Infobox Company company name MEED Ltd company logo Image MEED logo.jpg company type Privately held company Private Ltd company slogan MEED Middle East Business Intelligence foundation London , United Kingdom ... Publishing , New Media , Business News , Events homepage http www.meed.com www.meed.com MEED is a 54 .... Current business activities MEED Magazine MEED publishes a business to business magazine for subscribers ... UK ref MEED has forged a reputation for breaking Middle Eastern news since its 1957 launch. When the late Rafiq Hariri drew up plans to rebuild a war shattered Lebanon , MEED met the prime minister ... Hariri s bold vision MEED ref When Colonel Gaddafi unveiled the first part of his Great Manmade River , MEED took a front row seat at the ceremony and quizzed the engineers. ref http www.meed.com libya through the looking glass 1764174.article Libya through the looking glass MEED ref While US tanks were still rolling towards Baghdad in March 2003, MEED obtained plans from Washington, D.C. Washington that described how the US was hoping to rebuild the country. ref http www.meed.com meed reports exclusively on us reconstruction plans for iraq 1776117.article US reconstruction plans for Iraq MEED ref Three months before going public, MEED revealed DP World s IPO plans. ref http www.meed.com sectors markets ipo rumours circle dp world 250082.article IPO rumours circle DP World MEED ref ref http ... move from US dollar to euro pricing to MEED. ref http www.meed.com sectors economy opec considers switch to euro pricing 642365.article Opec considers switch to euro pricing MEED ref MEED broke ... mega tall tower MEED ref which would make it the tallest tower in the world and Nakheel s plans ... kilometres MEED ref ref http www.forbes.com 2008 02 25 alwaleed skyscraper jeddah biz cx af 0225alwaleed.html Forbes ref MEED is used as a source of Middle East information by the US and British ... Office . The dedication made by Abdullah II of Jordan in 2007 demonstrates MEED s positive ... more details
Benjamin Meed Warsaw, Poland, 1918 October 24, 2006 , ref name obit Obituary, Benjamin Meed, Connecticut Jewish Ledger , November 10, 2006 ref a Polish Jew , fought in the Warsaw ghetto underground, planned the 1981 World Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, and served on the Advisory Board of the President s Commission on the Holocaust. ref name obit Born Benyomin Miedzyrzecki in Warsaw , Poland , Meed was in a business high school when World War II erupted. Within a short time he was living in the Warsaw ghetto and working as a slave laborer. ref name obit Recruited into the underground by his future wife Vladka born Fayge Peltel , whom he met in the midst of the war, he was responsible for rescuing ghetto fighters and finding and building hiding places for them. Ben and Vladka were among those Jews on the Aryan side of the ghetto wall who distributed the April 23, 1943, appeal from the Jewish Fighting Organization . The couple married shortly after the war, and in 1946 they immigrated to the United States to rebuild their lives. Mr. Meed eventually opened a successful import export ... and their families. Mr. Meed served as president of the American Gathering from its inception until ... Meed Registry of Jewish Holocaust Survivors is housed at the Museum and has become an important ... and Mrs. Meed, through the American Gathering and the Jewish Labor Committee , created the Summer Seminar Program on Holocaust and Jewish Resistance. ref name obit Mr. Meed served on the Advisory .... ref name obit In November 2003, in honor of the Museum s 10th anniversary, Mr. Meed conceived A Tribute .... We now pass our torch onto our children and to their children and beyond, Mr. Meed said at the Tribute ... Memorial Museum http www.ushmm.org wlc article.php?lang en&ModuleId 10007256 Benjamin Meed references google.com benjaminmeed Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Benjamin Meed ALTERNATIVE ... Warsaw, Poland DATE OF DEATH October 24th, 2006 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Meed, Benjamin Category ... more details
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Marianne Meed Ward is a politician and journalist, currently elected as Burlington City Council city councillor for Ward 2 in Burlington, Ontario Career before 2010 A graduate of Carleton University, Meed Ward worked for Faith Today Magazine from 1989, becoming managing editor in 1996. She resigned her position in February 1999 following a change in direction at the magazine. ref http old.mbconf.ca mb mbh3805 today.htm ref Thereafter Meed Ward was employed by the Toronto Sun as a columnist providing weekly columns on affairs in the Area codes 905 and 289 905 in popular culture 905 area of the Greater Toronto Area . ref http www.torontosun.com comment editorial 2008 09 07 6694281 sun.html ref She stood down from the position to contest the election. In 2007 , Meed Ward ran as the Ontario Liberal Party candidate for Burlington provincial electoral district Burlington , coming second by only 1824 votes, and receiving 37.81 of the vote. ref Burlington provincial electoral district 2007 general 2007 Election Results ref After 2007 Meed Ward returned to journalism, before deciding to run for election municipally. 