Enric Sifa
Eric Nshimiyumuremyi (born December 24, 1988), better known by his stage name Enric Sifa, is a Rwandan singer-songwriter and inspirational speaker. In 2002, he won a Rwandan singing competition that launched his music career and garnered him radio and television airtime in Rwanda. In 2006. a Portland, Oregon based non-profit organization working in Rwanda included him in a band that toured the United States to promote child sponsorship. After touring he remained in Portland and has since released three studio albums and an EP. His most recent album The Coronation Ceremony was released in 2014 under the record label he founded, MyiBOBO Entertainment.
Early life
Sifa was born on December 24, 1988 in a village in Eastern Province, Rwanda to a middle-class family. His father sold plastic industrial products, and his family owned a car and employed servants to tend their coffee plantation. When Sifa was five years old, his father and older brother were murdered in the Rwandan Genocide. Sifa and his younger brother were separated from their mother and baby sister and avoided the violence by fleeing to the jungle where they remained for three months. After facing starvation in the jungle, Sifa decided to risk being murdered and reentered the village where he and his brother were reunited with their mother and sister at a Red Cross station. When they returned to their house, they discovered a corrupt official had seized their property, so they lived in a small hut for several years until Sifa’s mother obtained the necessary papers from the Rwandan government to reclaim her property. When she approached the government official about her property, he hired a gang to beat her and she died two weeks later from the beatings.
Sifa
Sifa or the deadman's control system is a safety device in a train intended to bring the train automatically to a stop if the driver becomes incapacitated.
Description
Sifa is German for Sicherheitsfahrschaltung or "safety driving switch", usually a pedal and/or large press button, which monitors the alertness of the driver. The driver has to repeatedly press a button after a fixed interval; if he fails to do so, the train will carry out an emergency-stop. It complements the external train safety systems: PZB, LZB and ETCS.
In Europe the Zeit-Zeit-Sifa (time-time Sifa) is common. In this system, the engine driver holds a pedal or button down for 30 seconds and must then briefly release the pressure. Thus the system can confirm that the driver is still able to react. If the driver does not react after 30 seconds, the system warns the driver, at first optically, then for a few seconds acoustically. After a further short period of time without any reaction the train is automatically stopped. The Zeit-Weg-Sifa (time-distance Sifa) system takes account of the distance travelled, as well as time, since the last activation.
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