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Trying to answer if and how Israeli public opinion effects settlement policy is a tough question to answer and does not yield clear answers, yet the pursuit of those elusive answers is still very illuminating and worthwhile.
AMMAN — Israeli public opinion is, to quote The Economist, “a remarkably forgetful and fickle force.” The same can be said for Israeli politics in general. So it is hardly a stretch to say that measuring Israeli public opinion’s effects on Israeli policy is a significant challenge. And one of the most controversial of all of Israel’s policies over the years has been that of creating and expanding Jewish settlements in Palestinian territory over several decades. Especially given what a lightning-rod issue the settlements are and, in typical Israeli fashion, how complicated everything about them has become, this is a question worth asking.
Almost as soon as I began this project, I knew there were many challenges that would make it impossible for any kind of definitive, clear, unqualified conclusions to emerge from this exploration, in the sense that public opinion cannot simply be said to be Variable A affecting settlement policy, Variable B, in such-and-such a way.
Such simplicity is as elusive as the “Two-State Solution” itself.
For one thing, Israel is a small country, and though it is powerful for its size, it is subject to a remarkable amount of factors from within and without, and its sensitive reactions to these factors are often intense, with Israel’s increasingly volatile neighborhood (and often volatile involvement in that neighborhood) only compounding these effects. Therefore, rather than look at public opinion and settlement policy as some sort of isolated factors, it is essential to account, at the very least, for some of the other major forces that can account for shifts in policy and opinion. Thus, when I was assembling my data points, I knew it would be essential to frame shifts in both Israeli public opinion and Israeli settlement policy against the backdrop of the more salient events affecting Israel, generally, those that could generally affect the feelings of Israelis and, specifically, those that could affect settlement policy. This approach should be more than obvious in the dataset I have uploaded here (this will be an ongoing project, so check back frequently for changes).
As time went on and I looked more and more at the different surveys, I also realized that measuring public opinion in Israel carries a unique set of challenges in contrast to studying similar subjects in the United States.
The U.S. is a huge country, with hundreds of millions of people spread across a continent; Israel has far less than even ten million people squeezed into a tiny sliver of the Mediterranean coast. During major U.S. elections, political polls are ubiquitous, and even not during election cycles, major issues are polled often. Whatever the polls, there are usually long histories of polling by that firm and other major polling firms, asking relatively similar questions and often the same questions.
Israeli political polling is another beast entirely: there are far, far fewer pollsters, and there is little consistency in how questions are phrased between pollsters and, sometimes, even with the same polling outfit. Also, because there are far fewer data points the polling data must be taken with much more of a grain of salt than American polling.
We simply don’t have ten or even twelve years of data that says “Do you approve or disapprove of Israeli settlements?” What this means is that there is a broad array of approaches to categorizing the data and presenting it. The only agenda I pursued in my presentation was one of simplicity, and I take responsibility for the costs such an approach carries. For example, instead of a question asking “Are you for or against evacuating settlements?” a question might ask “Are you a.) for removing all settlements b.) for removing most settlements except major ones near the Green Line [i.e., 1967 borders] c.) for removing settlements from the Green Line and illegal outposts d.) for removing illegal outposts e.) against any removals?” In this case, I would (and basically did) combine a.), b.), and c.) to refer to serious support for full or partial settlement removal, ignored d.) as not really being conclusive of sentiment supporting settlement removal in general, and took e.) for being against removal. Other may have found it more beneficial to include all these nuances or created different categories and groupings. I opted for the ones I chose, again, for the sake of simplicity, but I welcome comments and suggestions.
Looking at my (provisional) compilation of the data, in the years just before the Palestinians’ First Intifada (uprising) at the end of 1987, over half of Israelis (as high as 57%) were inclined to annex Palestinian land in part or in full, therefore making many or all the settlements permanent Israeli communities, and support for “land for peace” initiatives as below 50% (as low as 39%). In reaction to the (relatively moderate-to-low-scale) violence of the Intifada, public opinion reversed: sentiment supporting “land for peace” began to steadily increase, and support for annexation dipped below 50% and continued to decline as the Intifada continued. By 1991, the positions has essentially reversed, with one poll showing 58% for “land for peace” style ideas and only 40% for annexation.
Yet with the exception of a small dip in 1989, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir’s hardline government continued with steady settlement population increases and construction expansion, with the highest settler population increases in 1987 and 1991, which also had dramatically higher percentage increases in settlement construction (over 144% and over 314%, respectively). Though the latter coincided with the peak years of the Soviet-Jewish Aliya (immigration) to Israel, U.S. president George H. W. Bush still felt that Shamir’s government was going far too far on settlements, and exerted heavy pressure on him and Israel to curtail settlement growth and construction. Along with changing public sentiment, this helped precipitate the rise of Yitzhak Rabin’s pro-peace Labor government in 1992, which would severely curtail settlement construction, though not so much settlement population growth.
Here would be one of the times that Israeli public opinion on settlements seemed to lead and push Israel, its politicians, and its government on settlement policy.
The year before and year of Rabin’s assassination were two of the deadliest years in all of the 1990s for Israelis in terms of Palestinian violence, and, according to one survey, sympathy for settlers among the Israeli public rose in the year after Rabin’s assassination, even as settlement activity was being curtailed. This same year was when Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud, pro-settlement forces pushed Labor out of power, and it is ironic that under Netanyahu’s three years in power, sentiment (with some vacillation) seemed to increase and remain high for “land for peace” (60s and high 50s) initiatives and for evacuating settlements (high 60s/low 70s), while support for annexation was far lower than before (mid-20s). Yet Netanyahu—who had himself hold the housing ministry responsible for settlement construction along with the office of prime minister for the entirety of his prime ministership—pushed ahead robustly with settlement expansion.
But this would be short-lived. Under the intense diplomatic efforts of U.S. President Bill Clinton, Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat engaged in intense U.S.-mediated negotiations in 2000, and settlement expansion activity by the Israeli government accordingly fell sharply. But these talks fell apart, with some encouragement by Barak’s rival, Likudnik Ariel Sharon, who could have been fairly said to have helped instigate the Second Intifada late in 2000. Amidst a dramatic rise in violence—far worse than anything during the First Intifada and the rest of the 1990s—Sharon, the famously harsh warrior, toppled Barak’s government amid plummeting support for “land for peace” and settlement evacuation, a pessimism that was only reinforced by the 9/11 attacks in America.
Previously, Labor had ridden waves of anti-settlement and pro-“land for peace” sentiment with Rabin and Barak, and Likud had tried (but failed) to lead public opinion with Netanyahu. Sharon, it seems, would succeed where Netanyahu had failed. But Sharon would have a unique and surprising agenda: even while crushing the Palestinian uprising with overwhelming force, Sharon would shepherd his people towards a historic disengagement, a sort of a “land for peace” led by an archconservative, much like strong anti-Communist Nixon would credibly able to normalize relations with Mao’s China.
Under Sharon, Arafat died and the settler population steadily if moderately expanded, even as Sharon withdrew all 8,500 Jewish settlers from Gaza in 2005 (even allowing for that, both the settler population and settlement construction saw a net increase that year), though Sharon’s government definitely curtailed construction of new units.
The pullout from Gaza caused a rift in the pro-settler Likud party, so much so that Sharon broke off and formed a new, centrist Kadima party, which led a new government that would significantly curtail support for settlement expansion.
But the next year, Sharon would fall into a coma, while Hamas would win elections in the evacuated Gaza Strip and Israel would become embroiled in an embarrassing and controversial war in Lebanon. Amidst these developments, Israeli anti-settler and “land for peace” sentiment fell sharply, even as Sharon’s Kadima successor, Ehud Olmert, would risk major peace talks with Arafat’s successor, Mahmoud Abbas in 2008. When these fell apart, more conflict in Gaza ensued and set the stage for Netanyahu’s comeback as prime minister. Since then, opinion has been conflicted, with volatile opinions on whether settlements should be evacuated and a tightening of pro/con land-for-peace sentiment and an increase in pro-annexation sentiment up until the major conflict with Gaza in 2014. Sentiment on settlements under Netanyahu remained divided up through 2014, so it seems ironically fitting that in his right-wing, pro-settler government, a moderate has been giving the housing ministry. The major declines in government support for the settlers during this period coincided with Obama’s first-term pressure on Israel to freeze settlement activity and his second-term peace effort, led by John Kerry.
In summary, there is no overall consistent effect of public opinion on settlement policy. In the 90s, Labor seemed to chase public sentiment as it turned against settlements and for “land-for-peace,” but violence and an assassination meant this did not lead to any long-term peace deal or long-term change in settlement policy. Likud tried twice—first, failing, second, succeeding—to shape public opinion and succeeded, but that led to a strong-willed Sharon forming a new party, and his coma mirrored Rabin’s assassination attempt in seeing efforts fail before new leadership acted to halt new trends in government policy, in both cases, Netanyahu. Thus, it would seem public opinion is at best only as strong a factor as individual leadership, violence from Palestinians, American pressure, and other x-factor events, and that opinion is highly susceptible to all of these factors. It is public opinion that is more variable then, when compared with relatively consistent settlement policy, perhaps best exemplified in the net increases in settlement construction and population growth the same year Sharon took about 8,500 settlers out of Gaza.
Thus, whether public opinion shapes settlement policy depends on a number of factors, and is hardly the most dominant of factors affecting that policy. | 2019-04-25T09:45:49 | https://realcontextnews.com/the-insecure-leading-the-confused-public-opinion-and-settlement-policy-in-israel/ |
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If you’re MySpace “Details” such as “Orientation” is blank, you’re gay – until you put something on there that tells me otherwise.
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If you’re a little too nice to me, yes, you’re gay. That’s it. You’re gay!
To me, no one is straight and people can easily be “turned”(by the right person). I’ve turned a few people myself. Either people are confused or simply not ready to “come out”.
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Holder of a Master degree in Agronomic Engineering, he pursued his musical studies at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK) where he got another two Masters degrees in Middle Eastern Singing and Musicology, until achieving his PhD in Musicology in 2012.
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Holder of a Master’s degree in Music Education, Maya has spent hundreds of hours teaching music to Kids, Teenagers and Adults, within various disciplines of music, in both, individual and in classroom settings.
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asterisk2billing.org • View topic - How to charge different rates based on access number?
How to charge different rates based on access number?
Post subject: How to charge different rates based on access number?
I need to charge an extra 2c per minute when someone call in on a free phone acces number. When they call in on a local access number then the rate charged is as normal.
Can someone provide me with a step by step procedure of how to achieve this.
Just to add to what i have said earlier.
I want to charge 2c/min extra for customer that call in on my free phone access number as oppose to those that call in on a local access number.
so local access comes in on exten => _X,2,DeadAGI(a2billing.php|1) and free phone access comes in on exten => _X,2,DeadAGI(a2billing.php|2).
My problem is where do i set the 2c/min extra for calls coming in on freephone access number, as currently i only seem to have separated the calls based on incoming number.
Last edited by anonymous_a on Mon Jan 15, 2007 4:21 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Thanks for the instruction, really appreciated.
I will try to follow this now and see how it goes.
I have one question though before i start, i still don't see where the different charge is going to come in.
Should i set up a different set of ratecards for every destination and then have each line using rate cards accordingly or is there somewhere for me to add 2p/min to all my existing ratecard if call comes in on my freephone access number.
Apologies if i am asking really dumb question but i am not seeing/understanging how to fully achieve this.
...Should i set up a different set of ratecards for every destination..
also i'll put line exten => s,1,Goto(_X.,1) in both sections in exapmle.
I have done as you suggested now. Thanks for the help.
When i call from lets say local access the call goes through fine but when i call through the other number (free phone for example) none of my calls get placed.
I keep getting message saying that "the number i am calling is not available"
Any ideas what could be the reason??
It's me again for the final time on this topic. I think i have got this problem solved now.
Thank you verymuch for your help anest and anyone elase who had an input.
Sorry guys but i have one more issue.
At the moment moment calls coming on Line 1 doesn't get connected to the system while calls coming in on Line 2 does.
If i switched the channels assigned in zapata.conf around so channes assigned to Line 1 comes in on Line 2 then the reverse happens (calls on Line 2 doesn't get connected but Line 1 works fine).
I am not sure where the problem is, can you please help me resolve this issue.
My original problem is solved as i have prooved that extra rate is been applied for calls coming in on freephone access number but i can't get both lines to work at the moment - it's just one or the other.
Any other suggestions, as i still don't know how to solve the problem.