2010 Municipal Election At the Halton Region municipal elections, 2010 2010 Municipal Election , Meed Ward defeated incumbent Peter Thoem by a large margin, pushing him into third place behind runner up Dave Bedini. ref Halton Region municipal elections, 2010 ref Meed Ward ran a highly successful activist campaign in advance of the election, exploiting social media ref http twitter.com mariannmeedward ref , creating the A Better Burlington ref http abetterburlington.ca ref and Save Our Waterfront ref http abetterburlington.ca save our waterfront ref websites, building extensive mailing lists of supporters, and raising her profile by publicly criticizing the council, especially ... Advisory Committee . Career as a Councillor Since her election, Meed Ward has continued to publicly ... Committee. ref http ward2news.ca development community benefits ref Career in Media Meed Ward appears ... more details
File Benghazi Tourist Park Benghazi Zoo .JPG thumb 250px Benghazi Zoo Benghazi Zoo or Al Fuwayhat is a zoo and tourist park in the city of Benghazi , Libya . In 1991, Italian firm Cairtieri Trieste signed a 2 million contract to supply a low draught boat named Al Berka to give tourist excursions on the lagoon inside the park. ref name MEED. cite book title MEED. url http books.google.com books?id GN5HAAAAYAAJ accessdate 24 September 2011 year 1991 publisher Economic East Economic Digest, ltd page 188 ref References reflist coord 32 4 57 N 20 5 44 E type landmark region LY display title Category Zoos in Libya Category Buildings and structures in Benghazi Category Visitor attractions in Libya Libya struct stub zoo stub ... more details
Infobox film name 6 Guns image 6 Guns.jpg image size caption DVD cover director Shane Van Dyke producer David Michael Latt br David Rimawi br Paul Bales writer Geoff Meed narrator starring Barry Van Dyke br Greg Evigan br Sage Mears br Brian Wimmer br Shane Van Dyke music Chris Ridenhour cinematography Alexander Yellen editing distributor The Asylum released Film date 2010 3 30 runtime 95 minutes country FilmUS language English budget gross preceded by followed by 6 Guns is a 2010 Western genre western film by The Asylum . ref http www.theasylum.cc product.php?id 167 The Asylum 6 Guns ref It was directed by Shane Van Dyke , who also directed previous Asylum films such as Transmorphers Fall of Man and Titanic II . Plot To extract revenge on the men who killed her family, Selina Stevens Sage Mears enlists the aid of Frank Allison Barry Van Dyke , a bounty hunter , in teaching her the art of gunfighting. Cast Barry Van Dyke Frank Allison Sage Mears Selina Stevens Greg Evigan Sheriff Barr Brian Wimmer Will Stevens Geoff Meed Lee Horn Shane Van Dyke Chris Beall Carey Van Dyke Joe Beall Jason Ellefson Tommy Kleiber Jonathan Nation Henry Erin Marie Hogan Scarlet References reflist 2 External links http www.theasylum.cc product.php?id 167 6 Guns at The Asylum imdb title 1558576 rotten tomatoes 6 guns Asylum films Category 2010 films Category 2010s Western films Category American films Category English language films Category The Asylum films Category Direct to video films Category Films directed by Shane Van Dyke Category Independent films ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Image with inadequate rationale removed Image Burlington logo.svg thumb Image Burlington, Ontario City Hall.jpg thumb 250px Burlington City Hall Burlington City Council is the city council responsible for the city of Burlington, Ontario , Canada . The council consists of the mayor plus six councillors. 2006 2010 Council elected in the Burlington municipal election, 2006 2006 municipal election Cam Jackson Mayor Rick Craven Ward 1 Peter Thoem Ward 2 John Taylor Ward 3 Jack Dennison Ward 4 Rick Goldring Ward 5 Carol D Amelio Ward 6 2010 2014 Council elected in the Halton Region municipal elections, 2010 2010 municipal election Rick Goldring Mayor Rick Craven Ward 1 Marianne Meed Ward Ward 2 John Taylor Ward 3 Jack Dennison Ward 4 Paul Sharman Ward 5 Blair Lancaster Ward 6 Canleg Category Municipal councils in Ontario Category Burlington, Ontario Canada gov stub Ontario stub ... more details
