በትርታ ይጀምራል ትር ትር ይልና ይተረታል ወይንም ይተረተራል፤

ተረት ይሆናል

With the vibration IT begins…in the vibration IT sounds…in the narration or distortion,

IT ends…TO BE –or- as a Tale ...

.......The fishes get their prey, if only YOU "move, click and tick" (say... reflect) in the aquarium. If you "play & prey (even pray)" outside the aquarium...it is meaningless ...for the fishes............

A blog for documents and studies on the development of

Human "Consciousness", to help and

promote the process of rational reflection.

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The Highlight here will be, working towards the high objectives of harmony in the Ethiopian Social-Reality: PEACE, freedom of CULTURE, scientific PERFECTION and tolerant FAITH. Any knowledge, without the slightest touch of dogmatism; whose purpose is enlightening and freeing the human species to celebrate its full liberty and eventual perfection, is always welcome.



The Quintessence of Life

Friday 28 January 2011

Wikileaks Update (9) - EthioCables - ETHIOPIA FOR SALE!

Ethiopia for Ethiopians, NOT for King Abdullah and co.

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Anticipating the heroic struggle of the Egyptian people and youth of these days,
may be the Egyptian President was forecasting his downfall and preparing his Asylum
in the lands he planned to grab in Ethiopia as the newest Wikileaks document has disclosed
today.

Four decades ago there used to be a tale that, it was so ridiculous that Ethiopia
suffers from famine, though it could be a bread basket of the whole Arab world, let
alone suffer from hunger and famine!
But alas, true the Elite of the Arab world under the leadership of King Abdullah
have taken hold of their basket bread, but with Ethiopia condemned for good to famine,
poverty and the slavery of the novel neocolonialism made in Saudi Arabian.
And for good I am also beginning, at the latest now, to believe that we really have a mercenary

administration in Ethiopia never witnessed in such a manner in our history.

Let us just hope and work for the spirit of "Tunisia" to blow over us!

ETHIOPIA NOT FOR SALE!


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Viewing cable 10ADDISABABA247, FOREIGN INVESTORS GRAB UP MORE LAND IN ETHIOPIA

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RR RUEHBZ RUEHDU RUEHGI RUEHJO RUEHMA RUEHMR RUEHPA RUEHRN RUEHTRO
DE RUEHDS #0247/01 0390620
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 080620Z FEB 10
FM AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 7672
INFO RUEHZO/AFRICAN UNION COLLECTIVE
RUEPADJ/CJTF HOA
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC
RUEKDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC
RUEWMFD/HQ USAFRICOM STUTTGART GE
RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC
RUEHLMC/MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORP
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHINGTON DC
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ADDIS ABABA 000247

SENSITIVE
SIPDIS

DEPARTMENT FOR AF/E JWIEGERT; AF/EPS - ABREITER AND GMALLORY; EEB/IFD/OMA - JWINKLER AND EEB/CBA - DWINSTEAD; EEB/TPP/BTA DEPARTMENT PASS TO USTR FOR PATRICK COLEMAN, BARBARA GRYNIEWWICZ
DEPT OF COMMERCE FOR ITA MARIA RIVERO
DEPT OF TREASURY FOR REBECCA KLEIN
USAID FOR AFR/EA - HELLYER, DALTON, AFR/SD - CURTIS; EGAT - JHESTER,
JYASMAN AND GMYERS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS:
EAGR EINV ETRD ECON EFIN BEXP AF ET
SUBJECT: FOREIGN INVESTORS GRAB UP MORE LAND IN ETHIOPIA

REF: 09 ADDIS ABABA 2900

ADDIS ABAB 00000247 001.2 OF 002


SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION.

1. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Ethiopia's (GoE) recent high
profile land deals and shift in agricultural policy (reftel) have
attracted additional foreign investors to the agricultural and
tourism sectors. In January, Egyptian Prime Minster Dr. Ahmed Nazif
led a large delegation to Ethiopia to announce the National Bank of
Egypt's lease of 49,400 acres of land to grow cereals. Press
reports indicated that these cereals are headed for export to Egypt.
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and Djiboutian
President Ismael Omar Guelleh separately leased land plots to build
hotels outside of Addis Ababa, while Guelleh already leases a 7,400
acre farm that started exporting wheat back to Djibouti last year.
Finally, the South African private equity investment fund Agri-Vie
invested USD 3.5 million in a company that is growing and processing
various fruits to manufacture juice products. These juice products
will primarily target the European and the Middle Eastern markets as
reported by the company to Econoff. Despite the benefits of
increased foreign investment, political opposition members and
international critics remain skeptical about the GoE's motives and
the land policy's affect on poor, rural Ethiopians. End Summary.


Egyptians Eye Investment Opportunities
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2. (U) The Egyptian Prime Minister, Dr. Ahmed Nazif, led the latest
charge of foreign agricultural investment during a January visit to
Ethiopia. Nazif, alongside his delegation of several cabinet
ministers and 26 agricultural companies, announced that the
state-owned National Bank of Egypt plans to invest USD 40 million in
the lease of 49,400 acres of land in the Afar region to grow
cereals. Press reports stated that these cereals would be exported
to Egypt despite the GoE's 2007 "temporary" export ban on all
cereals that has never been formally lifted. (Note: It appears
Saudi, Djiboutian, and now Egyptian investors have somehow bypassed this ban,

while other investors informed Econoff that they have not been allowed to export

cereal grains (reftel). End Note.) The bank is also poised to open an office in

Ethiopia to serve existing and
new Egyptian projects and plans to offer credit of USD 14.6 million
to six Ethiopian banks according to local press reports. (Note: the
domestic banking sector is closed to foreign banks; however, other
foreign banks such as Germany's Commerzbank do have offices in
Ethiopia to facilitate relations with Ethiopian banks. It is
unclear how the National Bank of Egypt could offer credit in
Ethiopia in evident violation of banking and financial regulations.
End Note.) Beyond the focus on agriculture, Nazif signed a
memorandum of understanding with GoE Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to

form an Ethio-Egypt Council of Commerce. Meles said during the
signing ceremony that relations between Ethiopia and Egypt had
evolved from distrust towards friendly cooperation. Other areas of
Egyptian business interest included livestock, drug manufacturing,
and hydroelectric power.

Former Nigerian President and Djiboutian President Also Invest
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3. (U) Another foreign VIP seen around town and looking for land was
the former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo
recently leased about five acres of land near Debrezeit, Oromia
region (about 50 kilometers east of Addis Ababa) to develop a hotel
and tourist destination. In addition, current Djiboutian President
Ismael Omar Guelleh recently acquired the right to develop about 2.5
acres of lakeside land in Debrezeit to build a hotel. This
acquisition added to the 7,400 acres of farmland Guelleh leased last
year in Bale, Oromia region. According to post's conversations with
local agricultural business investors and press reports, this farm
has already harvested wheat and other cereals for export to
Djibouti.

Private Equity Fund Invests in Fruit Juice Farm
--------------------------------------------- --


ADDIS ABAB 00000247 002.2 OF 002


4. (U) South African private equity fund Agri-Vie has also chosen to
invest in Ethiopia's agricultural sector. The fund invested USD 3.5
million in africaJUICE, a company already in the process of
establishing fruit production and processing operations when Econoff
visited its 3,000 acre operation last year. The Dutch and British
company representatives reported to Econoff that it plans to target
the juice markets in Europe and the Middle East. The company
purchased this farm (not the land) from the GoE and converted it to
produce yellow passion fruit, mango, and papaya.