Just to add a bit more information. The calls are not coming into the system at all on one of my lines. It is either one or the other. When one number is dialled i get number not in use when the other is dialled it get connected. If a swith around the channels in zapata.conf then the reverse happens, the other line gives 'number not in use message' and calls go through on the other one.
please post your actual zapata.conf,extensions.conf file here.
Anyone have any ideas why both lines won't work, any possible solution to this problem? | 2019-04-22T22:44:21 | http://forum.asterisk2billing.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1598 |
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SAG-AFTRA Joins Call for More Diversity: "This Moment Isn't Only About Race"
The union says the ultimate goal is "more and better jobs for all of our members."
SAG-AFTRA is adding its voice to the call for greater diversity in the entertainment industry. The guild’s President’s Task Force on Education, Outreach and Engagement and SAG-AFTRA Diversity Advisory Committee approved a statement in a joint meeting on Feb. 3 that was issued on Wednesday.
The statement sets forth a number of principals: it says the current focus on diversity isn’t just about race but also disability, age, gender, gender identify and sexual orientation; it commits the guild to focusing on inequities “in terms of opportunity, treatment and compensation”; it says statistics are a helpful tool in measuring progress, but the ultimate goal is “more and better jobs for our members”; and it calls for greater inclusion throughout the industry.
Jason George, chair of the SAG-AFTRA diversity advisory committee, commented: “The most creative workplaces and most dynamic environments are flush with diversity. The faces we see on screen and voices we hear on the radio deeply matter to an audience hungry for authenticity."
This moment isn’t only about race. This isn’t only about the lack of faces and voices of color. This is about disability. This is about age. This is about gender and gender identity. This is about sexual orientation. This is about the diversity of our stories, of our experiences, of our perspectives. So many of these are, right now, missing from our screens.
SAG-AFTRA members work in the most visible workplace on the planet and we will continue to use this visibility to shine a light on the inequity that still exists throughout all levels of the entertainment and news media — in terms of opportunity, treatment and compensation.
Statistical representation is a helpful tool to measure progress but isn’t the ultimate goal. It’s about more and better jobs for all of our members; in particular those who have been historically and categorically denied opportunities to compete for these jobs.
Greater inclusion is needed throughout every level: from executive suites, to writers’ rooms; from agencies to the cast and crew members on-set. All the greenlighters and gatekeepers need to understand that this is a business imperative and not a politically correct luxury — audiences are choosing authenticity over platitudes and will continue to make those choices with their time and their money. | 2019-04-25T00:58:17 | https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sag-aftra-joins-call-more-863863 |
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The different types of chillers are divided into two types according to the style, appearance, built-in configuration, condenser shape, etc. The heat dissipation of the unit through the finned condenser is called a small air cooled chiller; The heat dissipation of the unit through the shell-and-tube condenser is called a small water cooled chiller. What is the difference between a small air cooled chiller and a small water cooled chiller on the market?
In fact, the two types of chillers are actually identical in function, but they are different in the way of heat dissipation design. The former distributes the heat generated by the unit to the air through the motor at the top of the unit, while the latter generates the unit through the water. The heat is taken away to maintain the stable operation of the refrigeration unit. The small water cooled chiller mainly uses the water to take away the heat generated by the unit. Therefore, it needs a matching cooling tower to work. The cooling capacity is slightly higher than that of the same-power air cooled chiller. It also saves a part, but the installation is slightly more complicated than the air cooled chiller, and it also has a part of the pipeline, valve and circulation pump. The air cooled chiller radiates heat into the air, which has certain requirements for the space. Relatively speaking, it saves water resources and is easy to install. It only needs to be connected to equipment that needs to be cooled. It is suitable for use in water-deficient or dry areas.
Speaking of this, I believe that everyone has a certain understanding of the two small chillers including water cooled and air cooled. When choosing a chiller, you can choose the appropriate chiller style according to the needs and specific conditions of the industry. I hope I can help. | 2019-04-26T11:50:19 | https://www.lneya.com/news/the-difference-between-small-air-cooled-and-small-.html |
As college students, we all know the struggles of a tight budget. Between the high cost of books, food, transportation, tuition, and strange fees that come out of nowhere, it’s difficult to scrounge up the money for practical purchases. That’s why dollar stores can be a college student’s best friend. My dollar store hauls have solved so many mild inconveniences, I can’t imagine life without them! To make things a little easier for you, below are 10 dollar store items you didn’t know you needed! Happy shopping!
This little thing has helped me maintain a comfortable temperature while I’m watching Netflix—I mean, studying at my desk. Sometimes a large fan makes the room too cold, and then when you turn it off, the room gets too hot… My tiny fan provides a happy medium between the two!
Have you ever burned your hand on a steaming hot bowl of Mac & Cheese in the microwave? I know I have. Well, now you don’t have to insulate your hands with layers of paper towels to grab things out of the microwave! This mini oven mitt will do it for you.
If you’re short, like I am, getting onto a high dorm bed can be a body-twisting quasi-gymnastic struggle. To avoid this, I use my step stool to hop into bed at night. Additionally, I also use it to sit in front of the mirror when I apply makeup, and even as an extra seat when I have friends over!
The truth is, sometimes food is going to bubble over and explode a little in the microwave. It happens. You can stop these messes with a cover, which will prevent splatters within the microwave.
I use divided storage containers so that small supplies like thumbtacks, paperclips, binder clips, SD cards, and thumb drives won’t be a haphazard mess in the junk drawer! It’s nice to have small things in their own little compartments so you know exactly where they are.
Students on the go know that their devices aren’t going to last them the full day. Many of us carry around a tangle of different wires in our bags to make sure we aren’t caught at the end of the day with a dead device. Many dollar stores offer clever ways to keep your cords separate and to keep you from fumbling with a messy plethora of chargers.
It’s nice to have somewhere to place your dishes after you wash them, instead of having to awkwardly stack them next to the sink and have cold slimy puddles form on the counter top, and possibly the floor. If you don’t have a communal kitchen and have to wash your dishes in the bathroom sink, like I have to, a tiny compact dish rack can be a saving grace.
Dorm rooms are often full of harsh angles, hard lines, matching pressed-wood furniture, and purposely dark carpeting to hide the horrors of years of unmentionable stains. Most, if not all colleges won’t allow you to do anything permanent to change the room’s decor, but luckily, dollar stores offer a temporary fix: washi tape! Washi tape can add a cheerful and colorful touch to walls and school supplies.
You probably already have a hamper for your laundry (well, I hope you do). Many college students only have one, and they use it for placing both dirty clothes that needs to be washed, and clean clothes from the dryer. Personally, I don’t like having to put my clean clothes in a container that practically incubates all the bacteria from my dirty clothes, so I have a separate clean clothes collapsible hamper for dryer retrieval.
Let’s face it: dorm closets are tiny. Multiple slack hangers can help you maximize the limited space in your closet and give you more room for things like sweaters and coats (since winter is approaching fast).
Do you have any more suggestions for dollar store items you didn’t know you needed ? Share in the comments below!
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Elisa Rapadas moved across the ocean from an island in the Pacific to attend her college. She is thinking of majoring in psychology, but is also open to communications and political science. Her hobbies are reading, writing, singing and debating, and she's tons of fun on trivia nights due to her ability to recall useless facts. | 2019-04-21T16:05:10 | https://www.society19.com/10-dollar-store-items-you-didnt-know-you-needed/ |
I am originally from Canada but have lived 98% of my life in America. Never had my license till I was 19. Bought my first ever car (95 Eclipse gst) from a local yard I just happened to go to with my brother looking for parts for a car he just bought.
When I was there I noticed this eclipse sitting near the front. It was lowered and had a set of TSW VX1 rims on it. Looked cool to me at 17. Asked them the story on it and they said it had some kind of head damage that the owners son was going to fix but stopped because he thought it was too expensive.
Then they said the "supercharger" and everything was in the back. Supercharger? I thought then I went and checked it out and there was the head, turbo, and a/c parts all in the back.
Asked them how much, they said 700. Gave the guy $350 said I'd be back on the weekend with the rest and to pick it up and he gave me a receipt and the title right then! Came back on Saturday and paid it off and picked it up. Been climbing the boost ladder ever since. Very knowledgeable mechanic/builder and good with ecmlink tuning. Will be branching out into more tuning platforms soon. To run my DSM on the road courses across America is a dream of mine.
ROAD COURSE RACING, CUSTOM WORK, BMX, SKATEBOARDS, PAINTBALL, FITNESS, GUNS, BOOSTED VEHICLES. | 2019-04-24T08:44:02 | http://highboostforum.com/forum/member.php/15302-MJ-Canadian-Rocka?s=882b25d2821b62fe92e55da23fe6e17b |
Home > Three Reasons Why Online Classified Ads Are The Only Way To Advertise In Belfast!
Recently, business owners and ordinary people alike are turning to the internet to advertise their product/service using free classified ad sites. Here are the top three reasons as to why online classified ads are the only way to advertise.
The cost is zero. Paying for effective advertisements is a thing of the past now that you can go online and place your ad for free. If you are a business person that wishes to promote a product using free online classified ads, you will be expanding your customer base and increasing sales with spending a penny. On the other hand, if you are an ordinary person wishing to sell an item, you can do so freely without any extra cost. In a time of economic turmoil, saving money where you can is both vital and necessary.
Potential buyers are unlimited. In the past, we turned to newspapers, leaflets and brochures to promote our goods and this is by no means ineffective but we do not have access to everyone with this method. Using a free classified site will mean that you can expand into the global market and attract a huge number of potential buyers, regardless of where they live. The more people who can see your ad, the greater the chance of increasing your sales and revenue.
You will boost your brand. Placing your ad onto a classified ad site is just another way to have your brand name in constant circulation. The more ad sites that you can use to promote your product, the more people will see your name and recognise you as a key provider. If you have added a website to the classified ad, this will drive traffic to your site and will allow people to browse the other products that you have available, again resulting in more sales and repeat buyers. | 2019-04-21T18:32:48 | http://asksotiris.com/three-reasons-why-online-classified-ads-are-the-only-way-to-advertise/ |
Q. What companies have organized labor?
I'm looking to find a list of companies that have at least part, if not all, of their workforce organized in a labor union. Thank you.
Features a comprehensive list of labor unions with links to their home pages. Many of these sites hacve information about the union's contracts and employers.
Directory of Web sites that have information about labor, unions and related matters. | 2019-04-22T15:00:30 | http://answers.businesslibrary.uflib.ufl.edu/faq/24634 |
We try to keep the costs to you at a minimum and so offer a couple of different ways of paying for your driver instructor training in Portsmouth. We cannot give you an exact cost as each individual person will need more or less support/lessons than another. Books, CD Roms and other resources are available from KUDOS but we also post lots of help and advice on our blog.
Portsmouth is a large city in Hampshire and is the only city in Britain with a population density higher than London. Portsmouth is situated primarily on Portsea Island although parts of it have expanded onto the mainland in recent years. The island is separated from the mainland by Portsbridge Creek which is crossed by the M275 motorway, the A3 road and the A2030.
With the demand for driving instructors in Portsmouth growing, the time has never been better to change your career and become a fully qualified Government Approved Driving Instructor through the training program offered by KUDOS.
The rewards for being a driving instructor in Portsmouth can be fantastic. You can take holidays when you want, are in control of how many hours you work and you can increase your earnings easily.
We have found that people who become driving instructors in Portsmouth do not regret the change of career, as they get a sense of fulfilment knowing that they have helped provide a life-changing skill that will be used every day. | 2019-04-21T08:22:04 | https://www.kudosdit.co.uk/courses/portsmouth.html |
PAM Transport based in Springdale, AR is a Dry Van 48 state carrier. PAM Transport has CDL Driver Jobs for Company Drivers, Owner Operators, and Lease Purchase. We are hiring for Local, Dedicated, Regional, and OTR driving. Truck Drivers for PAM can run Dedicated Automotive which provide consistent miles and home time. Apply now by filling out a secure Pam Transport Driver Application.
Truck Drivers will receive an excellent benefit package including Medical, Dental, Life, Vision Care, Disability Insurance, and 401K.
A Class A CDL and 21 years of age or older. Driver Training program with tuition reimbursement for recent grads, or experienced CDL Drivers with 6+ months OTR experience in the past 3 years.
All moving violations reviewed in the past 3 years. Any accident in the last 5 years must be reviewed, No DUI / DWI’s in the past 5 years.
Home time depends on the position. Local Home Daily, Dedicated, Regional Home Weekly, or OTR. OTR drivers are guaranteed home every 14 days.
We provide competitive Driver Pay and Benefits for our company truck drivers. Full Benefit package available including Medical Insurance, Prescription Plan, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability Insurance, and 401K.