Image Cato Mead grave.jpg thumb left 350px Cato Mead marker, Montrose Cemetery, Iowa. The only known Black American Revolution Revolutionary War veteran buried west of the Mississippi River, Cato Mead ca. 1761 1846 also spelled Meed is buried in or near Montrose, Iowa . According to historian Barbara MacLeish, who is researching a book on Mead, he joined the 4th Connecticut Regiment commanded by Col. John Durkee of Norwich, Connecticut in 1776 or 1777. It is not entirely clear if he was a former slave. He served at Valley Forge from December 1777 through June 1778, where he contracted smallpox , spending two months in a Pennsylvania hospital. ref Des Moines Register , http www.libertyfunddc.org a soldiers true color dreg.htm ref It is not known why he migrated to Iowa. While his exact grave location is unknown, a marker stands at the Montrose Cemetery. References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Mead, Cato Category African Americans in the American Revolution Category People of Connecticut in the American Revolution Category Connecticut militiamen in the American Revolution Category American slaves Category People from Iowa ... more details
Multiple issues primarysources April 2010 notability January 2010 BLP sources January 2010 Javier Charro is a Spanish illustrator and book designer in the field of fantasy literature whose works have been used on book covers, collectible card games, and as illustrations in a variety of role playing games . He developed illustrations for various RPG Publishers such as Mongoose Publishing , Moon Design Publications, Hero Games , Fantasy Flight Games , Mythic Dreams Studios and many others. He has also made cover illustrations for Spanish publisher Mundos Epicos Grupo Editorial for novels as Los H roes Malditos , Las tierras de Meed , La Flor de Jade and El Tri ngulo Vikingo External links http www.charroart.com Javier Charro website http www.pen paper.net rpgdb.php?op showcreator&creatorid 12793 Pen & Paper Database listing RPG illustrator Javier Charro http www.mundosepicos.es laeditorial artistas.htm Mundos Epicos publisher listing artist Javier Charro Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Charro, Javier ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Charro, Javier Category Living people Category Spanish illustrators ... more details
Shahab Khodro Persian language Persian is an Iranian company which manufactures autobuses. Founded in 1962, it is one of the oldest and best known Iranian motor companies. The company began producing double decker buses in 1972. In 1987 Shahab Khodro company teamed up with Tovarna avtomobilov Maribor TAM , a former Yugoslavian company, in manufacturing buses. The company later entered into technical co operation with Renault Group of France, who purchased a 35 stake in the company. ref MEED., Volume 44, Issues 40 51. Economic East Economic Digest, ltd, 2000 http books.google.com books?id VeJHAAAAYAAJ&q Shahab Khodro&dq Shahab Khodro&hl en&ei YiHTTLuCIsH6lweYocjlDg&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 2&ved 0CC4Q6AEwAQ ref In 2003 they began producing compressed natural gas CNG buses. The company produces 1000 buses per year and 500 assorted service vehicles. The company produces other vehicle related products and functions such as frames, body shop, painting shop, chassis assembly line, trimming hall, machining press, and welding shops. References Reflist External links http www.shahabkhodro.com Official site Automotive industry in Iran Iran stub auto company stub Category Motor vehicle manufacturers of Iran Category Companies of Iran Category Companies established in 1962 ... more details
Infobox Company company name Mawarid Holding company logo company type Privately held company Private Investment company foundation key people Prince Khaled Bin Abdullah Bin Abdulrahman Al Saud Chairman official Chairman br Prince Fahed Bin Khaled Bin Abdullah Bin Abdulrahman Al Saud Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer location city Riyadh location country br Saudi Arabia industry Investment Diversified Investments br Real Estate br Financial Services br Healthcare br Hospitality br Mass media Media br Telecommunication num employees assets under management homepage http www.mawarid.net www.mawarid.net Mawarid Holding is a Privately held company private Saudi investment company ref http www.zawya.com cm profile.cfm?companyid 1000189 Mawarid Holding , Zawya . ref . It manages and controls several investments which have diversified businesses in financial service s, telecommunications , satellite television and radio network , construction , general distribution and trading, catering and restaurant s. Major investments Arabian Inspection and Survey Carton Products Company Eastern Catering Mawarid Construction Company Mawarid Electronics Mawarid International Company Mawarid Marketing Company Medical Equipment and Supplies Mawarid Overseas Company Iridium Satellite LLC Iridium Africa Company MEED Trading Company MEED Express Mawarid Food Company Saudi Agricultural Development Company Mawarid Services Mawarid Services Company Mawarid Trading Company Saudi Mawarid Trading Kuwait Mawarid Trading Qatar Mawarid Trading UAE Mawarid Trading Oman Mawarid Trading Lebanon Mawarid Investments Company Raytheon Saudi Arabia Digital Media Systems DMS Orbit Communications Company formerly Orbit Showtime 50 stake Digital Technology Systems International Production and Distribution Services American Express Amex Middle East Saudi Chemical Company Saudi Arabian Amiantit Company Arab Commercial Enterprises Bayn Consortium Integrated Telecom Company Mawarid Marocaine Petro Hunt Midd ... more details