Critics Concerned About Rural Population
----------------------------------------

5. (U) As more reports of foreign land leases in Ethiopia surface,
the GoE continues to insist local farmers will not be adversely
affected by its land deals. Regarding agricultural investment, the
GoE views foreign investor involvement as key to the country's move
from subsistence to commercial farming (reftel). On top of any
potential damage to local farmers, international and political
opposition party critics cite concerns over exporting food from a
country that relies so heavily on imported food aid and the
perceived low wages that foreign investors pay its employees.
Merara Gudina, Chairman of the Ethiopian Federal Democratic Unity
Forum (a coalition of political opposition parties), accused the GoE
of using its land "giveaway" policy to hold on to power and to buy
diplomatic support. U.S.-based GoE opposition movement Ginbot 7
stated in a January editorial that the GoE needs to change its
communist land policy and empower local farmers, who have the
potential to produce a marketable surplus. The editorial further
noted that any land deal that has not been agreed to by the
Ethiopian people will not be honored by future elected governments.


Comment
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6. (SBU) The GoE clearly needed to shift its agricultural policy in
order to make effective use of its vast amounts of fertile land, and
the agricultural policy mix being implemented is viewed by most
experts as a step in the right direction. However, that evolving
policy is a long way from proving its worth as a vehicle for
achieving the GoE's stated goals of modernizing the sector,
generating foreign exchange reserves, and increasing the domestic
food supply.
End Comment.

YATES


Wednesday 26 January 2011

A Simple Algebra of Social-Dynamics - The Role of The Youth

CHALLENGE YOUR HEAD

A Simple Algebra of Social-Dynamics - The Role of the Youth

A social collective is populated by different multiplicities of actors, with different preferences of interests and attractors of meanings.

If all actors are collectively designated as agency, we can call them „The Human Agency".
This Agency can be divided ( to make the social analysis and its dynamics as simple as possible) into three big sections or strata, with the "participation" of two special agencies, we call "singularities"(cf. Deleuze parlance, multiplicities, assemblage, singularities etc.) - the Human and the Absolute; partially, these are models of abstraction, which can only be discerned in their effects in the final analysis of social dynamics).

Thus, the "Human Agency", as posited in contrast to the all-encompassing "Natural Agency“ of Life , consists of :

I. Multiplicities

A. The Elite (a)
B. The mass (b)
C: The Youth (c)

II. Singularities

D. The Human (d)
E. The Absolute (e)/or God to employ a concept of common understanding/


A. The Elite (a) is, in a given social complex, that multiplicity of singularities /individual subjects, singular in a sense of their indivisibility and objective sovereignty/, who are privileged, materially, spiritually or socially; due to different circumstances of historical, cultural or traditional/ patrimonial, or/and educational significance, resulting in social power emanating out of the given different backgrounds like military, religion, or family and social status, cumulated in a state structure of different forms.

B. The Mass (b) is taken as the assemblage /the collection/ of all the underprivileged strata incorporating more than two third of the whole but enjoying less than a third of all the benefits a social complex in a populated region (state, nation or more or less etc.) can afford, whereby the first third goes to the Elite, the second third in the best case to the Youth, in the worst case to the Elite.

C. The Youth (c) is taken to be a multiplicity of citizens under 40 covering and permeating the other assemblages ( The Elite and The Mass) but with its own specific preferences of attractors of meanings and social benefits and interests ( including for ex. education, investments etc. for the future)

D. The Human (d) is the abstraction of the autonomous, sovereign and independent Individual (i.e. irrespective of their stratum background all those genuinely committed to the enlightenment of the social body); including the extrapolation of the future or rather "the crystal image".

E. The Absolute/ GOD (e) is the abstraction of symmetry control parameters from „initial conditions of existence" still at work in the reality. "Something“ like the Absolute, the immanence, that beyond dimension or the "BwO" (Deleuze), the embodiment of the "consecrated past" in the Virtual embedded in LIFE.


"Life" according to the "Harmony Model" develops along four relevant and significant planes effecting a wholesome social dynamics encompassing all the human agency:

1. The social Plane
2. The material plane
3. The spiritual plane
4. The cultural plane


The different sections of the human agency have all their own preferences of attractors of meanings, correlated to and running along the planes of life, from which they could at best extract a big share of the social benefit or see significant meanings for their existence.