Pam Transport is hiring Owner Operators or Lease Purchase drivers for various positions including Dedicated, and OTR driving jobs.
Our Lease Purchase Program includes: $0 Down Payment, No Credit Check, Low Truck Payments, and Consistent Miles. We provide plates, permits, fuel card, discounts on fuel, tires, and insurance.
Owner Operator trucks must meet DOT inspection and be a 2000 or newer truck. | 2019-04-24T10:30:35 | https://cdldriverjobs.com/pam-transport/ |
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Our rugs are hand woven and are made from 100% pure cotton. Feel the difference in the softness, durability and functionality of each piece!
Inspired by travel to exotic locations, this amazing artwork is a gorgeous focal point for any home. Pair with our range of textural cushions to complete the look.
Bovines are so on trend right now, and our new ‘Bovine Sepia’ artwork is sure to hit the spot. With their wintery woolly coats and stylish comb overs, they will become a talking point with you guests for sure.
Bovines are so on trend and this beautiful little guy is fluffy and cute, what more could you want. Style with netural tones and layered textures for a relaxed interior.
Add some gorgeous, neutral tones to your space with our ‘Nadia’ cotton rug. Featuring an array of finished textures, including tassel details, our ‘Nadia’ rug is a feast for the eyes and is sure to become a favourite in any home.
Make sure you check out the rest of the range!
With amazing tactile texture and striking design, our new ‘Kaia’ cotton rug is sure to fit right in in any space. With its tufted cotton plush finish, woven black detailing and ecru tassels, from kids room to living room it is sure to provide that extra something to your space.
Comes in two sizes. Make sure you check out the rest of the range.
Grab this subtle coastal artwork and add a breezy vibe to your summer nook.
Need a lovely way to light up a room in your home? Our beautiful lanterns are a great way to do just that!
Our Jute Rugs are perfect for coastal chic styling! Made from Jute, this textured and durable rug comes with a beautiful circle detail around the edge of the rug, it is sure to add a visual focal point to any space. | 2019-04-20T18:49:51 | https://discoveryournook.com.au/collections/boho/products/naturale-jai-mahal-blue-rug |
Here is a chart from Health on ten things to say to someone with depression. They said it far better than I but the last column is my addition to the conversation. There is rarely an explanation for why things don’t work, so I thought it would be helpful to understand that things said in what is thought to be kindness can sometimes be hurtful.
There’s always someone worse off than you are. Why Not: Makes us feel even more worthless.
No one ever said that life was fair. Why Not: Accusatory, we know life isn’t; that’s not the point.
Try not to be so depressed. Why Not: You may think it is helpful, but it is like saying to someone with cancer; stop having cancer.
It’s your own fault. Why Not: Think about it, how is a disease our fault?
Believe me, I know how you feel. I was depressed once for several days. Why Not: Do you really? IF so, than say something from the heart about your experience.
I think your depression is a way of punishing us. Why Not: It is one of our greatest fears that we are punishing not only ourselves but everyone around us. Be supportive not pandering.
Have you tried chamomile tea? Why Not: No thank you, not right now. We need support, therapy and meds, if appropriate, and time to work on our issues and heal.
I think Robin Williams death has made us all more aware of those who deal with depression in our lives. This was very helpful!
Thank you Liz. It is a very important subject, one I hope will not go away after we, as a nation/world, have finished mourning his death. Enteral rest grant onto him.
This is a really wonderful post and extremely helpful! I love how this chart presents everything in an understandable way!!!
Thank you Liz. I always stop by to visit the blogs that visited me, and so I did the same with yours.
So creative! It is clear you have taken whatever lemons you have been given in life and made lemonade. I am a sucker for some sparkle!!!
What a great post, and I loved the addition of your thoughts on WHY these things are inappropriate to say to someone experiencing depression.
Keiko, thank you so much. Visited your site, I will be coming back! | 2019-04-19T05:19:47 | https://pattyperkowski.com/2014/08/13/so-what-do-i-say-to-you/ |
Along with our in-house modalities, we also offer outreach services that include MRI and nuclear medicine. The services provided by these modalities cover a full range of non-invasive tests that provide your doctor with detailed information that will help aid in your diagnosis. Different symptoms will indicate what procedures should be performed. Learn more about these procedures below.
Radiography is a general imaging modality that can aid in a variety of diagnoses. Radiographs are a one-dimensional image that can show bone and internal organs. Coteau Health Care System utilizes the newest form of fixed and portable digital radiography equipment. Thus in any situation, you’ll be provided with the highest quality exam.
Computed tomography (CT) is a widely used diagnostic imaging modality. CT allows us to see all the internal anatomy in greater detail than general radiography. It produces multi-dimensional images that can be post-processed into 3D images. CT scans are extremely beneficial in trauma situations, as well as in clinical settings.
Ultrasounds are a form of diagnostic testing that uses high-frequency sound waves to produce images of soft tissue and surrounding structures. Trans Med is a mobile Ultrasound service that performs vascular, thyroid and testicular exams for Coteau Health Care System. Ultrasound is used for more than evaluating a fetus in a pregnant woman.
MRI uses a powerful magnet, low-intensity radio waves, and computer technology to create multi-dimensional images of your body. MRI is most commonly used to look at muscles, nerves, and most soft tissues in the body. This mobile service is provided by DMS Health Technologies.
Our hospital offers bone densitometry scans—also called dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans. DEXA scans are used to measure bone mineral density or bone mass. These types of scans are helpful in diagnosing osteoporosis.
EKGs, Holter, and Event Monitors allow us to record and monitor a patient’s heart rate. Electrocardiograms look at potential problems with the electrical activity of a patient’s heart. Holter and event monitors—or ambulatory electrocardiography devices—are often used to diagnose problems with a patient’s heart rhythm or rate, especially arrhythmias. These monitors are a portable form of testing used to look at the cardiovascular system’s electrical activity for an extended period of time.
EEGs are used to measure and record the electrical activity of the patient’s brain. This test tracks and reports the patterns of brainwaves. This test aids us in diagnosing seizure disorders, epilepsy, and other neurological disorders.
For more information about the radiology services provided at our hospital, call CDP to speak with a representative. | 2019-04-22T18:04:44 | https://www.cdphealth.com/Services/Radiology.aspx |
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Kylea’s Total Living Drinks are among the most potent superfood drink powders on the market. | 2019-04-25T14:40:56 | https://kyleahealth.com/products/copy-of-total-living-drink-berry-10-off-special |
Communion is celebrated each Sunday during the first worship service.
Communion is a holy sacrament and as such we follow the biblical teachings concerning its observance. The Lord's Supper is supervised by the elders according to scripture. It is for all who have confessed their sins and affirmed their faith in Christ. Christ himself promises us: Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink (John 6:54–55).
While remaining bread and wine, these sacred elements nevertheless become so united to the reality they signify that we believe that we receive in this meal the true crucified body and shed blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. We should always remember the exceedingly great love of our only Savior, Jesus Christ, and the innumerable benefits which he has obtained for us by his precious blood. This is why he instituted and ordained holy sacraments, as pledges of his love and for a continual remembrance of his death, to our great and endless comfort.
We do not presume to come to this table trusting in our own righteousness, but in God’s great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under the table of God’ Son. God assures us by this bread and wine of His favor and goodness towards us, that we are members of the body of His Son, which is the blessed company of all faithful people. He has made us heirs of His everlasting kingdom by the merits of the death and passion of His dear Son. Through this sacrament, by God’s own Word and Spirit, these common elements are set apart from ordinary use and consecrated, so that just as truly as we eat and drink these elements by which our bodily life is sustained, so truly we receive into our souls, for our spiritual life, the true body and true blood of Christ. We receive these gifts by faith, which is the hand and mouth of our souls.
Those who desire to come to the holy communion of the body and blood of our Savior must consider how Paul exhorts us diligently to examine ourselves, before we eat of the bread and drink of the cup (1 Cor. 11:28). For all who live in rebellion against God and unbelief, this holy food and drink will bring you only further condemnation. But all who repent and believe are invited to this sacred meal not because you are worthy in yourself, but because you are clothed in Christ’s perfect righteousness. Do not allow the weakness of your faith or your failures in the Christian life to keep you from this table. For it is given to us because of our weakness and because of our failures, in order to increase our faith by feeding us with the body and blood of Jesus Christ. As the Word has promised us God’s favor, so also our Heavenly Father has added this confirmation of his unchangeable promise.
4. You have made a public profession of faith and are a member in good standing (not under discipline) of a protestant church that practices church discipline and preaches the gospel that sinners are saved by God’s grace alone, through faith alone in Jesus Christ alone.
If this does not describe you or if you do not understand this, we ask that you please abstain.
Children also must have made a public profession of faith before communing.
The water of baptism signifies the washing away of our sin by the blood of Christ and the renewal of our lives by the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:5). It also signifies that we are buried with Christ (Romans 6:4). Baptism reminds us that we are conceived and born in sin. This means that we are by nature children of wrath, and for that reason cannot be members of his kingdom unless we are born again. Baptism, whether by immersion or sprinkling, teaches that sin has made us so impure that we must undergo a cleansing which only God can accomplish. Moreover, the water of baptism signifies that we are raised with Christ (Colossians 2:12). From this we learn that we are to walk with Christ in newness of life. All this tells us that God has adopted us as his children, “and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ” (Romans 8:17). Thus, in baptism God seals the promises He gave when He made His covenant of grace with us, calling us and our children to put our trust for life and death in Christ our Savior, deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him in obedience and love.
God also graciously includes our children in his covenant, and all his promises are for them as well as us. He said to Abraham, the father of all believers: And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you (Gen. 17:7). The apostle Peter also testifies to this with these words: For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself (Acts 2:39). Therefore God formerly commanded that children be circumcised as a seal of the covenant and of the righteousness that comes by faith. Christ also recognized that children are members of the covenant people when he embraced them, laid his hands on them, and blessed them (Mark 10:16). Since baptism has replaced circumcision as the sign and seal of the covenant (Col. 2:11-13), our children should be baptized as heirs of God's kingdom and of his covenant. They ought to receive the sign and sacrament of what Christ has done for them, just as the Lord commanded in the law that by offering a lamb for them the sacrament of the suffering and death of Christ would be granted them shortly after their birth. This was the sacrament of Jesus Christ. By baptism, the sign of the covenant, they too should be incorporated into the Christian church and distinguished from the children of unbelievers.
We are therefore always to teach our little ones that they have been set apart by baptism as God’s own children, and because of that, they are to repent of their sins and embrace God’s promise of forgiveness in Christ by faith. | 2019-04-19T22:26:57 | https://www.coramdeourc.org/sacraments |
Here's a selection of special places where it's still possible to discover the magic and festive ambience of Christmas, replete with the smell of pine trees and the joyful sound of carols.
It's no exaggeration to say that practically every capital, medium-size city and town in Europe has its very particular Christmas market, many carrying the tradition through the centuries and all giving the season a festive atmosphere as visitors wander old cobbled streets, enjoying spectacular decorations, exploring wooden stalls full of seasonal crafts and festive fare while savoring hot mulled wine.
For the third consecutive year, Zagreb sits atop the European Best Destinations list of the Best Christmas markets, based on thousands of travelers’ votes. The secret of the capital of Croatia’s success includes high-quality crafts, a friendly and festive atmosphere, concerts, ice skating rinks and affordable prices.
Open from December 1 to January 6.
The Christmas market held during the "Pikkujoulu" (Christmas Season) in Finland's medieval capital offers many of the traditional scenes in a Christmas card: snow that usually falls appropriately around the dates of the market, draping the city in white, holiday lights illuminating the main streets, 100-plus wooden stalls bursting with handicrafts, lanterns, decorations, pine-and-birch tar candles, carved wooden kuksa mugs and contemporary jewelry, among other items, and a beautiful, historical carousel in the center of the market.
Surrounding bars and restaurants are open and inviting and even if “the mercury may plunge bellow minus 10 Celsius, the mood is one of warm conviviality,” according to the city’s invitation.
Open from December 1 to 22.
The capital of the only Grand Duchy in the world offers one of the oldest and most traditional Christmas markets in Europe. For a month, Luxembourg City turns three principal places into a Christmas village: its main square, the Place d'Armes in the city's beautiful center, the Place de la Constitution and the Place de Paris.
In small wooden huts, artisans and vendors sell candles, toys, decorations, sweets and typical "Lëtzebuergesch" drinks such as Glühwäin (hot wine) and foods like the Thüringer, Mettwurscht (Luxembourgish sausages ) or Gromperekichelcher (potato pancakes) with apple sauce.
