People currently can type at the end of an email to "please consider the environment before printing" but as of yet there is no formal way to direct the reader towards another option.
The term was created by Josh Ruderman in 2008, a teacher and environmental forward thinker when he became aware of the growing number of items printed in his school that went unread. Often just because people were copied on a document they felt a need to print it out. This added cost to schools and businesses can be hard to quantify. Of course people would be quick to make the file printable but the purpose would not be to stop such acts, simply remind employees that theenvironment should be considered before adding paper into landfills. Ruderman began a program in 2007 to bring awareness to this cause. In August 2007 he sent a letter to Mircosoft asking for the addition of gc to their office suite package, this would enable people to click gc rather than cc or bcc and would give the person access to only reading the article or attachments rather than printing. Since then, he has continued to work to bring change by the major software companies.
It is the hope that people will start to use the term gc rather than cc in order to raise awareness that not all emails should be printed.
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Spinning Palm Baguazhang
Spinning Palms Baguazhang, the style
formally invented by none other than Robert
A. Alderson in his early years. Taught to
only the family its was made to be devastating
and nearly horrible to endure. This genious
style is used to quickly finish off opponents
of any size shape or width, and was once
pronounced to be utterly unstoppable. Some
teachers of Baguazhang(Pakuachang) may have
said that it was a re-formating of the entire
system.
Deriving form its 2 internal counterparts:
Xingyiquan and Taijiquan Spinning Palm Bagua may
have been more devastating than both placed in a
single group. Terrible to endure the Alderson form
strikes meridians which can cause terrible ulcerous
burning to a mere muscular paralization. When used
properly the effecta can be life altering. Avoiding
someone that uses this style is in a person best
interest unless they are really looking for a challenge.
However, avoiding the practitioners is fairly easy
.Since there are only 3 that have ever been given the
book to use it. Two now unfortunately. The master who
originally created this style has since died, and left
it two his two heirs. They arent known very well , but
finding them could be a problem, for no one knows where
to find them. Both have been sent to different places in
the country.
• Brian D. Alderson
• Cameron J. Alderson
As of now not much is known at all about the style.
The one way to find out is to track down the two and ask
them I suppose. However, this is a difficult feet.
Explained in links above.
By: Johnathan Berek
Seeker of the Rare Martial Arts
Spinning Palm Baguazhang
Spinning Palms Baguazhang, the style
formally invented by none other than Robert
A. Alderson in his early years. Taught to
only the family its was made to be devastating
and nearly horrible to endure. This genious
style is used to quickly finish off opponents
of any size shape or width, and was once
pronounced to be utterly unstoppable. Some
teachers of Baguazhang(Pakuachang) may have
said that it was a re-formating of the entire
system.
Deriving form its 2 internal counterparts:
Xingyiquan and Taijiquan Spinning Palm Bagua may
have been more devastating than both placed in a
single group. Terrible to endure the Alderson form
strikes meridians which can cause terrible ulcerous
burning to a mere muscular paralization. When used
properly the effecta can be life altering. Avoiding
someone that uses this style is in a person best
interest unless they are really looking for a challenge.
However, avoiding the practitioners is fairly easy
.Since there are only 3 that have ever been given the
book to use it. Two now unfortunately. The master who
originally created this style has since died, and left
it two his two heirs. They arent known very well , but
finding them could be a problem, for no one knows where
to find them. Both have been sent to different places in
the country.
• Brian D. Alderson
• Cameron J. Alderson
As of now not much is known at all about the style.
The one way to find out is to track down the two and ask
them I suppose. However, this is a difficult feet.
Explained in links above.
By: Johnathan Berek
Seeker of the Rare Martial Arts