In short, The Elite is interested in the domination of the social plane i.e. the state, the community and the family as its constituent sections. The Mass is in its inherent nature attracted to its own self, (the material plane) to give it all the preference it owes in order to make its existence and survival meaningful; the material plane incorporating, mankind, nature and the universe at large.
The Youth with all the vision and joy for life, it may be endowed with or socially nurtured, the attractor of meaning it would prefer will revolve around the spiritual plane, with faith/philosophy, religion or conscience as its constituent parts.
And The Human has the undisputed cultural plane as an attractor of meaning.

Accordingly,
The social plane (S) (the state, community, family; sections which can again be distributed among the different agents, according to their relevant preferences), is an attractor of meaning for The Elite,
The material plane (M) (universe, nature, mankind), has more meaning to The mass
The spiritual plane (Sp)(faith/philosophy, religion, conscience) is preferred as an attractor of meaning by The Youth;
and

The cultural plane (C) is the a plane of activity with more relevance to the sovereign Individual. Therefore it can be correlated to the The Human as a whole, where of course in the capacity as a human every singularity of a social complex will be rediscovered in its corresponding activity.

To visualize and understand the macro perspectives of a social dynamics, this constellation will be elaborated in the link below by means of geometrical pictures and simple algebra, with the purpose of highlighting the role of the Youth in a social dynamics and transformation.

A simple algebra of a zero-sum-game



















Just as an introduction here, to visualize the relation, the preferences can be expressed algebraically as functions of social dynamics, in the following way:
[Legends: example: S, social, a, Elite; S(a), the social plane as an attractor of meaning for the elite; M(b) for the mass, Sp(c) for the youth and C(d) for the human correspondingly; Harmony(Agency), H(A)]


H(A) == S(a) +M(b) + Sp(c) +C(d)

Different preferences distributed according to the various sectors in the corresponding four planes, S(a)+M(b) + Sp(c) +C(d) can have detailed parameters.
Example: S(a) correlated like; State -to the elite, a; community to the mass, b; family to the youth, c ....etc. for the other planes in a similar distribution, resulting in the total sum as follows:

S(a)= a*a +a*b +a*c
M(b)=b*b+b*a+b*c
Sp(c)=c*c+c*a+c*b
C(d)=d*a+d*b+d*c

H(A) == a*a+b*b+c*c + 2ab+2ac+2bc+ da+db+dc

To READ & visualize MORE see:

A simple algebra of a zero-sum-game



















I would like here to indicate that African underdevelopment is a result of a zero-sum-game in which The Elite has not managed, all through our century to come to a fundamental national consensus among itself. A national consensus which was missing all along the social collective, due to diverse factors - local as well as global factors.

And in particular, in our Ethiopian case today, the Elite is still playing a zero-sum game.

A zero-sum-game manifested by the laborious and weary game of contradictions, with every one working against the other to come to a net zero benefit for the social complex both in the promotion of enlightenment as well as social prosperity i.e. Social transformation and development.
The game of contradictions, with one excluding the other, eliminating an outcome of a net-benefit - A zero-sum-game along tradition, basic ethnic instincts, religion, ideology, and sectional economic interests.

The end-product of a zero-sum-game is equal to zero..."0".

With The Elite playing against each other up to and including total elimination, from the function of H(Agency) in the capacity of the Elite (a) what remains for the social complex is an approximation of a = 0. And be it in its interaction with itself (a*a) or with the mass (a*b) or with the youth (a*c), the benefit is meaningless as long as it is demotivated, through the "principle„ of excluding, deconstructing and demoralizing one another.

I.e. H (Agency) ==a*a (=0) +b*b +c*c +2ab(=0) +2ac(=0) +2bc+da(=0) +db+dc

H(Agency) = H(A) ==b*b+c*c+2bc+db+dc

With this rest constellation it is apparent that The Youth (c), whose attractor of meaning is of spiritual nature (faith/vision, religion or conscience) plays a crucial role. Since The Youth is partially a section of The Elite, it has the option either to play the game of the elite or to disassociate itself from the game of the Elite. If it develops along its own attractor of meaning, it can determine along what line the social body would vibrate to bring about a social transformation.