Open from November 22 to December 24.
Paris, of course, appears almost always at the top of the list to visit during Christmas. It has not one but several great Christmas markets. Then again, there are many other French cities and villages famous for their festivities and markets during the December holidays.
Among them in the northeastern region is Strasbourg, recognized as the “Capital of Christmas” for its spectacular street decorations, lights and Christmas markets full of traditional Alsatian crafts and food specialties, concerts, a living nativity, a majestic Christmas tree, music and cultural events - the main one in front of the picturesque cathedral.
Strasbourg’s "Marché de Noël’ has been held since 1570, making it the oldest in France.
Open from November 23 to December 30.
Not far from Strasbourg is Colmar, which this year was voted by the public as the second-best Christmas market in Europe (and the best in France) in European Best Destinations.
“Colmar combines the ingredients of a dream destination: culture, relaxation, gastronomy, wines, traditions, architecture,” according to the site. The beautiful lights in the narrow streets lined with century-old, half-timbered houses, link the five markets that have made Colmar’s Christmas season world famous.
According to the legend, Santa Claus himself chose Tallinn to launch a first Christmas market.
A stunning and unspoiled medieval architecture that turns white with snow makes for classic photos. The Christmas market around the historic town square boasts a special atmosphere, with a towering tree installed in front of the town hall every year since 1441, more than 60 wooden huts selling wreaths, handcrafted toys, sheepskin rugs, many local products and enough mulled wine to warm everybody braving the weather.
Open from November 24 to January 5.
Brussels Christmas markets are among the best-known and best-admired in Europe, and the biggest in the country.
The Belgium capital also has a grand ice rink, fairground, a constellation of lights, lots of chocolate and a nightly show in the Grand Place (declared a World Heritage by Unesco), where the famous buildings surrounding the square serve as the backdrop for a display of lights and music.
Less well-known, a best kept secret, in fact, is the Christmas market of Ghent, barely an hour away from the capital.
Beautifully preserved, with more historically-listed buildings than any other city in the country, a 12th century castle, canals and cobbled streets, Ghent is a great place for a traditional Christmas market with its wooden huts offering traditional adornments and food surrounded by the scent of pine and mulled wine.
Open from December 7 to January 6.
Located at one of Europe's crossroads, on the German side of the border with Belgium and the Netherlands is another Christmas destination always listed among the top Christmas markets in Europe: Aachen.
All the streets around the cathedral and the Town Hall are transformed into a colorful and festive Christmas village with twinkling lights and the scent of mulled wine and Aachener Printen (a type of gingerbread).
Open from November 23 to December 23.
The Budapest Christmas markets also appear among the five favorites in Europe, particularly those in Vorosmarty Square and by the Basilica in the heart of the city. Here, according to legend, Santa Claus does his shopping.
The city center undergoes a transformation into an example of holiday tradition, where modern elements such as flash mobs mix with outstanding Hungarian time-honored and contemporary hand-craft products and a spectacular light show that, thanks to 3D glasses, gives a new dimension to the façade of St. Stephen’s Basilica.
Open from mid-November to December 31. | 2019-04-26T04:20:10 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/ceciliarodriguez/2018/11/19/these-10-beautiful-european-cities-put-on-the-best-christmas-markets/?fbclid=IwAR1_NhsHOWBR9h3jBemJJS4Ej6iDoklXnS2FFuY_PnO8GuDBdXJKFzViiBY |
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BBC Music Introducing curate monthly showcases at The Lexington. This one is an all-female line-up with Kara Marni, Olivia Nelson and Tiana Major9, dedicated to supporting women in music as part of Sounds Like London. Introducing’s Abbie McCarthy will host the evening.
Kara Marni has been infatuated with music for as long as she can remember. It was on the school run while hearing her mum playing Minnie Riperton’s Loving You that her interest in music was fully realized. Fast-forward to her teen years and she’s set up camp in a shed at the bottom of her garden. It was here that Marni nurtured her voice by attempting to imitate the likes of soul icons Roberta Flack & Anita Baker.
From a young age, Olivia Nelson always knew she wanted to be a singer. Donny Hathaway, Lauryn Hill, Stevie Wonder, Frank Ocean, Prince, John Mayer & Whitney Houston each fueled that passion; leading Olivia to work with songwriters and producers ranging from the likes of Carassius Gold (Jack Garratt), John Calvert (Nao, Jodie Abacus) & Benjamin Miller (Reijjie Snow).
Jazz is Tiana Major9's heart. Although she fell in love with R&B and Hip-Hop first, her fascination with their origins had quickly turned from curiosity to a genuine obsession for this style of music. Tiana has always been surrounded by music from Gospel or Garage. She has graced many stages and blessed many ears across Europe whether it be on her own or supporting acts such as Ray BLK and Ella Eyre. Her song ‘Levee (Let It Break)’ was recently the BBC Music Introducing Track of the Week on BBC Radio 1Xtra. | 2019-04-19T06:49:28 | https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/arts-and-culture/music/sounds-london-0/sounds-london-events/bbc-music-introducing-live-lexington |
For my own benefit and for the benefit of my clients, I try to keep up the latest information in the areas of diet, health and nutrition. However, with a pretty busy schedule, it isn’t always easy to crack open a book and read all the information I would like to. That is why I love listening to podcasts when I’m am commuting, doing housework or working out. There are thousands of podcasts out there, and many of them focus on health and nutrition as their primary topic. These podcasts are usually about 2-3 hours long-pretty much a mini seminar-and are completely free!
Some of the best episodes I have listened to recently are on the Joe Rogan Experience and the Tim Ferriss Show. Joe Rogan has many guests that are experts in the field of diet and nutrition, but my favorite has to be Dr. Rhonda Patrick. Dr. Rhonda Patrick is a wealth of knowledge- check her out on episodes #568, #672, and #773 of the Joe Rogan Experience to hear what she has to say on the topic of supplements, nutrition and sports medicine. For great info on fasting and ketogenic diets, listen to Dom D’ Agostino, episode #117, on the Tim Ferris show. You can find these podcast episodes and many others by searching the podcast app on Apple and Android phones, or by searching YouTube.
Love this blog post, Chef Lindsay! I love listening to podcasts too, especially while I clean the house. I recently listened to a great interview with Darin Olien on the Rich Roll podcast all about superfoods. So fascinating! | 2019-04-23T11:53:48 | https://www.wholehealtheveryday.com/blog/podcasts-and-keeping-up-to-date-with-the-latest-nutrition-info-with-chef-lindsay |
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Cobb signed with the Dallas Cowboys, while Matthews signed with the Los Angeles Rams. He should fit in as Dallas' slot receiver, replacing Cole Beasley. He was given that deal after reaching career highs in 2014 with 91 catches for 1,287 yards and 12 touchdowns, and his numbers have dropped sharply since.
Cobb took to Twitter Monday afternoon to share his thoughts on the deal.
The 28-year-old has spent all eight of his National Football League seasons with the Packers. Cobb could fill his role with the Cowboys.
"I've enjoyed being here". The Cowboys got even younger and guys who weren't on the team the previous year became significant contributors. Hurns was new to the team, coming to Dallas in free agency after an injured season with the Jacksonville Jaguars. "He's a great friend of mine". Witten, whose work in the TV booth was widely criticized, said last month, "The fire inside of me to compete and play this game is just burning too strong". | 2019-04-21T04:55:37 | http://kateia-sport.com/2019/03/21/randall-cobb-signs-with-the-cowboys.html |
Welp: Yearbook page for pro-infanticide Ralph Northam features a man in blackface and another in a KKK outfit; Update: "Deeply sorry"
Go figure that a guy with a Klan photo in his yearbook would have a strong stomach for killing innocents.
In fairness to him, a lot of dumb kids did offensive things back when they were [checks notes] 25 years old. In medical school.
This is his medical school yearbook.
It was Big League Politics that found the photo. It started circulating on conservative Twitter, then the Virginian-Pilot checked BLP’s work and found that, yep, the photo’s legit. Now we wait for the follow-up story: Is Northam the guy in the hood, or the one in blackface? And which is worse?
By the way, this guy defeated a formidable Republican in Ed Gillespie by nearly 10 points to become governor in 2017. Crack job by Gillespie’s oppo team in missing the other candidate’s BLACKFACE/KLANSMAN YEARBOOK PHOTO.
If Northam resigns, Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax would become Virginia's second African American governor.
A black would-be governor is waiting in the wings if Governor Blackface steps down. Hmmm.
Update: You can be indulged a bit of youthful Klan-costuming so long as you’re sufficiently woke now.
Update: The apology arrives at a little after 6 p.m. ET.
Good enough? A Republican would be dead on arrival, needless to say. At a minimum, he’ll need to call a press conference, show his remorse to the cameras, and explain how the photo came about. Lots of embarrassment ahead. I think the left will cut him a break. They can’t spare an abortion warrior as ferocious as Ralph! | 2019-04-26T04:37:43 | https://hotair.com/archives/2019/02/01/__trashed-27/ |
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The house I stayed in this weekend had a tree swing. It was gorgeous and steady and I swung to my heart’s content. Several times. And I felt young, alive, and amazingly clear headed. I need to remember that swinging does this for me…and do it more often.
Finished two lovely books. One by Anne Lamott (in 24 hours! I need to learn to savor!) and another my Amy Poehler. Good grief these women can write. Amy made me laugh and sigh with pleasure. Anne makes me long to be a better writer…and her friend…and have her offer me a cup of coffee or a chocolate.
This is what I call what Malcolm does when I come home and he lays down on the stairs…a few at a time…up and up and up…as I try to get from the bottom floor to the main floor of the house. He stops. I rub his belly and talk sweet to him. He moves up a stair or two. On Thursday many of you know that Malcolm and I took a scary tumble down the stairs and he hid out quite a bit. Although there was no reason, I had an underlying fear my entire weekend away that he was hurt and I hadn’t taken good care of him. Imagine my joy when I walked into the house and he went to the third stair, did the flop, and waited with his angelic little orange monkey face for me to love him. And love him I do. | 2019-04-20T03:22:17 | http://leahfarmer.com/gratitudes/sunday-november-16th-2014/ |
I have been invited to this interdisciplinary workshop, which marks ten years since the publication of the London Charter for the Computer Based Visualization of Cultural Heritage, the most significant attempt to establish internationally-recognised principles for the use of digital visualisation by researchers, educators and cultural heritage organisations. A decade on – with the arrival of virtual reality platforms, easy to use photogrammetric software and ever-more sophisticated scanning hardware – the possibilities for representing the past through 3D Visualisation have increased exponentially. However, progress in the 3D Visualization of cultural heritage has not been commensurate with advances in digital technology. Few 3D Visualizations measure up to the Charter’s guidelines, especially in terms of articulating their underpinning metadata in transparent fashion. Digital past environments generally remain confined to the realm of dissemination and are perceived to lack the credibility of conventional scholarly outputs.
The questions posed by the London Charter remain compelling challenges for practice today. Can digital heritage visualisation convey the intellectual rigour and transparency at the heart of art historical interpretation? How can digital environments visualise degrees of uncertainty reflecting a variety of hypotheses, invariably present in art historical research of this nature?
This workshop brings together two of the original London Charter team, humanities researchers with experience of digital projects, computer scientists and specialists in photogrammetry and digital scanning to explore how future work in the field might gain greater academic acceptance not only for representing research findings but also to generate fresh data and research questions. | 2019-04-21T14:06:40 | http://marcomason.me/speaking/future-virtual-past-2017/ |
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Hey y'all. . hope everyone's Friday is going well.
Good morning everyone Going to check out the new Fiats and Alfas at the NY Auto Show this week and will post some pics. The new 124 Spider Urbana will be there and hopefully some other cool stuff to show you guys.
Some interesting stuff that will keep you from being bored today!
Greetings all! And yeah, I think it's just you.
Back from vacation in New Orleans. French Quarter Fest was crazy. Better weather than Coachella too!
Won't be B@W for a while due to playing catch-up, just figured I'd say hi.
I don't hate the 124s camera location but the one I got to check out almost felt like an after thought/after market to me, A nice little lip extension on the trunk or a different location entirely would have looked nicer imo. | 2019-04-21T02:55:08 | http://www.fiat500usaforum.com/showthread.php?33269-B-W-(Bored-at-Work)-2019&s=d2d87a26ea329d76617cab3603a3f715&p=839694 |
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What do you do when you don't know what to do? Pray in the spirit until God speaks to you!!! | 2019-04-18T20:17:09 | http://www.maryhatter.com/blog/what-do-you-do-when-you-dont-know-what-to-do-pray-in-the-spirit-until-god-speaks-to-you |
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To heck with Easter, it's almost 420!
