Whose Culture?
Liema kultura?
Karakter admits that he rarely breaks even on these shows, which are mostly attended by backpackers, college kids, and curiosity seekers.
Kaker jammetti li rarament jkisser anke fuq dawn il-wirjiet, li huma l-aktar preżenti mill-backpackers, it-tfal tal-kulleġġ, u l-persuni li jfittxu kurżità.
On a good night, his shows draw a crowd of 200-300 people, which would be disastrous for a South Beach superclub such as Opium Garden.
Fuq lejl tajjeb, turi tiegħu tiġbed folla ta'200-300 ruħ, li tkun diżgustanti għall-superclub Bajja t'Isfel bħal Openium Garden.
"On the Masta Killa show [which took place last November 5], we got 350 people there, and three of us that were involved in promoting the show lost about $70 each," he says.
Fuq il-villa ta' Malta juru [li saret l-aħħar Novembru 5], aħna ltqajna 350 persuna hemmhekk, u tlieta minna li kienu involuti fil-promozzjoni tal-ispettaklu mitlufa madwar $70 kull wieħed,” jgħid.
"Every show I've thrown, it's not like I'm walking away with big bucks and shit," he continues. "I probably have enough money to eat sushi and smoke a joint." Why does he promote shows that lose money? "Just for the love of good hip-hop," he says.
"Kull juru li stajt jintefa, mhuwiex bħal I'm mixi bogħod bil-bucks kbar u shit," huwa kompla. "I probabbilment ikollhom biżżejjed flus biex jieklu sushi u duħħan konġunta."Għala ma jippromwovix li jitilfu l-flus? "L-imħabba ta 'hip-hop tajba," huwa jgħid.
The artists he brings out are "inspiring and motivating, at least to me."
L-artisti joħroġ huma "tispira u jimmotivaw, għall-inqas għalija."
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Los Angeles vs. Las Vegas: Which is the Most Unreal City in America?
Los Angeles vs. Las Vegas: Liema hija l-Belt aktar Unreal fl-Amerika?
Autry National Center
Ċentru Nazzjonali ta' l-Awstrija
4700 Western Heritage Way
4700 Mod ta' wirt tal-Punent
Los Angeles, 90027
Angeles ta' lqugħ, 9027
Reality has hit both cities: water grows scarce, space is tighter, cars clog roads and pollute the air, and money is disappearing.
Ir-realtà laqtet iż-żewġ bliet: l-ilma jikber b'mod skarsa, l-ispazju huwa aktar strett, it-toroq tal-clog karozzi u t-tniġġis tal-arja, u l-flus qed tisparixxi.
Zócalo hosts a panel of experts—including architect and University of Washington assistant professor Nicole Huber; writer, curator and former director of the Las Vegas Art Museum Libby Lumpkin; and educator, author and architect Ralph Stern—to discuss how the cities can continue to expand and to mirror each other even as they are forced to spar over dwindling resources.
Zócalo jospita panel ta' esperti—inkluż periti u professur tal-assistenti tal-Università ta' Washington Nicole Huber; kittieb, kuratur u direttur preċedenti tal-Las Vegas Art Museum Libbey Lumpkin; u għalliem Ralph Stern—biex jiddiskutu kif il-bliet jistgħu jkomplu jespandu u biex jirriflettu lil xulxin anki kif huma sfurzati jaqsmu r-riżorsi tat-tnaqqis.
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IL-MES! It-twarrib u t-twaħħid
Translocating wild elephants!
It-traduzzjoni ta' ljunfanti selvaġġi!
The following pages are dedicated to the late Abd Rahim B Jaleh who was killed by a wild male elephant in 1981 in the course of dutyat an Ayer Hitam sugar cane plantation May Allah SWT bless his soul and the dedicated men & their families of the Elephant Orphanage Sanctuary
Il-paġni li ġejjin huma ddedikati għall-aħħar Abd Ramih B Jaaleh li kien maqtul mill-iljunfant selvaġġ fl-1981 matul id-doverat impjant tal-kannamieli ta' Ayer Hitam Mayh SWT bla dubju r-ruħ tiegħu u l-irġiel dedikati u l-familji tagħhom tas-Santwarju tal-Elufnu tal-Porfaniku.
cleared forests
il-foresti kklerjati
damaged young oil palm tree
is-siġra tal-palm tal-palm li sar bil-ħsara taż-żejt
even electrified fences can't keep them out!
anke ilqugħ elettifikati ma jistgħux iżommuhom out!
even deeply dug moats too!
anke fil-fond tad-droga mogħoż wisq!
the ECTU is contacted...
