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Assist. I.G. for Operations Participates in AGCC Undersecretaries of Interior Meeting
Basic Equestrian Course for
Women Police
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E d i t o r - i n - C h i e fCol/Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Jabri
E d i t o r i a l B o a r dCol/Mohammed bin Khalfan Addegheshi
Lt. Col/Amer bin Sultan Al Tawqi
Lt Col/Jamal bin Habib Al Quraishi
M a j o r / F a h a d b i n S a i f A l H o s n i
E d i t i n g D i r e c t o rCaptain/Hilal bin Mohammed Al Harrasi
E d i t o r s1 s t L t / N a b h a n b i n S u l t a n A l H a r t h y
1st Sergeant/Zakaria bin Salem Al Subhi
Civilian Officer/Thuraia bint Humood Al Aisaria
)Sub -ed i to rs )Eng l i sh Sec t ion
Captain/Ahamed bin Ja’far Al Sarmi
Captain/Abdullah bin Said Al Harthy
Civilian Officer/Bashir Abdel Daim Bashir
L a y o u t P r o d u c e rFirst Sergeant Major/Yousuf Bin Bahadar Al Balushi
P h o t o g r a p h e r s1st Sergeant/Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Qarni
Se rgean t /Yaser b in A l i A l Dhank i
Corporal/Salem bin Yaqoob Addfae
4 ROP News
8 Car Accident Point of view
10 Knowledge Garden
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Issue No.135 October 20134
RO P Guests
On 9/9/2013 His Excellency Lt. General Hassan bin Muhsin Al-Shuraiqi, Inspector General of Police and Customs received Her Excellency Greta C. Holtz, the US Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman.
Major General Sulaiman bin
Mohammed Al-Harthy, Assistant
Inspector General of Police and
Customs for Administrative and
Financial Affairs received on
25/6/2013 Brigadier Hamoud
Ismail Ashaikh, Undersecretary
of the Civil Status and Civil
Regiser Department, Yemen Arab
Republic and his accompanying
delegation.
Cordial talks and ways of cooperation on civil status were exchanged during the meeting, which was attended by a number of senior ROP officers.
ROP News
Issue No.135 October 2013 5
Major General Hamad bin Sulaiman Al Hatmi, Assistant Inspector General of Po-lice and Customs for Operations headed a Royal Oman Police delegation to the meet-ing of the undersecretaries of interior of the AGCC states held in Riyadh, Saudi Ara-bia on 4 / 7 / 2013.
The meeting discussed the agenda including coordination on crime and rein-forcement of security between member states.
Assist. I.G. for Operations Participates in AGCC Undersecretaries of Interior Meeting
On 24 / 7 / 2013 Royal Oman Police inaugurated a new batch of
motorcycles for road traffic enforcement in a ceremony held under
the auspices of Major General Suliman bin Mohammed Al Harthy, As-
sistant Inspector General of Police and Customs for Administrative
and Financial Affairs.
A motorcycle convoy start-
ed a road show trip from the pa-
rade ground near Al Bustan Pal-
ace Hotel roundabout via Sidab,
Qurm, and along Sultan Qaboos
Road to Annseem Park and
back to the Directorate General
of Traffic Asseeb.
Royal Oman Police is now
implementing a number of traf-
fic enforcement procedures
including awareness and inten-
sive road policing to minimize
accidents.
New ROP Motorcycles for Road Traffic Enforcement
Issue No.135 October 20136
In a celebration on 3 / 7 / 2013 Royal Oman Police launched the second generation of the civil card under the auspices of His Excellency Tallal bin Sulaiman Al-Rahbi, Deputy Secretary General of the Higher Council for Planning. Major General Sulaiman bin Mohammed Al-Harthy, Assistant Inspector General of Po-lice and Customs for Administrative and Financial Affairs and some senior officers attended the ceremony.
Lt. Colonel Ali bin Saif Al-Marbooi’e, Acting Director General of the Civil Status said in a speech at the beginning of the event that the D.G. of Civil Status was established in 1999 to provide a national register of all civil events and statisics of citizens and residents which serves social, health studies and planning of government projects.