How long is a piece of string? / how much plant for a pound?
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Where there is a will there is a way! When we came to India we didn't know exactly what is waiting for us. Friends that came back from this wonderful fantasy told us - It is bigger than life - no words to express the magic and the fun, freedom on the highest levels. They were right, if you were in India than you know there are no words to express it. Anyway one thing was missing: where are the trance parties?! I (Yaron) was in Goa which is considered to be the land of psychedelic & home of nature parties and realized that two speakers in the "Disco Valley" are the best you can get. Back than I started to think about organizing a party. Four months later me and Yogev (my right hand & a friend from home) came to Dharamsala - there we met all the other team... What started as fantasy on night talks at the LOTUS GUEST HOUSE became in a short time the only thing we thought about. There we met Robin - Young Indian man who was the owner of the guesthouse and our local connection. I started checking the area around in order to find the best location. When I saw the amazing Hotel I understood it is getting big.
The owner of the hotel was very powerful man and the risk of police resistance was small. Yogev came with his camera and took some photos. On that evening we sat hours on the Internet trying to convince the best D.J's in the world to come and play in our future fantasy party. Meanwhile Yhuda, Assaf and Ohad (good friends that we just met in the guest house) started to spread the rumor in the streets by collecting travellers Emails.
4.5 weeks before the party: I was on the Net with D.J's, Yogev was downloading photos from NASA web-site and all the others were on the streets.
4 weeks: every thing came to reality - the photos from NASA combined with the hotel photos to an invitation (Thanks to Tamar), the police and the tourist office were on our side - first time that something like this is organized with the local authorities. Ohad and Yhuda (Enfields men) sew flags with T.F.N needlework for 6 motorbikes, Adi that was far in the villages started to make the rumor and talked abut the party with the travelers in "Parvaty Valley". S.U.N project production confirmed and so did the D.J's from Israel.
My sister, Stav, helped from Israel and booked the flights.
3 weeks: I was on my way to Delhi to print the posters and invitations, Yogev sent mails to all the mailing list, Adam built a website and the rumor about the party was all around. When I came back from Delhi we had 2 weeks for the party.
6 Enfields with flags were sent out with invitations and posters all around the north side of India. Karin organized workers team, Stav bought alcohol from Israel, I dealt with decorations, carpenters, electricity and big bureaucrats issues (with the help of Gilad and Amir).
The party was Magic! by the morning of the 17th we were all over the newspapers, 20 hours of flying. At 13:00 the music stopped because of the newspapers who pressed on the local authorities. but it didn't matter - We were more than amazed when every thing came to life! You can feel the magic just from looking at the photo album. Dharamsala was the beginning of new era. Sab kuch Millega got new meaning for us and we are going to keep that spirit in Israel! | 2019-04-24T05:59:42 | http://www.tfn.co.il/india |
We try to coordinate the new kitty belt and kimono!
The pink color looks cute!!
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It is always unpredictable, forceful, full of emotion and able to shake and move mountains. It’s a wonderful moment in life when the curtains are removed and you can see what is causing all the noise on the other side. It is a moment when all you thought lost is found and what you thought unattainable is now within reach, it is a wonderful moment in Life. It is feeling the walls around you crumble leaving an opening to whatever comes your way. It is believing that dreams really can come true after all. It’s just a wonderful moment in life.
In our darkest hour when all seems lost, if we look to the horizon there is almost always I glimmering light. | 2019-04-24T02:09:07 | https://clary.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/a-wonderful-moment-in-life/ |
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One of the most obvious advantages is that, compared to primary research, secondary research is inexpensive. Staff Appointments Staff positions are defined as positions assigned professional, paraprofessional, administrative, clerical, secretarial, technical, skilled crafts, service, or maintenance duties.
The way to show that these general requirements have been met is: For your sociology dissertation, the following topics could be considered: A researcher using this method will be trained during coursework and residencies in how to conduct this type of research, which involves specialized interviews and surveys with the people involved in the phenomenon.
In this approach, data are collected by the researcher. A Duties and Responsibilities form must be included at the time of appointment and will be reviewed by HR. Your university may require you to produce a report e. The student must obtain funding either by working in a research unit or through private scholarships.
The above two disadvantages may lead to yet another one: Does your project have clear links between theory and practice? However much research combines deductive and inductive elements. You will use this kind of methodology when you want to investigate the relationship between certain variables in two data sets or when you want to compare findings from two past studies.
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The most common doctoral degree is Ph. Qualitative dissertations will include descriptive material, usually extracts from interviews, conversations, documents or field notes, and are therefore likely to be nearer to the upper limit of your word range e.
Are offenders the real victims of crime? It may also be considered an ethical approach to finding out whether a problem or issue is worth examining in more depth, since fewer participants are subjected to a research project unnecessarily.
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There are two main research types and three main types of research analysis. These are, respectively, primary and secondary research, and quantitative, qualitative and mixed research analysis methods. In a dissertation where one is assessing, for instance, the effects of flooding in the Wirral peninsula, it is likely that all the research.
The following article is a sample dissertation methodology on the following dissertation topic: Impact of Technology on Recruitment in UK Retail Banks. A case study of Lloyds Banking Group: The methodology depicts a mixed method research, using quantitative surveys and semi structured interviews.
Based on Saunder’s Research Onion. a. The two most common types of secondary research are, as with all types of data, quantitative Types and sources of data; Opportunities, limitations, and challenges; Ethics of secondary data, or existing data that are freely available to researchers who were.
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We believe our work with educators is significant but it is also deeply personal. For at the heart of all that we do, it is our passion for education’s potential and belief in the power of educators that fuels our vision and drives us to help transform the organizations and institutions for the students we all serve.
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Baltimore City Community College is a state-sponsored, degree-granting community college with five learning sites in the city of Baltimore. Offering 37 associate degree programs and 17 certifications in high-demand fields, BCCC helps thousands of students advance their academic and career prospects each year, and is considered a critical asset in the economic revitalization of Baltimore.
edBridge Partners was engaged to help BCCC and its Board ensure the college’s organizational structure, resources, and talent were properly aligned to help more students succeed in their academic and career goals. Working closely with the leadership team, we conducted a comprehensive review of the college’s goals, organizational structure, leadership capabilities and succession planning, and made actionable recommendations for improving the student experience while realizing mandated cost efficiencies.
In addition, edBridge Partners is working with the College’s Workforce Development and Continuing Education division to more closely align curriculum with area job opportunities, to strengthen strategic partnerships, and to collect data to measure the effectiveness of key programs.
College Spark Washington funds programs that help low-income students become college-ready, making grants to organizations and institutions throughout Washington state that are helping low-income students improve their academic achievement, prepare for and graduate from college. Under a 3-year College Spark Grant, edBridge developed and implemented a self-directed, regional, professional development network for approximately 50 English language arts (ELA) and mathematics faculty representing Eastern Washington University, the Community Colleges of Spokane, and seven urban, suburban, and rural K-12 districts in the Spokane region. The project supported small cross-sector cohorts of faculty in the inquiry process of identifying problems of practice, finding ways to address those problems, and studying the implementation and results of their strategies. edBridge developed an online toolkit, Successful Transitions to College, after the project to disseminate the learning from our three-year engagement. All the tools, lesson plans, research, and data are freely available for download and use by others in the field.
NASSP is the leading organization of and voice for middle level and high school principals, assistant principals, and school leaders from across the United States and 35 countries around the world. Founded in 1916, NASSP's mission is to connect and engage school leaders through advocacy, research, education, and student programs. We have been working with the organization over a number of years to strengthen strategic partnerships and provide support for its major membership programs, including the National Honor Society, National Student Council, the NASSP Policy & Advocacy Center, and school leaders recognition programs & professional development.
Prince George's Community College (PGCC) selected edBridge Partners to engage the College in an extended dialogue and to provide actionable recommendations to align the resources, capabilities, and structure of the institution to best serve its students, prepare for the future, sustain the college, and achieve the vision for PGCC. The project also focused on identifying the leadership skills and development needed for the future. Following the approval of the recommendations, edBridge was engaged to assist in the implementation of the Realignment recommendations and new business processes to support the new structure and ways of working.
In addition, edBridge supports Prince George’s Community College participation in the three-year Pathways Project, a national project focused on building capacity for community colleges to design and implement structured academic and career pathways at scale, for all their students. edBridge Partners provides project management for Pathways on the ground at the institution, providing coordination, planning, communications, and program support across all areas of Prince George’s Community College to integrate and synthesize the Pathways work to date and prepare the institution for execution and implementation of the Guided Pathways model in Fall 2018.
Among the first of its kind at the system level, the USM William E. Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation provides a cohesive place to conceptualize, organize, and disseminate innovative best practices in learning and teaching for the benefit of its students. We have been assisting the USM in the implementation of the Center's vision and mission, including planning, organizing and managing major strategic initiatives on their behalf on topics such as open educational resources, digital badging, MOOCs, student outcomes assessment, online course quality, and course redesign.
Additionally, edBridge Partners was selected by the University System of Maryland to manage a five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education's First in the World (FITW) program to develop, implement, and evaluate a statistics pathway in order to accelerate developmental students' progress into credit-bearing postsecondary courses and help more of those students reach certificate or degree completion effectively and efficiently. Project goals include reducing costs for students who will not have to languish in developmental courses, and saving the state and higher education institutions at least a portion of the estimated $72 million spent annually in Maryland on developmental education. In order to meet those goals, the FITW MMRI program supports the development of a new developmental statistics pathway leading to a general education statistics course. The twelve partnering institutions—five USM institutions and seven community colleges serving approximately 158,000 new students each year—will be the "early adopters" of the new mathematics pathway and will lead the development of the new pathway for Maryland's 29 public higher education institutions.
edBridge Partners served as a project manager and facilitator of the North Carolina Student Aid Study Group, organized by the University of North Carolina System in partnership with the North Carolina Community Colleges. The Student Aid Study Group brought together higher education leaders, financial aid experts, and state policymakers to examine state aid programs that serve UNC and NCCCS students, to identify lessons from research and other states about the optimal design of student aid, and develop evidence-based reforms to enhance the effectiveness of state aid investments. The recommendations developed by the Study Group will inform changes to state policy and program design for the North Carolina state grant programs.
We bring a new approach: one defined by comprehensive planning, systems thinking, creativity and a burning desire to achieve results for our clients. Our clients typically engage us at the launch of a major initiative or program evaluation, when strategic thinking and real collaboration are needed to streamline pathways for student success. Education leaders and organizations who work with edBridge Partners can feel confident they are getting the very best assistance – in creative problem solving, expert planning and project management – that will enable them to achieve their most ambitious goals and make a difference.
We bring a deep commitment to improving education, backed by extensive experience in both education and business organizations, in applied and academic research, and in strategic planning, project management and communications. Above all, we have a bias for action and a commitment to achieving results for our clients.
A talented group of Special Advisors with valuable experience to whom we can turn for advice and counsel on issues of importance to our clients.
The longtime executive director of the North Carolina’s highly successful State Education Assistance Authority, he is an authority on college access and financial aid.
As an independent consultant for the past 25 years, he provides financial and management information system guidance for growing entrepreneurial companies.
After serving as a senior officer for the 17-campus University of North Carolina system, he is currently a Senior Fellow at the American Council on Education focusing on programs for college access and success, and adult education.
An expert on student financial aid policy, she has been a senior advisor at the College Board and a financial aid officer at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Longtime head of the College Board’s Office of School Counselor Advocacy, she is a champion for the crucial role counselors can play in America’s schools.
The former CEO of a large New York advertising agency and brand consultancy, he created successful campaigns for some of the world’s biggest brands and brings valuable marketing expertise to the partnership.
As the leader of Dewey Square Group’s communications practice, she combines political knowledge, strategic planning, and forward thinking to bring clients the most comprehensive and tactical public relations support.
A former principal of edBridge Partners, she brings more than 25 years of experience in both K-12 and higher education and broad knowledge of policies and practices in the fields of admission and financial aid; teaching and advising; and educational partnerships.
edBridge Partners welcomes the opportunity to serve you and take on your exciting work. Join our mailing list to receive our updates or call or email us to discuss your needs. | 2019-04-23T00:29:27 | http://www.edbridgepartners.com/ |
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Finding the right course or activity just got a whole lot easier! Our quarterly Discover Learning in Brimbank guide now has its own website.
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Discover arts, crafts, computers and technology, cooking, family activities, health and fitness, music, and dance! The guide also includes language and tutoring sessions, social activities and games, and sustainable living workshops.