If The Youth plays the same "zero-sum-game" (c=0) as the Elite, counter to the interests of The Mass what remains from H(A) is just a "good for nothing" - the survival struggle ;

H(A) = b*b + d*b ;

I.e. The toils of the mass combined with the interaction of some autonomous individuals with the mass; which is nothing more than the subsistence of UNDERDEVELOPMENT symbolized by the following "champagne glass" wealth distribution (click to enlarge pictures):

In contrast to, for instance "the Far-East-Tigers", that, explains why Ethiopia and Africa at large remained backward, with no substantial development. And this is actually due to the missing consensus of The Elite and The Youth in basic national interests, towards the socio-cultural development of The Mass.

In other words and to “make it simple but not less simple”, it is the youth which plays the cardinal role in the social transformation of a society. The Elite, in particular the top of the elite is uninterested as long as its benefits are untouched, the mass is busy in its survival struggle, but the youth is the interim section which can determine the fate of the social body at large. The idea and the notion which has won the hearts of the youth would also dominate the minds of the social collective, be it ideology and religion or enlightened vision and conscience.

Under these conditions, in regions where underdevelopment prevails, The Youth has so often played a tremendous role in transforming the social conditions by developing its own objectives as opposed to its contemporary Elite; not always successful but always towards the objective of a collective enlightenment. Ethiopia was, for instance, four decades ago, under such a condition where the youth played a crucial role, in the transformation of the old feudal social order introducing a new era, even if unfortunately the process is by far still not complete - a fact, 40 years after, calling for a serious reflection on our collective mind or the mind of the last drop - the last Wo-Man and Man!

And Tunisia today, which is illuminating far away beyond its frontiers, is a heroic demonstration of these phenomena highlighting the great role of the youth for enlightening Africa.

Nonetheless, still the big point remains; which one of the contending big IDEAS will win the minds and the hearts of THE YOUTH: Ideological dogma and Religion or The vision of ENLIGTENMENT and Genuine Democracy!

H.B. 26.01.2011!

And more, look at how the Egyptian Youth is struggling to determine its own fate!




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1. Working on the big "GOOD SENSE": The sense of Beauty.
( via cf. "The Logic of Sense" /Deleuze) (9/2010)

2. በትርታ ይጀምራል፤ ትር ትር ይልና ይተርታል ወይንም ይተረታል ወይንም ተረት ይሆንና ይተረተራል፤ ተረት ይሆናል።(9/2010)

3. Degrading the other to "none-will" is inhuman and counter productive... The human point is to come to a common "Big-Will"(10/2010)

4. The "inner universe" (mystics) to the "outer universe" (physics) is allegorically related as the conscious mind to the virus in the human body. (6/10/2010)

5. Feeling is the language of the "inner Universe". Music/arts is the interface between the "inner" and "outer" universe.

6. Demoralization is a disgusting political tool -an expression of inhumanity employed in a social evolution, indicating the inhumanity of the employer! A disaster! (7/10/2010).

7. "In Girard's language, the law order is "mythical" and as such obeys the logic of the founding murder." (cf. Peter Robert Stork; 2005)

8. "Wenn sich zwei streiten, freut sich der Dritte"/
When two people quarrel, a third rejoices... This will be a legacy; and in the 21st century, "Wenn sich zwei einigen, freut sich der Dritte" may take over. /A mutual understanding of two people rejoices the third/.