Josh Emmons is an American novelist who currently lives in Philadelphia. A graduate of Oberlin College and the Iowa Writers Workshop 2002 , he published his first book, The Loss of Leon Meed, in 2005. Set in his native northern California, about the varied responses of ten small town residents to a stranger s mysterious appearances and disappearances, it was a Book Sense pick and winner of a James A. Michener James Michener Copernicus Society of America Award, and has been translated into several languages. His second, Prescription for a Superior Existence, which explores the intersections of faith, religion and desire, came out in 2008. His fiction and non fiction have been published in various magazines and newspapers. Emmons has taught at the University of the Arts Philadelphia University of the Arts , Loyola University Chicago , the University of Iowa , Whitman College , and elsewhere. He currently teaches at Grinnell College in Iowa . Novels Prescription for a Superior Existence Scribner, 2008 The Loss of Leon Meed Scribner, 2005 Honors New York Times Noteworthy Paperback PEN Writer s Grant James Michener Copernicus Society of America Award Book Sense Pick External links Simon & Schuster profile http www.simonsays.com content destination.cfm?tab 3&pid 500172 Living With Music A Playlist http papercuts.blogs.nytimes.com 2008 10 01 living with music a playlist by josh emmons on The New York Times PaperCuts blog Essay on Esquire.com http www.esquire.com fiction lastline011408 Concord http www.fivechapters.com concord index full.php , a short story on FiveChapters Interview at EarthGoat http earthgoat.blogspot.com 2008 07 josh emmons interview.html Interview at Philadelphia Stories magazine http www.philadelphiastories.org local author profile josh emmons 6 nowiki nowiki Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Emmons, Josh ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Emmons, Josh Category Amer ... more details
Infobox settlement name Tanam other name native name settlement type Village image skyline imagesize image caption pushpin map Oman pushpin label position right pushpin map caption Location in Oman coordinates display inline,title coordinates region OM subdivision type List of sovereign states Country subdivision name flag Oman subdivision type1 Regions of Oman Region subdivision name1 Ad Dhahirah Region subdivision type2 subdivision name2 subdivision type3 subdivision name3 subdivision type4 subdivision name4 leader title leader name established title established date area total km2 population as of population footnotes population total population density km2 utc offset 4 timezone Oman Standard Time latd 23 latm 09 lats latNS N longd 56 longm 28 longs longEW E elevation footnotes elevation m elevation ft website footnotes Tanam or Tan am is a village in Ad Dhahirah Region , in northeastern Oman . The village lies just southwest of the town of Ibri in Wadi Aswad. The village is described as little more than an oasis surrounded by block house ref name Whelan1984 cite book last Whelan first John title Oman a MEED practical guide url http books.google.com books?id IPANAAAAQAAJ&pg PT259 accessdate 11 May 2011 year 1984 publisher Middle East economic digest MEED isbn 9780946510023 page 259 ref It is an important centre for date production and contains a notable population of Duru people s, especially since the 1970s, ref name DarkeShields2010 cite book last1 Darke first1 Diana last2 Shields first2 Sandra title Oman, 2nd The Bradt Travel Guide url http books.google.com books?id J6QKSXYG5tYC&pg PA173 accessdate 11 May 2011 date 21 December 2010 publisher Bradt Travel Guides isbn 9781841623320 page 173 ref when the gather during the date harvest but then return to their nomadic life. ref name Whelan1984 The village contains Tanam Hospital, a 200 bed hospital. ref name Division2004 cite book author Federal Research Division title Oman A Country Study url http books.google.co ... more details