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This new website will complement the Discover Learning in Brimbank printed guides which are still available at our Libraries, Customer Service Centres and Leisure Centres.
Join in the fun by getting active, making friends and enjoying family time at RT Pollard Gardens, Sunshine as part of the B-active@Pollard project, which is supported by VicHealth.
Learn music skills from exciting young artists at the forefront of hip-hop's next generation on Saturday 13 February, 5.30pm - 6.30pm. Arts Centre Melbourne's flagship Active Arts workshop with Dig Deep & MASSIVE FAM come together to deliver Fresh Take, a series of workshops in performance, song-writing and rap.
Another Active Arts workshop with Nicky Bomba will take place on Saturday 27 February, 5.30pm - 6.30pm. Bring your voice, instruments, and percussion, and help us celebrate music's influence in our everyday lives. Presented by Arts Centre Melbourne.
Popular films Jumanji and Close Encounters of the Third Kind will feature as part of Light Up Sunshine's Movies in the Park on Saturday 13 February and Saturday 27 February, respectively.
Tai Chi, Cardio Tennis, Storytime, Street Soccer, Yoga and Powerfit are on weekly throughout February. Dates and further information is available at Be Active at Pollard.
Council is seeking your feedback via an online survey for our updated Cycling and Walking Strategy. Feedback will be analysed and incorporated into the revised strategy. | 2019-04-25T10:49:14 | https://www.buzz.brimbank.vic.gov.au/brimbank-buzz---news-and-whats-on-tuesday-2-february-2016/ |
Worldwide, 81% of total electricity generation is currently produced by thermoelectric power plants (nuclear, biomass- and fossil-fuelled), and 17% by hydropower plants. It is therefore of utmost importance for the electricity sector to have sufficient fresh water resources of low temperature to generate power and to cool thermoelectric power plants. How will global warming change the world’s available surface water resources, in terms of stream flow and water temperature, and how will these changes affect the potential for hydropower and thermoelectric power generation?
This has been assessed on a global scale by calculating both gross hydropower potential and cooling water discharge capacity. Gross hydropower potential is defined as “the annual energy potentially available when all natural runoff in a country is harnessed down to sea level (or to the border line of the country) without any energy losses”. In other words, “the capacity of hydropower generation possible if all natural water flows contained as many 100% efficient turbines as possible”. Cooling water discharge capacity is defined as the potential of surface water systems to dilute a certain amount of waste heat without exceeding environmental legislations (i.e. maximum permitted water temperatures and water temperature increases). Thus, gross hydropower potential and cooling water discharge capacity are upper limits that indicate the potential of future growth of thermoelectric and hydropower electricity generation. Actually, only a few percent of these upper limits is being used today!
Gross hydropower potential and cooling water discharge capacity have been calculated for both a low- and high-end scenario of climate change (the so-called RCP2.6 and RCP8.5 scenarios), by using a combination of different models for climate change and river discharge.
Currently, both gross hydropower potential and mean cooling water discharge capacity are highest in Asia, followed by South America, Africa, North America, Europe, and Australia & Oceania. The assessment shows that global gross hydropower potential may increase between +2.4% and +6.3% for the 2080s compared to 1971 - 2000. Regions with considerable (>20%) increases in gross hydropower potential are mainly central Africa, India, central Asia and the northern high-latitude region. Regions with considerable (>20%) declines in hydropower potential are southern Europe, northern Africa, southern United States and parts of South America, southern Africa and southern Australia.
Global mean cooling water discharge capacity is projected to decrease by 4.5 - 15% (2080s). The largest reductions are found for the United States, Europe, eastern Asia, and southern parts of South America, Africa and Australia, where strong water temperature increases are projected combined with reductions in mean annual stream flow. Cooling water discharge capacity is expected to increase considerably (>20%) in India, central Africa, some northern parts of Australia and for the most northern high-latitude regions.
So on a global scale gross hydropower potential will increase by 2.4% - 6.3%, and mean cooling water discharge capacity will decrease by 4.5% - 15%, between now and the end of this century. These numbers may be misleading when looking at the possibilities to expand actual hydropower and thermoelectric power. Both hydropower and thermoelectric power may increase up to a few hundred percent in the course of this century. These large percentages are completely different from the small relative changes of the upper limits due to the fact that currently only 5% and 0.3% of these upper limits of gross hydropower potential and mean cooling water discharge capacity are actually being used for hydropower and thermoelectric power, respectively! Thus, there seems to be a lot of potential to further increase hydropower and thermoelectric power. This is especially interesting since most current hydropower plants are situated in regions with expected declines in mean annual stream flow, whereas a large part of the world’s land surface will experience increases in stream flow and thus in gross hydropower potential.
Source: Van Vliet et al., 2016. Global Environmental Change 40: 156-170. | 2019-04-20T18:25:52 | https://www.climatechangepost.com/news/2016/9/2/hydropower-and-cooling-water-under-climate-change-/ |
Instead of trying to make Muslimahs consider you, why don't you work on your own self confidence and being an interesting person. That's why you get rejected, not because you're "good"
Stoic has a point. There are a lot of men out there who are good and not shy, or shy and not deeny, and so on. These characteristics are not mutually exclusive.
So, what takes you to the next level that the others don’t have? It’s not butterflies. Maybe it is confidence.
Last edited by Sister_2009; 13-12-18, 08:52 PM.
There's nothing wrong with shyness, as long as you are still able to interact and communicate properly. I don't see why it would be a turn off for women.
‘Imran bin Husain (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, “Shyness does not bring anything except good.” [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Last edited by hasan2013; 13-12-18, 08:58 PM.
Hahaha no. I am not looking for marriage. Just giving some armchair advice.
A reserved guy will be hesitant to show his feelings towards his loved one. Not so great later on in the marriage but of course it depends on the sister who marries him and her personality.
Last edited by mpw; 13-12-18, 11:18 PM.
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong..
Shyness aint' about not being assertive. Shyness is like for me is not exposing awrah, feeling so uncomfortable when wearing trousers when doing sujud that you wear a long coat, shyness is feeling bad because you swore and showing off or not going to a lift because a woman is there, Completely distinct.
Shyness is not a good translation of haya. It's misleading. | 2019-04-25T09:55:25 | https://www.ummah.com/forum/forum/family-lifestyle-community-culture/marriage/12593587-boyfriend-forced-to-marry-his-cousin-but-he-also-wants-to-marry-me-%F0%9F%98%A9/page6 |
There is a general impression in the policy and research communities that development co-operation flows from countries that are not members of the DAC are increasing, but there is little evidence to establish the extent to which this is the case. The OECD is making efforts to fill this important evidence gap by compiling data on development co-operation flows from non-DAC providers.
This paper, Development Co-operation by Countries beyond the DAC (pdf), shows that the total gross development co-operation provided by 27 countries beyond the DAC reached USD 23.5 billion in 2013, which corresponds to 13.4% of total global development co-operation that year (see table below).
The paper also explains how the DAC has been engaging with providers of development co‑operation beyond its membership – especially in the field of statistics. Furthermore, it proposes greater collaboration among all bilateral providers to complete the picture of international development finance. | 2019-04-26T10:38:39 | http://www.oecd.org/dac/dac-global-relations/development-co-operation-by-countries-beyond-the-dac.htm |
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Along with "Entropy", "The Job", "Hostage" and "The Witness", "Devil's Backbone" is one of the season's top 5 best episodes. That is saying a lot when most of it has been average at best and poor when at its worst, with particularly bad episodes being "Till Death Do Us Part", "The Bond", "Future Perfect", "Awake", "Inner Beauty", "Internal Affairs", "Outlaw" and "Drive".
The only thing about "Devil's Backbone" that could have been done better was explaining the significance of why Tara Lewis and Antonia were speaking to German at one point, that was very vague and even to someone who studies and speaks German was the one confusing element of the story.
However, as ever "Devil's Backbone" is a slick and stylish episode with a wonderful ominous and gritty atmosphere evoked. The music is appropriately moody, in both the haunting and melancholic sense and the direction is quick-paced yet sympathetic.
Writing is some of the most tightly structured, thought-provoking and tense of the season or of any post-Season 6 episode, the interrogations with the individual team members and Antonia being wonderfully twisted and illuminating. Despite Antonia's blatant attempts to break them, one has to admire them for sticking to their guns and focusing directly on the case. Reid's interrogation with Wilber was intense too, and to me Reid struggling with Morgan no longer being there was understandable and plausible considering that of the BAU members it was Morgan who looked out for him the most and was particularly protective. The team function so well and work delightfully together, and after being sorely lacking for most of the season classic 'Criminal Minds' profiling is back.
Loved the story, it had many twists and twists, lots of tension and suspense yet was very easy to follow, the more psychological focus rather than the horror-story-like ones of many latter season episodes was appreciated and done brilliantly. Antonia is one of the season's creepiest and meatiest supporting characters, portrayed superlatively by Frances Fisher, while the unsub is one shrouded in mystery done very effectively yet it's Antonia that's the character that one really hates.
In fact, all the acting is very good, even the usual Achilles Heel Aisha Tyler whose Tara Lewis actually fits well here and proves herself useful (the German-speaking exchange being the sole false note). | 2019-04-25T02:41:00 | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5466720/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_19 |
Visions is an award-winning quarterly magazine that brings together many views on mental health and substance use. It’s a place to explore different aspects of wellness, share your own experiences, learn from others, and discuss ideas.
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Visions is produced by the BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information and funded by BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services, an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority. | 2019-04-20T22:52:49 | https://northwestvancouver.cmha.bc.ca/documents/visions/ |
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The Operational Allocation framework is an important reform to support existing coal miners and explorers in NSW. It enables the NSW community and industry to maximise the value and longevity of these commitments by allowing existing coal exploration, assessment, or production titleholders to apply for an additional exploration title to avoid sterilisation of resources, support better mine design, or expand existing mining operations.
This framework recognises the commitment that these miners and explorers have already made in NSW, including through investment and jobs provided. Limiting factors on applications for Operational Allocations are designed to ensure industry does not land grab but that there is a practical method to gain extra titles to support operations.
The Operational Allocation framework is outlined in the Operational Allocation Guidelines and replaces the interim coal allocation, or direct allocation, process that was previously in place.
The Operational Allocation framework meets the Government's commitments to implement the Independent Commission Against Corruption recommendations to reduce the opportunities and incentives for corruption in the state's management of coal resources, and the Coal Exploration Steering Committee recommendation that this framework be extended to exploration projects. Both reports noted that there may be times when it makes sense to make an allocation to an existing operator.
explorers or assessment lease titleholders being able to apply where an allocation will both improve mine design and enable access to resources that would otherwise be sterilised.
As well as meeting the requirements of the guidelines, applicants must meet all requirements of the Mining Act 1992, including minimum standards, to be successful.
Interested parties will need to complete an exploration licence application. | 2019-04-20T05:05:46 | https://resourcesandgeoscience.nsw.gov.au/miners-and-explorers/programs-and-initiatives/operational-allocation-guidelines |
Rand McNally's Transportation Data Management subsidiary has licensed its MileMaker mileage and routing software to Cooper Tire. Cooper Tire said it plans to integrate it into a software package from i2 Technologies for use in carrier selection, freight consolidation, freight rating and auditing of driver invoices.
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Eventually Mueller might find something worth exposing but I don’t have that kind of time to wait around.
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UNC was well represented at the Grace Hopper Celebration held in Houston September 26 – 28. With support from corporate partners, diversity and inclusion initiatives, and UNC alumni, the Department of Computer Science provided scholarships for 45 women to attend. Including UNC staff, faculty, and additional students, UNC was represented with a total of 59 participants.
The Grace Hopper Celebration is the world’s largest gathering of women technologists with more than twenty thousand in attendance. The conference offers technical and career workshops, keynote speeches from leaders in industry and academia, and networking opportunities. Each of the 45 scholarship awardees received about $1,000 to cover the conference fee as well as travel and accommodations.
Senior computer science major Caroline Lu said that she gained a meaningful understanding of companies’ cultures from networking events during the conference.
Thank you to corporate partners CapTech and Credit Suisse for sponsoring UNC Computer Science at the event!
Grace Hopper Celebration scholarships are one of many ways that the department supports women in computer science. The department also sponsors two women in computer science clubs and a Girls Who Code club, as well as Pearl Hacks, an all-women hackathon. During the spring semester, the department hosts Women in Tech Week to highlight women in computer science and technology and to foster an environment of inclusion at UNC.