9. My quotation of the Day (8.11.10):

Baldwin’s thought: ("The Baldwin effect")
“It is as inexorable as the colour of his eyes and the shape of his nose. He is born into a system of social relationships just as he is born into a certain quality of air. As he grows in body by breathing the one, so he grows in mind by absorbing the other.’ (Baldwin, 1906: 69-70)

10.
If "I AM" the observer (the conscious entity) so that the quanta of matter/mass (the wave function) would collapse to be a particle /the particle object), enhancing IT to the phase of THE Existing Reality.
Couldn't I -The Self- hope and help the spiritual energy/ my consciousness/ as well, to extend the transformed energy /After Life/to collapse into that existence of "THAT Beyond" Life (1). Life pertaining to "intelligent" energy (spiritual beings in the sphere of the Akashic Field), as the reflection of the "intelligent" matter or mass (human beings in the sphere of "thermodynamics" or gravity ). 17.11.10

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(1) like J.Wheeler's Model of "the participating observer" in the Universe.

11. Forget Time! And mind Your Mind only (24.11.10).
I.e. "Talk about "time out of mind"!"(1)

(1) http://www.megafoundation.org/CTMU/Articles/Time.html

12. Wikileaks in Amharic philo-play:

የዊቂ -ሊቅ ሰዋ ስው ...ባልታወቀ ነገር፤ሊቅ ፤ቂል ፤ ቅልቅል ፤ ቅል፤ ቀላል ቂል ወይስ ....በቃኝ ብሎ፤ ቅንጣት ቅብ -ብቅል ቀልቦ ፤ወደ ብቃት ሲቃ፤ ሲግዋዝ ይሁን ፤ ሲያንቀጠቅጥ ወይስ ተቀላቅሎ ሲያንቀለቅል።ያልታወቀ ነገር።
02.12.10

13. Gates and Centres:

Life , nature and actually the whole Universe know nothing about Top and Bottom or Up and Down. There are just centres in reality. Centres and Centres with all of them having their Gates, Gates leading to the Centres. What is wrong with mankind, always with the tick for tops and bottoms or ups and downs and not centres, but fixed to the gates, without the moral courage to move towards the centres -to build the symphony
- the symphony in the SPHERE.

The SPHERE:

- The SPHERE of IDEAS is THE WORD of the SOURCE. THE WORD - The PLAY where this ASHORE and that BEYOND of the HARMONY is eternally tuned to exist in the SYMPHONY of ALL, flowing and floating like in the "Ballet piece of Joseph Strauss " -the Dynamiden Waltz- with every being offering its harmonious "musical touch". (cf. The Harmony Model)

Morning, 03.12.10



ሰው በምግብ ብቻ አይኖርም....ወሎ


14. መቃብር ላይ የሚፃፍ /+++ተጨማሪ!/


መቃብር ላይ የሚፃፍ (ከርፖርተር የተገኘ)


ጥብቅ ማሳሰቢያ ሸክላን ለምትሠሩ፤
እዚህ መቃብር ላይ አፈር አትዝገኑ፡፡
ሲነድ ሲቃጠል ሲጨስ በመኖሩ፣

ሲቃጠል ለሚኖር፣
ለጀበና መሥሪያ አይሆንም አፈሩ፡፡

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(አንድ ከሚመለከተው የተጨመረ!
ከመቃብር በፊት)

ሰው ለመስራት ብቻ ከፍቀደ አየሩ
ክህነት ካላችሁ አሰቡ መርምሩ
ተራ ከገባችሁ ዘክሩ አስዘክሩ
ያልሆነው እንዲሆን ምከሩ ሞክሩ
ሽቀጣና ሽቀት እንዳይሆን ሃገሩ
አንድ ቀን እንደሆን አይቀር መቃ-ብሩ።

Michelle Holliday's Humanity 4.0 

15. Human DIGNITY:

21st century is the era of Liberation Movements for Human Dignity, encompassing all other Movements, to make them superfluous – non-dogmatic, non-religious and non-ethnic with the great Common Collective Will for Human Empathy!

11 0220 11 - EGYPT's Dignity Day, the Landmark for a radical break with all Tyrannies!

Thanks to Tunisia -The Heroic Pioneer of Freedom!

እንደዚህ ሆነና ...እስኪሆን ይሆናል!

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Life is a jewel, a gift of the Absolute, which compares and equals nothing, other than its own defence and purpose:


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Dedicated for all who suffered and lost their lives for the well-being of Ethiopia