He said that the DG of Civil Status possesses advanced technology and competent manpower to ensure high quality standards.
Second Generation of the Civil Card Launched
ROP News
Issue No.135 October 2013 7
Task Force Police Team Leads Shooting Championship, 2013
The Task Force Police Command shooting team won the Royal Oman Police Shooting championship, 2013 in a hot competition of 830 participants representing 30 teams from different ROP divisions.
The final round of the competition was held at the shooting ground of Sultan Qaboos Academy for Police Sciences. It was attended by His Excellency Lt. General Hassan bin Mohsin Al-Shuraiqi, Inspector General of Police and Customs, Lt. General Said bin Ali Al Hilali, Head of the Interior Security Service, some commanders of the armed forces, ROP and security services, some directors of government departments in Addakhiliya Governorate .
The first policewomen batch who attended a 6-month basic equestrian course was graduated on 22013/7/ in a ceremony held on the parade ground at Sultan Qaboos Academy for Police Sciences under the auspices of Brigadier Hafeez bin Amer Al Shanfari, Director General of Human Resources, ROP. An equestrian show was performed at the event by the horsewomen, and some Mounted Police Division horsemen showed horse riding, camel riding skills
Basic Equestrian Course for Women Police
Issue No.135 October 20138
Traffic
Salim Ali Al-HarthyHSE and Aerodrome Safety Manger
Car AccidentP o i n t o f v i e w
A traffic collision, also known as a traffic accident, motor vehicle collision, motor vehicle accident, car accident, automobile accident, road traffic collision, or car crash, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris r, or other stationary obstruction, such as a tree or utility poles.
Traffic collisions may result in injury, death, vehicle damage, and property damage.Nearly 1,139 people have died and 11,618 injured in road accidents in 2012 in the Sultanate of Oman, according to Royal Oman Police a majority of those killed and injured were in the 26 to 50 years age group. Speeding was the cause of most accidents, resulting in 595 deaths and 5,424 injuries in 4,328 accidents. Wrong overtaking caused 175 deaths and 908 injuries from 384 accidents in 2012, Vehicle defects led 260 accidents leaving 55 dead and 413 injured while bad roads killed 12 and injured 136 people in 105 accidents,. Rash driving and miscalculation cause 2,330 accidents leading to 235 deaths and 3,521 injuries. As many official said in Oman. “If accidents continue to rise, hospitals might not be able to provide proper treatment to every patient.”
A number of factors contribute to the risk of collision, including vehicle design, speed of operation, road design, road environment, driver skill and/or impairment, and driver behavior. Worldwide motor vehicle collisions lead to death and disability as well as financial costs to both society and the individuals involved.
Issue No.135 October 2013 9
Human factors in vehicle collisions include all
factors related to drivers and other road users
that may contribute to a collision. Examples
include driver behavior, visual and auditory acuity,
decision-making ability, and reaction speed.
A survey of drivers in one of the European
countries drivers found that most thought they
were better than average drivers; a contradictory
result showing overconfidence in their abilities.
The feeling of being confident in more and more
challenging situations is experienced as evidence
of driving ability, and that ‘proven’ ability reinforces
the feelings of confidence. Confidence feeds itself
and grows unchecked until something happens – a
near-miss or an accident.
Another survey concluded drivers are very
safety-conscious relative to other European drivers.
However, this does not translate to significantly
lower crash rates
Accompanying changes to road designs have
been wide-scale adoptions of rules of the road
alongside law enforcement policies that included
drink-driving laws, setting of speed limits, and
speed enforcement systems such as speed
camera. Some countries driving tests have been
expanded to test a new driver’s behavior during
emergencies, and their hazard perception.
Conversely, a location that does not look
dangerous may have a high crash frequency. This
is, in part, because if drivers perceive a location
as hazardous, they take more care. Accidents may
be more likely to happen when hazardous road or
traffic conditions are not obvious at a glance, or
where the conditions are too complicated for the
limited human machines to perceive and react
in the time and distance available. (This fact can
be used to improve safety, by putting up signs in
accident-prone locations, like ones stated above.)