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Are you ready? The Minions have their own movie! See them in theaters July 10. To celebrate the festivities, I hosted a Minions bash in my house and the kids had a BLAST. I know I gave you a sneak peek of it all a few days ago during my DAILY VLOG update, but here’s a closer look at some of the arts and craft projects we did. It’s all about DIY when it comes to kids, right?
I went to the store and picked up anything Minions related. Lucky for me, I found a few great options including duck tape, bananas (lol), sunglasses, Play-Doh and Crayola kits and sunscreen. THEN I got a little creative at the arts and craft supply store. I LITERALLY picked up anything that was yellow, black, blue and white. I didn’t know how it was going to end up – but I knew where I needed to start.
Once I had everything in front of me, I decided that the kids would make their own Minions cupcakes, visors, Play-Doh creations and of COURSE duck tape purses. SO FUN!
The Minions Movie is coming out on July 10th, so I wanted to put together a few fun activities for the kids to replicate once they were home on their own — in an attempt to get them excited for the release.
We started out with the pre-boxed activities. Play-Doh and Crayola have a few great items currently on the market. The children enjoyed putting together a Minions 24 piece Jigsaw Puzzle and showing off their creativity by mastering the Play-Doh Featuring Despicable Me Minions Disguise Lab. You KNOW Caleb loved every second.
One of my guests – Owen – ROCKED the Play-Doh creations. Look at his MINION! Amazing!!!
Then it was onto the visors. This was such an easy craft. I let the children create their Minions visor any way they wanted!! Some used graphics I had out on the table while others drew it out completely from scratch. A really affordable DIY opp if you ask me!
If you haven’t figured out my M.O. yet, let me spell it out for you. E-A-S-Y. I can’t do a lot of intense crafting. Pinterest is fun to check out but… not to actually replicate. I need SIMPLE crafts that kids can do because I don’t have the capacity to help them!!
So, when I bought some paper in minion colors and told the kids to go wild… they did just that without any adult supervision. And isn’t that a WIN, my friends?????
I told all the kids that after they go and see the Minions movie on July 10th, they should go home to their kitchens and REMAKE these cupcakes. I didn’t have time to actually MAKE cupcakes (keeping it real here – not going to lie), so I had them ice over some store bought ones. They had so much FUN !!!
Last but certainly not least was my FAVORITE craft of the day — duck tape purses and wallets. HOW FUN, right?? We use Minions Twinkies as stuffers. Perfect takeaways! And PS – did I tell you that some of the Twinkies were banana flavored? I can’t!!!
This July, go back to where it all began. #Minions is in theaters July 10!!
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Duncan’s 28-year-old girlfriend, who was a passenger in the Corvette, suffered minor injuries, San Diego police Officer Robert Heims said.
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Editor’s note: as any parent, teacher or school-age child knows, summer vacation has arrived! This post was originally published on April 5, 2018, but all information remains relevant, and the topic, of course, does too. Whether you’re camping in another province, or checking out the Canadian national park nearest you, enjoy the freedom — and kids’ free entry– of our beautiful country’s great outdoors!
If a child enters for free into the forest, does anybody hear?
Have you heard the exciting news? Entrance to Canada’s national parks and historic sites is now permanently free to youth aged 17 years and under.
With these amazing Canada deals and permanent free entrance to our national parks, our great Canadian backyard is even more accessible to families.
Incredible Flower Pot Island, surrounded by turquoise freshwater, in Ontario’s Bruce Peninsula.
Last year, to celebrate Canada’s 150th, all national parks, historic sites and marine conservation areas offered free admission in 2017. The promotion was so successful, the federal government decided to continue offering free entry to children in 2018 and beyond. On average, an adult admission to our national parks and sites is $10, showing no difference in price from two years ago. The popular Discovery Pass, which gives the holder unlimited access to over 80 national parks and heritage sites for one year, will also still be available for purchase. Adult and senior admission fees go towards the conservation, care and operations of these important places and significant landmarks.
During the sesquicentennial, it wasn’t just our magnificent Rockies that showed peaks, but tourism in Canada, too. Outdoor getaways to national parks were so popular, many at-capacity camping grounds and hiking areas were forced to turn eager campers away.
Meet the locals, like these wild bison, in gems like Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba.
These glorious lands and lakes are just the tip of the Labrador iceberg, so to speak. Canada has more than 40 dedicated national parks –and thousands of provincial parks—that every Canadian, outdoor enthusiast or nature lover should visit.
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An iconic lighthouse is one of many stellar views to enjoy while camping in Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland.
Considering the popularity of 2017’s free national park entrance program, we expect even more families will continue to enjoy this promotion, which really is a breath of fresh air!
We don’t know about you, but we are feeling particularly proud *Cue This Land is Your Land* after reflecting on our beautiful Canadian wilderness, from sweeping mountains and fjords, polar bears to whales, crystal clear lakes and mighty tundra.
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Held at Cross Roads Camp and Retreat Center, this retreat focused on creating learning communities, understanding core principles of adaptive change and action learning, deepening understanding and appreciation of personal leadership, and building awareness and understanding of missional spiritual practices.
On Wednesday, the Revs. Paul Olsson, Susan Sica and Vicki McGrath, who began the Clergy Cohort journey in March 2015, shared their experiences. “It was good to hear the stories of those who have and are continuing in the process,” said one participant.
At the end of our time together, Bishop Beckwith shared lunch with us and celebrated the closing Eucharist.
I want to thank the Clergy Leadership Team, the Revs. Sheelagh Clarke, Bill Allport, and Rose Hassan, for the countless hours of meetings and creating content for this intensive and for their passion and support of our clergy and our Joining God journey. | 2019-04-19T11:45:09 | https://dioceseofnewark.org/content/clergy-intensive-retreat-building-collective-transformational-leaders-church |
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It’s hot, it’s sticky and all the children in the Dreamers room at St Nicholas Early Education, Singleton just want to play and get messy with water and sand.
Water play encourages the development of eye/hand coordination through pouring, squeezing, stirring, painting, scrubbing, and squirting. Children strengthen their gross motor skills by running, dodging water droplets, and hopping through a sprinkler. They widen their sensory experiences as they put their hands in different textures (gritty, squishy, and slimy) and different temperatures (warm, cool, and cold).
We love water play in the Dreamers Room!
Monica Redgrove is an Early Childhood Educator at St Nicholas Early Education, Singleton. | 2019-04-24T20:54:58 | http://mnnews.today/early-education/2016/14227-summer-is-finally-here/ |
The first attempt to establish a Greek Orthodox Community in Marlboro was in the year 1912 in the hall of the building on Liberty and Main Streets. The then parishioners built a small chapel. Due though to economic reasons, they were unsuccessful. In the year 1916, a second attempt was embarked upon. All the Greek Orthodox communicants in the city were summoned to a General Assembly. It was enthusiastically agreed to establish a Community with the title THE GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF STS. ANARGYROI. At this historic meeting a Constitution was adopted. A hall on Main Street was rented to celebrate the Divine Liturgy and other religious services of the new Community.
Click on either the original Greek or the translated English booklet below to view the entire 1923 By-laws. The .pdf file can be printed.
In 1924, a zestful drive was put forward, whereupon members and parishioners traveled from near and afar for the required financial resources for the construction of the new Church edifice.
On March 9th, 1924, the Community of Sts. Anargyroi met and decided to purchase their own Church building. A committee was formed to exhaust all energies towards this end. The committee finally fulfilled the wishes of the Community. They presented their thoughts to the Board of Directors who made the final arrangements for the purchase of the property upon which our beautiful Church now stands. The property was purchased on May 1st, 1924, for the financial amount of $2,500. The Community of Sts. Anargyroi was officially recognized as a Corporation and received its Charter from the State of Massachusetts on August 14th, 1924. The purpose of the Community as it attests on the Charter is “THE CORPORATION IS CONSTITUTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING A RELIGIOUS SOCIETY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GREEK ORTHODOX RESIDENTS OF MARLBORO, MASSACHUSETTS.
The official opening and placing of the cornerstone of our Church was on June 14th, 1925. The cost of the initial building was $14,692, excluding the hall floor. To meet the expenses of the building of the Church, the General Assembly met and decided that each family donates $25 to the Building Fund and the Community secure a bank loan of $10,000. Two hundred shares of $50 each were purchased by members and non-members. All these shares were later bought back or donated to the Community by the holders.
The construction of the Church was completed in December, 1925 and the first Divine Liturgy was celebrated in our Church on Christmas Day of that same year.
In the year 1926, the first Sunday School was established and the first Choir was formed.
In 1941, the mortgage of the Church building was paid in full and for the first time, the Community found itself completely out of debt.
The Community in 1954 purchased a Parish Home on Main Street.
In 1954 another momentous decision was made for the purchase of the large acreage for the picnic grounds on Milham Road for the amount of $1,500.
During this era the Sts. Anargyroi purchased a new parish home on Prospect Street.
In 1972, the Greek community of Marlborough took yet another giant step to present to its membership better facilities. It decided to erect a spacious school and educational center adjacent to the Church.
In 1974 we beautified the newly renovated Narthex with a new Pangari and Icon Stand and a striking new mosaic icon of Sts. Anargyroi which was donated by the GOYA.
By the 1980s Grecian Festivals had become popular and were typically held around the church grounds. Also, it was becoming increasingly difficult for the community to maintain the picnic grounds as they were located in a remote part of Marlborough. In 1986, the membership decided to sell the picnic grounds. In 1987, the picnic grounds were sold and the proceeds were invested.
By 1997 it had become more common that priests and their families preferred to buy their own homes. In accordance with this trend, Sts. Anargyroi sold the Prospect Street parish home to a parishioner.
Sts. Anarygroi took a bold step in 1998 by purchasing 28 Cashman Street (two doors down from the church). At this time, the community started to think about the possibility of building a new fellowship hall.
One year later in 1999 we had the opportunity to purchase the house adjacent to the church at 22 Cashman Street. The two houses that were purchased were razed and plans were begun to erect a fellowship hall on that location.
But tragedy struck in February 2001. A fire devastated our church. The addition that housed our classrooms and offices was completely destroyed and the original edifice was ravaged. All that remained were the exterior of the church and importantly, the spirit of the parishioners of Sts. Anargyroi to rebuild.
During this time St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church of Marlborough graciously offered space to Sts. Anargyroi. We could share a classroom as an office and use the basement of their classroom building to hold services. Once again, after more than 75 years, Sts. Anargyroi found itself in a temporary hall. This continued for two years while we struggled to rebuild our beloved church.
Six months after the fire, the community of Marlborough rallied around Sts. Anargyroi in an extraordinary gesture of goodwill and friendship. In August of 2001, a fundraiser spearheaded by Marlborough Community Services and the Marlborough/Hudson Clergy Association was held at the Holiday Inn. The hotel provided all the food free of charge. This event titled” Together We Can Rebuild” drew over 750 people for an evening of dinner and dancing. More than $30,000 was raised on that warm and memorable summer evening. Beyond the financial success the event fortified our spirit to rebuild.
On November 1, 2003, on the Nameday of our Patron Saints Cosmas and Damian, we found ourselves home again, in a totally restored, now slightly larger church. If it were possible, the restored church looked even better than it had prior to the fire.
The Memorial Plaza was completed in 2005. This allowed handicap access to the front of the church for the first time. It was adorned with flowers, trees, grass, and granite benches on which parishioners can rest and reflect peacefully upon their lives in the presence of the House of God.
The next few years would be a struggle. Although the church had been restored, we did not have the funds necessary to rebuild our classroom and office building. We did, however, still have the two pieces of land adjacent to the church. Slowly we began fundraising with the hopes of building that fellowship hall.
On Labor Day weekend of 2006, for the first time since 1990, Sts. Anargyroi held a Grecian Festival. Because we had the land next to the church, we could have the entire festival within our property. There were delicious Greek foods and pastries, music and dancing. Parishioners of all ages participated. That sense of unity and purpose had returned to Sts. Anargyroi. The residents of Marlborough and surrounding communities join us in the celebration of our culture and heritage and have supported our efforts. We continued to hold this event annually with the hopes that we would soon complete our goal to build the fellowship hall.
In September 2008, the community passed a resolution to spend $1,000,000 towards the building of a fellowship hall, and to retain Peter Bemis of Engineer Design Consultants of Southboro to be our site engineer. While he continued to work with us in the concept stage, the price of materials skyrocketed, and our investment dropped substantially. As such, the project became stagnant for a time. With Mr. Bemis' advice and council, we were introduced to John Younnis of Priggen Steel Construction Company.