unreliable sources date December 2011 italic title Infobox film name The Amityville Haunting image The Amityville Haunting 2011 .jpg caption director Geoff Meed producer starring Tyler Shamy br Devin Clark br Jon Kondelik br music cinematography editing distributor released December 2011 runtime 86 min country Film US language English budget The Amityville Haunting is a direct to video film released in December 2011. It is the tenth film to be inspired by the 1977 book The Amityville Horror . The film was directed by Geoff Meed, and stars Tyler Shamy, Devin Clark and Jon Kondelik. The tagline of the film is The family did not survive. But the recordings did. The film claims to be based on actual Found footage genre found footage that documents the horrifying experiences of a family that moved into the infamous haunted house. Although the poster for the film features the traditional quarter round windows and gambrel roof of 112 Ocean Avenue, they are never seen on screen during the film. The film was produced by The Asylum and Taut Productions. ref cite web url http www.imdb.com title tt2042447 companycredits title Company credits publisher IMDb accessdate December 31, 2011 ref Plot In June 2008, the Benson family moves into 112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, New York Amityvillle , where Ronald DeFeo, Jr. shot and killed six members of his family in 1974. Tyler Benson, a teenage boy, uses his camcorder to record the experiences of himself, his two sisters and parents at the house, and some of the story is also told through Closed circuit television CCTV camera footage, after cameras are installed in the house. Various unexplained events occur, culminating in the deaths of all of the members of the Benson family. See also The Amityville Horror film series References Reflist External links http www.imdb.com title tt2042447 The Amityville Haunting 2011 at IMDb Horror film stub Amityville series DEFAULTSORT Amityville Horror, The Category 2011 films Category Amityville Horror ... more details
, refuses. Two men Geoff Meed and Ryan Lloyd claiming to be from Antioch arrive at his home seeking ... can destroy them. After Renchard and Brianna flee the city, Vincent Geoff Meed shoots Renchard ... is convinced that he is not immune to the disease. Cast Mark Dacascos as Renchard Geoff Meed as Vincent ... more details
refers to a straight double edge sword. The Thai term for knife is meed . A related term, dap , means .... Dha mauk A paring or utility knife. Meed maw A doctor knife. Meed Phra A priest knife, distinguished ... more details
columnist and Burlington, Ontario Burlington city council candidate Marianne Meed Ward responded ... police publisher Toronto Sun last Ward first Marianne Meed date 2007 04 29 accessdate 2007 04 ... more details
General Brock High School is a former high school in Burlington, Ontario , Canada operated by the Halton District School Board . The school was merged with Lord Elgin High School to form Robert Bateman High School in 2004. ref cite web url http www.bpl.on.ca localhist burlindex l.htm title Burlington History Index L publisher Burlington Public Library accessdate 12 January 2010 archivedate 2010 01 12 archiveurl http www.webcitation.org 5mjCf1xiv ref The site of the high school was then used for Gary Allan High School , an adult and continuing education school. ref cite news url http www.thespec.com article 692522 title Burlington wants Brock lands for park last Burman first John date 2009 12 17 work Hamilton Spectator publisher accessdate 12 January 2010 archivedate 2010 01 12 archiveurl http www.webcitation.org 5mjDvWR7I ref The field area consisting of several sports fields is under consideration for sale but is being opposed by residents who wish it to remain Open space reserve greenspace . ref cite news url http www.torontosun.com comment columnists marianne meedward 2009 06 28 9959256 sun.html title Pulling school parks off the endangered list last Meed Ward first Marianne work Toronto Sun accessdate 12 January 2010 archivedate 2010 01 12 archiveurl http www.webcitation.org 5mjSVbqRU ref ref cite news url http www.burlingtonpost.com news article 247840 title Parkland for sale last Misner first Jason date 2009 04 10 work Burlington Post publisher Metroland Media Group accessdate 12 January 2010 archivedate 2010 01 12 archiveurl http www.webcitation.org 5mjSVPO1B ref The school was the scene of a shooting in February 1990 when a teenager shot his former girlfriend. ref cite news url http www.ctv.ca servlet ArticleNews story CTVNews 20060913 violence timeline 060913 20060913 title List of major incidents at North American schools date 2006 09 13 work CTV News accessdate 12 January 2010 ref References reflist ontario school stub coord missing Ontario Category High ... more details
railways. ref name MEED cite news last Tomlinson first Hugh title Algiers to tender 1.5bn worth of work on railway expansion accessdate 24 March 2011 newspaper MEED date 2008 12 12 ref A further stretch ... 27 title Railway Gazette Desert riches fuel network revival ref and mostly single track. ref name MEED ... 23 title Anesrif awards rail contracts News MEED ref ref cite web url http www.africaintelligence.com ... more details