L-ECTU hija kkuntattjata...
..and the calls are promptly recorded for action!
.and is-sejħiet jiġu rreġistrati fil-pront għall-azzjoni!
The Elephant Capture &
Il-Kap ta' l-Enfant &
Translocation
Traduzzjoni
Unit or
Unità jew
ECTU was created in
L-ECTU inħolqot f'
1974 to address the problems of wild elephant intrusions into crash crop planted areas owned by individuals, private plantation groups such as IOI Berhad, Guthrie
1974 biex jiġu indirizzati l-problemi ta' l-intrużjonijiet ta' l-iljunfanti selvaġġi f'żoni tal-ġarr tal-merkanzija li huma proprjetà ta' individwi, gruppi ta' pjanta privata bħal IOI Berhad, Guthrie
Berhad & semi-government agencies such as FELDA, FELCRA &
Berhad & aġenziji ta' semi-gvern bħal FELDER, FELCRA &
RISDA.
RDA.
What used to be their natural habitat had been cleared and replaced with oil palm, rubber, cocoa, watermelons, banana and other crash crops which resulted in a hard-to-resist temptation for the wild elephants to raid these areas during the late evenings and early mornings unchallenged.
X'użat biex tkun il-ħabitat naturali tagħhom kien ġie kklerjat u sostitwit b'Palma taż-żejt, lastiku, kawkaw, dulliegħa, banana u għelejjel oħra kraxx li rriżultaw f'tentazzjoni diffiċli biex tirreżisti l-iljunfanti selvaġġi biex joqogħdu lura dawn iż-żoni matul l-aħħar filgħaxija u filgħodu mhux ikkontestati.
To further protect the elephants, the ECTU has been moving elephants from areas of conflict to permanently protected areas.
Biex tkompli tipproteġi l-iljunfanti, il-ECTU ilha tiċċaqlaq minn żoni ta' kunflitt għal żoni protetti b'mod permanenti.
'They never do any harm unless provoked, even though they go about in herds, being of all animals the least solitary in habit.' Pliny the Elder, Historia Naturalis,
Huma qatt ma jagħmlu xi ħsara sakemm ma jiġux provokati, anke jekk imorru f'herds, li jkunu ta' l-annimali kollha l-inqas solitarja fid-dinja.'' Pliny l-Anzjani, l-Isti Storiċi,
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In the early days of the unit before
Fil-jiem bikrija ta' l-unità qabel
1974, the method of eradicating the problem was simply shooting & killing the elephants on sight
1974, il-metodu tal-qerda tal-problema kien sempliċiment sparar & joqtol il-iljunfanti fuq il-vista
- until the numbers decreased alarmingly and the unit decided to manage the problem by using a combination of scientific and manual method of translocating the elephants.
- sakemm in-numri mnaqqsa b'mod allarmanti u l-unità ddeċidiet li timmaniġġja l-problema billi tuża kombinazzjoni ta' metodu xjentifiku u manwali biex tittraduċi l-iljunfanti.
Armed with dart guns filled with the Immobilondrug, the rangers would painstakingly track down raiding elephants on foot and
Armati b'dart guns mimlija bl-Immobildrug, il-gwardjani jiġġarbu b'mod metikoluż 'l isfel ir-rejding tal-iljunfanti fuq is-saqajn u
4WDs, knock out the intended elephants, secure them to trees using shackles & stainless steel chains and then use the strength of tamed working elephants to drag out their captured wild cousins onto trucks before releasing the problematic elephants to bigger and safer jungle reserves.
4WDs, knock out l-iljunfanti maħsuba, sigura lilhom biex siġar bl-użu ta' katini tal-azzar u l-istainless steel u mbagħad jużaw il-qawwa ta' l-iljunfanti tax-xogħol b'tema li jixterdu l-kuġini selvaġġi maqbuda tagħhom fuq trakkijiet qabel ma jirrilaxxaw l-iljunfanti cleati għal riżervi akbar u aktar siguri tal-ġungla.