In final note, accidents investigation is the key
factor in solving vehicle’s accidents in Oman and
in anywhere. This build up the statistical data for
analyzing the main causes and contributing causes
of accidents. Clearing the site after the accident
and cleaning the roads and mobilizing the victims
to hospitals will not solve the problem. Enhancing
the knowledge by campaigning and raising
awareness of the roads accidents will help people
to increase their knowledge and may reduce the
accident rate but it will not close the issue. Only
taking the investigation matter after each accident
seriously by mitigating all the factors contributing
the accident. Data gathering with comprehensive
study with effective analysis in our own source of
stopping the death in our roads.
Issue No.135 October 201310
Knowledge Garden
Captain/Abdullah bin Said AlHarthyDirectorate of Public Relations
K n o w l e d g e G a r d e n
English Proverbs1. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
2. Actions speak louder than words.
3. All good things come to an end.
4. All’s well that ends well.
5. All roads lead to roam.
6. All that glitters is not gold.
7. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
8. All’s fair in love and war.
9. As you make your bed, you must lie in it.
10. A bad workman always blames his tools.
11. Barking dogs seldom bites.
12. Beauty is only skin deep.
13. Beggars can’t be choosers.
14. Better late than never.
15. Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know.
16. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
17. Clothes do not make the man.
18. Cowards die many times before their deaths.
19. A creaking gate hangs long.
20. Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
21. Cut your coat according to your cloth.
22. Do as you would be done by.
23. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.
24. Don’t cross a bridge until you come to it.
25. Don’t have too many irons in the fire.
26. Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill.
27. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
28. Don’t put the cart before the horse.
29. The early bird catches the worm.
F o o d f o r T h o u g h t
Issue No.135 October 2013 11
K n o w l e d g e G a r d e n
Laughter the best medicineFunny jokes for little kids
Q: When does “B” come after “U”?
A: When you take some of his honey
Q: What do you call a snowman with a sun tan?
A: A puddle
Q: How much does it cost a pirate to get earrings?
A: A buccaneer
Q: What 3 inventions help man up in the world?
A: The elevator, the ladder and the alarm clock
Q: What has four legs and can't walk?
A: A table
Q: What do elephants have that no other animal does?
A: Baby elephants
Gibran Kahlil Gibran
Khalil Gibran (full Arabic name Gibran Khalil Gibran
(January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931) was a Lebanese artist,
poet, and writer.
Born in the town of Bsharri in the north of modern-day
Lebanon (then part of Ottoman Mount Lebanon), as a
young man he immigrated with his family to the United
States, where he studied art and began his literary
career, writing in both English and Arabic. In the Arab
world, Gibran is regarded as a literary and political rebel.
His romantic style was at the heart of a renaissance
in modern Arabic literature, especially prose poetry,
breaking away from the classical school. In Lebanon, he
is still celebrated as a literary hero.
He is chiefly known in the English-speaking world for his
1923 book The Prophet, an early example of inspirational
fiction including a series of philosophical essays written
in poetic English prose. The book sold well despite a
cool critical reception, gaining popularity in the 1930s.
Gibran is the third best-selling poet of all time, behind
Shakespeare and Lao-Tzu
Life
Early years
Gibran Khalil Gibran was born into a Maronite Catholic
family from the historical town of Bsharri in northern
Mount Lebanon, then a semi-autonomous part of the
Ottoman Empire. His mother Kamila, daughter of a
priest, was thirty when he was born; his father Khalil
was her third husband. As a result of his family’s poverty,
Gibran received no formal schooling during his youth
in Lebanon. However, priests visited him regularly and
taught him about the Bible, as well as the Arabic and
Syriac languages.
Gibran’s father initially worked in an apothecary, but
with gambling debts he was unable to pay, he went to
work for a local Ottoman-appointed administrator.