Preservation page 14 ref Economy MEED describes Yakhtul as being tourist oriented. ref name MEED. Fishing is a major source of income for the locals. ref name Serjeant1991 cite book last Serjeant ... in 1989. ref name MEED. cite book title MEED. url http books.google.com books?id I6xWAAAAYAAJ accessdate ... more details
. ref name meed Majnoon was the first Iraqi field out of 10 major ones offered to international ... refineries with overall capacity of convert 100000 oilbbl d m3 d . ref name meed ref name Offshore ... name meed ref cite news url http uk.reuters.com article idUKLDE62S02D20100329 title Iraq s Majnoon ... more details
, 2007 2007 Ontario provincial election defeating Liberal candidate Marianne Meed Ward by a narrower ... Liberals Marianne Meed Ward align right 19,693 align right 37.8 align right Ontario elections NDP Cory ... more details
The American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants is the foremost umbrella organization of survivors located in North America with a mission to advocate for survivors and to advance and encourage Holocaust remembrance, education and commemoration. It is located in New York City and its chief officers are Sam E. Bloch President , Roman Kent Chairman and Max Liebmann Senior Vice President . There is also an executive committee and a national council listed on the group s website at http amgathering.org amgathering.org As part of its mission, the American Gathering maintains a number of ongoing projects Conference on Jewish material claims against Germany The American Gathering is a key member of the Board of Directors. With the present negotiating committee composed solely of survivors and chaired by the American Gathering s chairman Roman Kent, hundreds of millions of additional dollars are coming from Germany to better provide for current health care and assistance to survivors in desperate need. Meed Registry of Jewish Holocaust survivors Established in 1981 to document the names of survivors who came to the Americas after World War II , the Registry, the only one of its kind, was moved in 1993 to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum USHMM . Along with the Museum, the American Gathering continues to manage the database and to seek new registrants via its quarterly newspaper Together and its website, http amgathering.org amgathering.org among other venues. As a result of the American Gathering s efforts, the Registry now includes over 200,000 records related to survivors and their families and is a resource for Holocaust historians and scholars, as well as families looking for lost relatives. Summer seminar program on Holocaust and Jewish resistance Initiated in 1984 by Vladka Meed and jointly administered by the American Gathering and the USHMM, this program takes middle school and high school teachers, both Jewish and non Jewish ali ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 The Sniper is a World War I poem by Scottish poet W D Cocker , written in 1917 about the impact a sniper has had not only on the life of the young soldier which side the sniper is on is not specified, and could be of any nationality Pretani British , Germany German , France French , Russia n, etc. but the impact the sniper has on that young soldier s family, back home. This poem shows Cocker s dissatisfaction with what was becoming almost anonymous cold blooded killing from varying distances 200 yards within the poem a far cry from battles before the age of industrialisation , when soldiers and warrior s fought face to face, with the stronger individual emerging the victor. The lack of nationality is alluded to within the final two lines, which relates to Cocker s dissatisfaction with the war at a whole, and the senseless killings made by soldiers of all fronts. The Sniper, by W.D. Cocker Two hundred yards away he saw his head br He raised his rifle, took quick aim and shot him. br Two hundred yards away the man dropped dead br With bright exulting eye he turned and said, br By Jove, I got him br And he was jubliant had he not won br The meed of praise his comrades haste to pay? br He smiled he could not see what he had done br The dead man lay two hundred yards away. br He could not see the dead, reproachful eyes, br The youthful face which Death had not defiled br But had transfigured when he claimed his prize. br Had he seen this perhaps he had not smiled. br He could not see the woman as she wept br To the news two hundred miles away, br Or through his very dream she would have crept. br And into all his thoughts by night and day. br Two hundred yards away, and, bending o er br A body in a trench, rough men proclaim br Sadly, that Fritz, the merry is no more. br Or shall we call him Jack? It s all the same. br DEFAULTSORT The Sniper Poem Category Scottish poems Sniper Category World War I poems Sniper Cat ... more details
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