The team also operated on an activity-based approach long before the setting up of Kuala
It-tim ħadem ukoll fuq approċċ ibbażat fuq l-attività twil qabel l-istabbiliment ta' Kuala
Gandah Elephant Conservation Centre.
Iċ-ċentru tal-konservazzjoni tal-iljunfanti tal-Gandah.
The men had to camp in areas where there were problems for as quick as 1 month and as long as 2 years in one place where they took turns in taking leave to be with their loved ones.
L-irġiel kellhom għall-kamp fl-oqsma fejn kien hemm problemi għal malajr bħala xahar 1 u sakemm 2 snin f'post wieħed fejn huma ħadu dawriet fit-teħid tal-leave biex ikunu mal-maħbubin tagħhom.
Instead of using chains, they used jute ropes and used the direct approach in capturing wild elephants - riding on tamed elephants, wading into the wild herds and throwing lassos onto the smallest elephants they could get.
Minflok jużaw ktajjen, użaw ħbula tal-ġuta u użaw l-approċċ dirett biex jaqbdu l-iljunfanti selvaġġi - riding fuq il-iljunfanti tamed, inxtered fis-selvaġġ u tarmi l-lass fuq l-iżgħar iljunfanti li jistgħu jiksbu.
This method was stopped as it was unsuccessful due to the complications arising from the local terrain and replaced with the method of darting wild elephants with powerful drugs and using tamed elephants to lead and drag lightly sedated wild elephants onto waiting trucks.
Dan il-metodu twaqqaf minħabba li ma kienx suċċess minħabba l-kumplikazzjonijiet li ġejjin mill-art lokali u sostitwit bil-metodu li tiġbed l-iljunfanti selvaġġi ma' mediċini qawwija u bl-użu tamed 'l-iljunfanti li jwasslu u Iddreggja l-iljunfanti selvaġġi bil-mod fuq trakkijiet li qed jistennew.
So far, between 300 to 500
S'issa, bejn 300 sa 500
wild elephants have been removed from their steadily shrinking habitats to their new homes in
l-iljunfanti selvaġġi tneħħew mill-ħabitats li jixrob b'mod stabbli tagħhom għad-djar il-ġodda tagħhom
Taman Negara in Pahang & Terengganu,
Taman Negara f'Pahang & Terenganu,
Upper Royal Belum
Il-Belġju Rjali ta' fuq
ForestsReserve in Perak & Endau-Rompin State Park at the
ForestServe fil-Park tal-Istat tal-Perak u Endau-Rompin fil-
Johore/Pahang borders.
Il-fruntieri ta' Johoore/Pahang.
In the course of these translocation, the unit has suffered one death of its rangers, several seriously injured personnelwhile about 40 wild elephants due to stress since 1978
Matul din it-tranżazzjoni, l-unità sofriet mewt waħda tal-gwardjani tagħha, diversi persuni b'korrimenti serji fuq il-iljunfanti selvaġġi minħabba l-istress mill-1978
The financial costs, resources &
L-ispejjeż finanzjarji, ir-riżorsi u
manpower required makes the translocation a difficult, dangerous and expensive process. Any takers out there?
is-setgħa meħtieġa tagħmel it-traduzzjoni ta' proċess diffiċli, perikoluż u għali.Kwalunkwe persuna tieħu f'idejha?
Wild elephant translocation must be painstakingly prepared
It-traslokazzjoni ta' l-iljunfanti selvaġġi għandha tkun ippreparata bl-uġigħ
& executed with expert skills and knowledge.
& esegwiti b'ħiliet esperti u għarfien.
One must also have a cool head when a 4 ton giant charges at almost 40kph through the dense jungles!
Wieħed għandu wkoll ikollu ras frisk meta 4 tunnellati ta' ipoteki ġgant ta' kważi 40kh permezz tal-ġungla dens!
In the hot, humid and shady environment, detecting a wild elephant is very difficult and dangerous.
Fl-ambjent sħun, umdi u dellija, l-iskoperta ta' ljunfanti selvaġġi huwa diffiċli ħafna u perikolużi.
Elephants can be unpredictable ; in particularly a young male elephant may be aggressive and charge in an attempt to exert its authority!