Around 1891, extensive complaints by angry subjects
led to the administrator being removed and his staff
being investigated. Gibran’s father was imprisoned for
embezzlement, and his family’s property was confiscated
by the authorities. Kamila Gibran decided to follow her
brother to the United States. Although Gibran’s father
was released in 1894, Kamila remained resolved and left
for New York on June 25, 1895, taking Khalil, his younger
sisters Mariana and Sultana, and his elder half-brother
Peter (in Arabic, Butrus).
The Gibrans settled in Boston’s South End, at the time the
second-largest Syrian-Lebanese-American communityin
the United States. Due to a mistake at school, he was
registered as “Kahlil Gibran”. His mother began working
as a seamstress peddler, selling lace and linens that
she carried from door to door. Gibran started school
on September 30, 1895. School officials placed him in a
special class for immigrants to learn English. Gibran also
enrolled in an art school at a nearby settlement house.
Through his teachers there, he was introduced to the
avant-garde Boston artist, photographer, and publisher
Fred Holland Day, who encouraged and supported Gibran
in his creative endeavors. A publisher used some of
Gibran’s drawings for book covers in 1898.
Gibran’s mother, along with his elder brother Peter,
wanted him to absorb more of his own heritage rather
than just the Western aesthetic culture he was attracted
to. Thus, at the age of fifteen, Gibran returned to his
homeland to study at a Maronite-run preparatory school
and higher-education institute in Beirut, called “al-Hikma”
(The Wisdom). He started a student literary magazine with
a classmate and was elected “college poet”. He stayed
there for several years before returning to Boston in
1902, coming through Ellis Island (a second time) on May
10. Two weeks before he returned to Boston, his sister
Sultana died of tuberculosis at the age of 14. The year
after, Peter died of the same disease and his mother
died of cancer. His sister Marianna supported Gibran and
herself by working at a dressmaker’s shop.
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Knowledge Garden
Personal Life
Gibran was an accomplished artist, especially in drawing
and watercolor, having attended art school in Paris from
1908 to 1910, pursuing a symbolist and romantic style
over the then up-and-coming realismGibran held his
first art exhibition of his drawings in 1904 in Boston, at
Day’s studio. During this exhibition, Gibran met Mary
Elizabeth Haskell, a respected headmistress ten years
his senior. The two formed an important friendship that
lasted the rest of Gibran’s life. Though publicly discreet,
their correspondence reveals that the two were lovers. In
fact, Gibran twice proposed to her but marriage was not
possible in the face of her family’s conservatism
Haskell influenced not only Gibran’s personal life, but also
his career. She became his editor, and introduced him to
Charlotte Teller, a journalist, and Emilie Michel (Micheline),
a French teacher, who accepted to pose for him as a
model and became close friends. In 1908, Gibran went to
study art in Paris for two years. While there he met his art
study partner and lifelong friend Youssef Howayek. While
most of Gibran’s early writings were in Arabic, most of his
work published after 1918 was in English. His first book
for the publishing company Alfred A. Knopf, in 1918, was
The Madman, a slim volume of aphorisms and parables
written in biblical cadence somewhere between poetry
and prose. Gibran also took part in the New York Pen
League, also known as the “immigrant poets” (al-mahjar),
alongside important Lebanese-American authors such as
Ameen Rihani, Elia Abu Madi and Mikhail Naimy, a close
friend and distinguished master of Arabic literature, whose
descendants Gibran declared to be his own children, and
whose nephew, Samir, is a godson of Gibran’s.
Death
Gibran died in New York City on April 10, 1931, at the
age of 48. The causes were cirrhosis of the liver and
tuberculosis. The young emigrant from Lebanon who
came through Ellis Island in 1895 never became an
American citizen; he loved his birthplace too much.
Before his death, Gibran expressed the wish that he be
buried in Lebanon. This wish was fulfilled in 1932, when
Mary Haskell and her sister Mariana purchased the Mar
Sarkis Monastery in Lebanon, which has since become
the Gibran Museum. Written next to Gibran’s grave are
the words “a word I want to see written on my grave: I am
alive like you, and I am standing beside you. Close your
eyes and look around, you will see me in front of you”.