L-iljunfanti jistgħu jkunu imprevedibbli; b'mod partikolari l-iljunfanti żgħażagħ jistgħu jkunu aggressivi u jintalbu f'attentat biex jeżerċitaw l-awtorità tagħha!
Immobilon is used to bring down an elephant at a distance of not less than 10 metres
Immobilion jintuża biex ibaxxi l-iljunfanti f'distanza ta' mhux inqas minn 10 metri
; this means the dart man has to skillfully and quietly make his way close to the intended elephant while being protected by two .458 rifle totting colleagues, in case the elephant charges.
; dan ifisser li d-dart-bniedem għandu bis-sħiħ u bil-kwiet jagħmel mod tiegħu qrib il-iljunfanti maħsub filwaqt li jkun protett minn żewġ .458 kollegi li jduru, fil-każ ta' l-akkużi ta' l-iljunfanti.
Applying Immobilon is itself a highly dangerous work where a drop of this powerful drug can cause a man to gointo coma almost immediately if exposed to an open wound!
L-applikazzjoni ta' l-Immobilon hija stess xogħol perikolużi ħafna fejn tnaqqis ta' dan id-droga qawwija jistgħu jikkawżaw raġel li jmorru com kważi immedjatament jekk esposti għal ferita miftuħa!
The standard amount used is usually 4cc of Immobilon which should be enough to bring down an adult elephant. It usually takes about 10 to 15 minutes for the drug to be effective onto the elephant.
L-ammont standard użat huwa normalment 4cc ta' Immobilon li għandu jkun biżżejjed biex ibaxxi l-iljunfanti għall-adulti. Normalment jieħu madwar 10 sa 15-il minuta biex il-mediċina tkun effettiva fuq l-iljunfanti.
Once the elephant has been darted, it it usual for the elephant to try and pull out the dart while sending cries of help to its herd.
Ladarba l-iljunfanti tkun ġiet degradata, huwa s-soltu għall-iljunfanti li jippruvaw u jiġbdu l-dart filwaqt li jibgħat cries għajnuna lill-herd tagħha.
This is a most dangerous time when the elephant may charge at full speed.
Dan huwa żmien aktar perikoluż meta l-iljunfanti jistgħu jitolbu b'veloċità sħiħa.
All the while, the rifle team is in contact with the 2nd team of chainmen - about 150 metres away - using walkie talkies.
Il-waqt li, it-tim tal-azzar huwa f'kuntatt mat-tieni tim tal-ktajjen - madwar 150 metru 'l bogħod - bl-użu ta' talkies tal-mixi.
It is also noted that darting an elephant also depends much on the terrain
Huwa nnutat ukoll li l-waqfien ta' l-iljunfanti jiddependi wkoll ħafna fuq it-terren
- swampy areas are a NO
- żoni swampy huma LE
GO as the elephant might drown even under a foot of water and the riflemen might also be bogged down in case the elephant makes an about turn and attack the team!
GO peress li l-iljunfanti jistgħu jixtilqu anke taħt sieq ta' ilma u l-ruffle jistgħu wkoll jiġu blogged fil-każ li l-iljunfanti jagħmel xi dawra u attakk-tim!
The area of the hunt should also contain enough big trees to secure the sedated elephant and for the team's protection against attacking elephants.
Iż-żona tal-kaċċa għandu jkun fiha wkoll biżżejjed siġar kbar biex jiżguraw l-iljunfanti bil-qiegħda u l-protezzjoni tat-tim kontra l-iljunfanti li jattakkaw.
All the men are always in jungle camouflaged uniform and wearing laced up jungle boots.
L-irġiel kollha huma dejjem fl-jungle camouflaged uniformi u tilbes bizzilla sa ġemgħat ta' ġungla.
" You will die a thousand times over and over again "
"Inti se jmutu elf darbiet fuq u għal darb'oħra "
when you hear the growling of an enraged wild elephant, not knowing where it is lurking and coming in from the dense and humid green hell!
meta inti tisma t-tkabbir ta' l-iljunfanti selvaġġi mġebbda, ma jkunu jafu fejn huwa lurking u li ġejjin fil mill-infern aħdar dens u umdi!
Total silence is of upmost priority!
Is-silenzju totali huwa ta' l-ogħla prijorità!
elephant droppings
qtar ta' l-iljunfanti
elephant foot print
tal-ipprintjar tas-saqajn ta' ljunfanti
applying the dangerousImmobilon
l-applikazzjoni ta' l-Immobilon perikoluż
he's on to it
huwa fuq għal dan
......and down it goes!
...u l-isfel din tmur!
eyes wide shut!
għajnejn wiesgħa shut!
it's booked and cuffed
huwa bbukkjat u cuffed
the team works together to ensure that the chains hold the elephant
it-tim jaħdem flimkien biex jiżgura li l-ktajjen iżommu l-iljunfanti
...while making sure that it's protected from the heat of the sun
...filwaqt li kun żgur li huwa protett mis-sħana tax-xemx
Once the targetted elephant is darted, it will slowly move away while sounding the alarm bell to the rest of the herd.
Ladarba l-iljunfanti fil-mira huwa dared, bil-mod se jimxu 'l bogħod filwaqt li ddoqq il-qanpiena tal-allarm għall-bqija tal-merħla.
The leader of the herd, which is the matriarch, will always lead the rest of the herd away ensuring that all the smaller elephants are protected all the time.
Il-mexxej tal-merħla, li hija l-matriach, dejjem se tmexxi l-bqija tal-herd bogħod li tiżgura li l-iljunfanti iżgħar kollha huma protetti l-ħin kollu.
The rifle team will slowly followed the trails left by the darted elephant and once found, the 2nd team - the chainmen - will quickly do their job of ;
It-tim tal-fdalijiet bil-mod se jsegwi l-provi li ħallew mill-iljunfanti ddatat u darba nstab, it-tieni tim - il-katina - se malajr jagħmlu x-xogħol tagħhom ta';
1. Ensuring that the darted elephant lies down in a correct position where there should not be any protruding rocks or wood against the elephant's side as this will most likely cause both the elephant's lungs to crush the heart.
1. l-iżgurar li l-iljunfanti ddiżinjati jinsabu f'pożizzjoni korretta fejn m'għandu jkun hemm l-ebda blat li jisporġu jew injam kontra l-iljunfanti peress li dan x'aktarx jikkawża kemm il-pulmuni tal-iljunfanti biex tfarrak il-qalb.
Rangers must accurately take note of breathing sounds of the slumped elephant which will determine whether or not the airway is restricted. If it is, they will have to apply heart stimulant drug to ensure that the animal will continue breathing normally.
Il-gwardjani għandhom jieħdu nota b'mod preċiż tal-ħsejjes tan-nifs tal-iljunfanti li se jiddeterminaw jekk il-passaġġ tal-arja huwiex ristrett jew le.Jekk huwa, se jkollhom japplikaw id-droga stimulanti tal-qalb biex jiżguraw li l-annimal se jkompli jieħu n-nifs b'mod normali.
2. In the meantime, the riflemen will stand guard in case the rest of the herd, particularly the young aggressive males, will come charging to protect their darted colleague.
2. sadanittant, l-ruffle se stand gwardja fil-każ tal-bqija tal-merħla, b'mod partikolari l-irġiel aggressivi żgħażagħ, se jiġu ċċarġjati biex jipproteġu kollega darhom.
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The chainmen will quickly secured the front legs of the dartedelephant to a big tree while preparations to revive it will be doneusing a dose of the Revivon drug which will be injected behind theelephant's ears.
Il-katina se tiżgura malajr il-saqajn ta' quddiem tal-dartedhant għal siġra kbira filwaqt li t-tħejjijiet biex terġa' tieħu doża tad-droga Revoni li se tiġi injettata wara l-widnejn tal-ethelephant.
To increase the spread of the reviving drug, flapping of the ears aredone thus speeding up blood circulation.
Biex jiżdied it-tixrid tad-droga li qed tfejjaq, l-infafar tal-widnejn imħawwar b'hekk tħaffef iċ-ċirkolazzjoni tad-demm.
rangers stand guard against possible attackes from the herd
gwardjani joqgħod iħares kontra attakki possibbli mill-herd
down but not out!
isfel iżda mhux out!
Revivon - the reviving drug
Revon - il-mediċina li terġa' tirbaħ
the hunter becomes the savior
il-kaċċatur isir il-savor
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