Gibran willed the contents of his studio to Mary Haskell.
There she discovered her letters to him spanning twenty-
three years. She initially agreed to burn them because
of their intimacy, but recognizing their historical value
she saved them. She gave them, along with his letters to
her which she had also saved, to the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill Library before she died in 1964.
Excerpts of the over six hundred letters were published
in “Beloved Prophet” in 1972.
Mary Haskell Minis (she wed Jacob Florance Minis in
1923) donated her personal collection of nearly one
hundred original works of art by Gibran to the Telfair
Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia in 1950. Haskell
had been thinking of placing her collection at the Telfair
as early as 1914. In a letter to Gibran, she wrote “I am
thinking of other museums ... the unique little Telfair
Gallery in Savannah, Ga., that Gari Melchers chooses
pictures for. There when I was a visiting child, form burst
upon my astonished little soul.” Haskell’s gift to the Telfair
is the largest public collection of Gibran’s visual art in the
country, consisting of five oils and numerous works on
paper rendered in the artist’s lyrical style, which reflects
the influence of symbolism. The future American royalties
to his books were willed to his hometown of Bsharri, to be
“used for good causes”.
Source: Wikipedia
Issue No.135 October 2013 13
Out of the rolling ocean the crowd
By
Walt Whitman
Out of the rolling ocean the crowd came a drop gently
to me,
Whispering, I love you, before long I die,
I have travell’d a long way merely to look on you to touch
you,
For I could not die till I once look’d on you,
For I fear’d I might afterward lose you.
Now we have met, we have look’d, we are safe,
Return in peace to the ocean my love,
I too am part of that ocean, my love, we are not so much
separated,
Behold the great rondure, the cohesion of all, how perfect!
But as for me, for you, the irresistible sea is to separate
us,
As for an hour carrying us diverse, yet cannot carry us
diverse forever;
Be not impatient – a little space – know you I salute the
air, the ocean and the land,
Every day at sundown for your dear sake, my love.
Food FightBy
Kenn Nesbitt
We’d never seen the teachers
in a state of such distress.
The principal was yelling
that the lunchroom was a mess.
It started off so innocent
when someone threw a bun,
but all the other kids decided
they should join the fun.
It instantly turned into
an enormous lunchroom feud,
as students started hurling
all their halfway-eaten food.
A glob went whizzing through the air,
impacting on the wall.
Another chunk went sailing out
the doorway to the hall.
The food was splattered everywhere—
the ceilings, walls, and doors.
A sloppy, gloppy mess was on
the tables and the floors.
And so our good custodian
ran out to grab his mop.
It took him half the afternoon
to clean up all the slop.
The teachers even used some words
we’re not supposed to mention.
And that’s how all the kids and teachers
wound up in detention.
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Knowledge Garden
There is a new cook in the cafeteriaBy
Bruce Lansky
Good morning, staff and students.
We have a brand new cook.
And that’s why our lunch menu
will have a brand new look.
To make a good impression,
our cook’s prepared a treat:
your choice of snapping turtle soup
or deep-fried monkey meat.
If you’re a vegetarian,
we have good news today:
she’s serving pickled cauliflower
and jellyfish soufflé.
And for dessert our cook has made
a recipe from France:
I’m sure you’ll all want seconds—
of chocolate-covered ants.
I hope you like this gourmet feast.
I hope you won’t complain.
But if you do we’ll have to bring
our old cook back again.
Today I had a rotten day
By
Bruce Lansky
Don’t eat school lunches—
not even a lick.
They might make you nauseous.
They might make you sick.
Just take a small bite and
you’ll start to feel ill.
If the veggies don’t get you,
the meatloaf sure will.
Issue No.135 October 2013 15
Be careful of Frauds by telephone.
احذر عمليات النصب واألحتيال على الهاتف .. !!
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