As 2009 came to a close, the Parish Council decided that our investment had sufficiently recovered, construction costs had dropped due to the poor economy, and bank interest rates were at historic lows. The Council moved accordingly to lay the groundwork for a move to build the Hellenic Hall. A loan was secured with Marlboro Savings Bank as those terms were most favorable to the church.
Because so much time elapsed from the Sept. 2008 authorization, in March 2010 we went back to the General Assembly for another vote. The vote to appropriate 1.2 million dollars with a cost overrun provision was passed unanimously!
Groundbreaking for our new Hellenic Hall was in April 2010.
Now 10 years after the fire, Sts. Anargyroi once again had space for education, meetings, dinners, functions, and fellowship.
His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios joined us on February 6, 2011 to bless our new Hellenic Hall and to celebrate with the parishioners of Sts. Anargyroi on this long awaited and joyous accomplishment. | 2019-04-23T04:36:55 | http://stsanargyroi.org/our-patron-saints/our-history |
Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, I bring you greetings from the Government and people of Sierra Leone.
Let me first start by thanking the President of this great country-His Excellency Xi Jinping for his continued support to Sierra Leone. His commitment is in line with the existing relationship between our two countries spanning for over three decades.
On behalf of our President, His Excellency Julius Maada Bio, I say thank you and we are grateful for all the support.
As a new Government, we inherited a battered economy but with strong financial discipline, we are on track to address those challenges.
I am here to say that now is the time to transform our country.
Now is the time to bring development to our people.
Now is the time to strengthen our bilateral relationships.
Your Excellencies, China is perhaps the most prominent example of a country that has shifted from taxing to subsidizing its agricultural sector.
China’s domestic support policies for agriculture have expanded rapidly in size and scope.
A report summary from the Economic Research Service in the United States Department of Agriculture shows that China is now the leading destination for U.S. agricultural exports.
Let me commend the Government for such an impressive initiative.
China has recently released guidelines on green development in agriculture. These guidelines have set goals for resource conservation and environmental protection.
Agriculture, according to the guidelines, should be more sustainable, farmers better off, and the countryside more beautiful and habitable. This is only achievable with strong committed and disciplined leadership.
I must confess that we are here to provide such quality leadership to the people of Sierra Leone.
Under the New Direction, we made a sacred promise to provide free, but quality education for all Sierra Leoneans devoid of political affiliation, region or religion. I am happy to announce to you that the Free Quality Education was launched by President Julius Maada Bio where our President donated three months of his net salary to the Free Education Trust Fund. This sacrifice is indeed a great commitment.
Today, I am proud to say that come September 2018, all Sierra Leonean children will benefit from free, but quality education.
Another sacred commitment is using agriculture as an engine for economic growth. The agricultural sector will create an opportunity for employment creation, value creation, food security, economic growth etc. As a government, we have realized that the country’s mineral resources have not benefited the average Sierra Leonean.
We are now calling on you all to support our country through agriculture. We want to use agriculture to transform Sierra Leone.
Our youth are in need of jobs and the agricultural sector has not been properly utilized. This is why we need a strong partnership to achieve this objective. As a Government, we welcome your support.
Let me use this platform to assure you that we are ready to provide the enabling environment for genuine investors to invest.
I cannot end without stating that the most recent innovation in Chinese agriculture is the push into organic agriculture. This is very laudable.
The embracement of organic farming serves multiple purposes, including food safety, health benefits, export opportunities, and further provides price premiums for the produce of rural communities.
The adoption of organics has helped to stem the migration of rural workers to the cities. This migration from urban to rural areas is commendable.
It is my conviction that we would not leave here without proffering solutions for those challenges facing our respective countries.
As a Youth Ministry, we are calling on you all to provide the technical expertise, transfer of knowledge and technology to transform this sector. We are calling on you all to support our agricultural projects that will bring sustainable development to our country. | 2019-04-23T03:05:27 | http://sierraexpressmedia.com/?p=85413 |
Two of the best features available with today’s contact center management solutions are live call monitoring and real-time metrics. These tools allow you to see what is going on in your call center at any time, and listen to your agents on calls in progress. But without historical contact center metrics, you aren’t really seeing the big picture. The day-to-day details of your call center are important, but they are always informed by how your agents are performing over time.
How often do you review your call center’s historical reports? Do you regularly review month-over-month or year-over-year data? If you do look at historical contact center metrics on a weekly or even monthly basis, what do you do with the insights that you gather?
Below are just a few of the key contact center metrics that you should be reviewing over time, and how you can turn those metrics into actionable items for call center success.
Depending on your industry, your call center may experience different levels of call volume at different times. For example, retail distribution centers typically see a surge in calls just after the holiday season as shoppers call in with questions about returns or recent holiday purchases.
If you aren’t prepared for sudden jump in call volume, you could be faced with the problem of too few agents with far too many calls to handle. In turn, this lack of agent coverage can cause your average wait time to skyrocket – leaving you with frustrated customers waiting on hold for extended periods of time.
Sounds like a nightmare, right? Thankfully, historical contact center metrics make this problem entirely preventable. Start by pulling your call records for the past year (at least), and identifying peak calling times. If you see that your contact center experienced spikes in call volume during the month of October, for example, you know that you will need to scale up during that time in the coming year. Talk to your contact center software provider in advance and communicate your plans to scale up or down at particular times during the year.
As you review your call center’s real-time reports, you probably notice 1 or 2 missed calls a day. In the scope of a day during which your agents answer hundreds of calls, that may not seem like much. But, trust us – every missed call is important, and they add up.
But, if you aren’t sure when those unanswered calls are coming in on the whole, you don’t really know to address the problem. You could add another agent to your team, but agent time is costly, and you want to make sure that you allocate resources efficiently.
To do this, pull your unanswered call records for the past year or more. Pinpoint where you are seeing the most missed calls, and adjust your agents’ schedules accordingly. For example, if you are seeing a large influx of missed calls to your support line from 5 PM to 7 PM, you may want to add an agent to your support call queue during that time.
When it comes to customer satisfaction, first call resolution is one of the most important call center metrics to track. First call resolution rate represents the percentage of customers who contacted your business with a problem, and had that problem resolved on the first call. It can be difficult to track first call resolution with just one metric; but, you can look at different historical call center reports to get a clearer picture.
To identify how many of your customer’s have to call your business repeatedly to resolve a problem, choose a time period. For our purposes, we’ll say that we choose the last 6 months. Look through the calls and remove any that aren’t legitimate customer calls. These might include wrong numbers or internal calls. From there, you can determine the total number of calls that you received during that time period. Pull out all the repeat calls, then identify which repeat calls came within a standard contact window. We’ll use 24 hours for our contact window.
If you are seeing a high number of repeat calls within your contact window, you’ll know that you have a problem with first call resolution. Use call disposition code reports to dig deeper and identify which agents or departments appear to have the most trouble resolving customer issues on the first call. You can then use this information to develop optimized training programs that help agents address customer concerns in a more timely manner. | 2019-04-23T16:56:36 | https://www.avoxi.com/blog/what-you-can-learn-from-historical-contact-center-metrics/ |
Smith scored 15 of his 22 in the third quarter and knocked down three 3-pointers.
Sammie Freeman had 18 points. Avery Anderson tossed in 14.
The Texans got off to a hot start, using a 27-point second quarter to take a 43-14 lead at halftime. Northwest never allowed Aledo to get back into the game, outscoring the Bearcats in every quarter.
Northwest improved to 27-5 and 11-0 in District 6-5A. The Texans can clinch the district title with a win Tuesday at Azle.
The Jacksboro Tigers put a huge dent in Boyd’s playoff hopes Friday night, edging the Yellowjackets 44-39.
Boyd fell into a hole early, only scoring three points in the first quarter. The Yellowjackets clawed back to tie the game at 18 at halftime.
Blake Rodgers led Boyd in scoring with 15 points while Reuben Rodebaugh had 14.
Jacksboro outscored Boyd 26-21 in the second half to pull away.
The Yellowjackets dropped to 3-8 in District 8-3A play. Boyd took on Holliday Tuesday.
Behind a team-high 13 points from senior Jerod Blanks, the Chico Dragons upset Poolville 51-36 Friday.
Chico held the Monarchs scoreless in the second quarter and took a 17-point lead into halftime.
The Dragons hit several clutch free throws down the stretch to put the game away. Chico went 15-of-18 at the line in the fourth quarter, fending off a late rally by Poolville.
Kolton Forbus had 12 for the Dragons. Ty Deaton added 10.
The defending 2A state champions were too much for Alvord, as Muenster routed the Bulldogs 71-39.
Tanner Baker was the lone Bulldog to finish in double figures. He had 10. Jared Johnson and Hunter Richey each had eight.
The Hornets used a big second half to pull away, outscoring Alvord 41-20 in the final two quarters.
Alvord dropped to 18-10 on the season and 4-3 in District 11-2A. The Bulldogs played Era Tuesday.
The Slidell Greyhounds clinched the 21-A district title Friday with a 51-43 victory over Prairie Valley.
The win also gives Slidell a first-round playoff bye.
The Greyhounds went to their full-court press in the second half to get the lead and hold on for the win. Three Slidell players finished in double figures, led by Jesse Tijerina with 14. Shelby Johnson had 12. Slayton Pruett added 10.
With the win, the Greyhounds remained undefeated in district play. Slidell traveled to Gold-Burg Tuesday. | 2019-04-20T19:04:06 | http://www.wcmessenger.com/2018/sports/basketball-texans-rip-aledo/ |
The Emerald Hills Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Facility is located in Lynnwood, WA. This project began as a small roof replacement job over one-third of the existing roof. But it quickly escalated because the City of Lynnwood required several upgrades to bring the facility up to code.
Deteriorated roof sheathing and unsafe ceiling joists were found throughout the roof. A flat roof area covers approximately one-third of the building. This flat roof is tied into the original roof, so replacement of the flat roof was also required. Charter is currently replacing the entire roof.
All of the electrical throughout the building must be upgraded to bring it up to code. The building does not have an adequate fire safety system in place. A completely new fire alarm and sprinkler system will be installed to satisfy code regulations and ensure the safety of the residents. New plumbing throughout the building will likely be required as well. The plumbing system is currently being assessed. Finally, the boiler system was previously damaged and as a result, flooring must be replaced throughout the facility.
The facility is located in a residential neighborhood and the job site is small, which means the Charter team has to plan materials dropoff and onsite materials management carefully. A scaffold and a bubble will be built to keep the building’s interior dry and protected while the new roof is being constructed. In January 2017 Emerald Hills decided it would be best to move all of its patients out of the facility while work was being completed. Charter is working to re-open the Emerald Hills Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Facility in excellent condition as soon as possible, while still meeting our exacting quality standards. | 2019-04-20T20:53:05 | https://www.chartercon.com/services/senior-living/emerald-hills-skilled-nursing-facility.html |
He is right. For a time, I lived and worked in the sausage factory on the Potomac. Law-making wasn’t pretty then. It still isn’t.
As I keyboard (formerly I typed), I await the probable conferencing between the Senate and the House of Representatives to work out the differences between their versions of tax reform. I am not encouraged about what may result.
The Congressional Republican majorities compare their work nostalgically to the Tax Reform Act of 1986. The TRA of 1986 was thoughtfully designed in a bipartisan effort with time to hold hearings and to deliberate carefully. Even in such an environment, Congress designed a plan that unintentionally destroyed much of the real estate business and many (albeit already weak) savings and loan institutions. Many commentators have concluded that the TRA of 1986 eventually hurt or did not help very much the economy.
This proposed sausage very likely will be toxic, even though its manufacture is, in some cases, well-intentioned. I predict that the legislation that may result will be one of the oddest and most confusing tax laws ever enacted in the course of human habitation of this orb. Historically, little good has come to our country when Federal taxes and not Federal expenditures are cut.
So, I’ll keep watching the current events on Capitol Hill, even though they are pretty disgusting. People pay me good money to be current on the tax law and its evolution. They have to. Ugh.
Hey Vance, How Long Should I Keep My Tax Records?
Hey Vance, can I deduct my car expenses? | 2019-04-18T11:01:24 | http://www.hmpc.com/blog/making-laws-and-sausages-not-a-pretty-sight/ |
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Critics Consensus: The narration in Running Free detracts from its beauty, and pushes the film to the point of absurdity.
The best and most thoughtful family movie so far this year.
An empathy stretching drama about a horse trying to stay alive in adverse circumstances. | 2019-04-21T20:12:33 | https://moviesanywhere.com/movie/running-free-1999 |
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On Wednesday, March 22nd at 9:00AM PST I'm going to be presenting a free webcast on SQL Server 2005 query plans. The session starts very basic. We start with very simple query plans and work up as far as we can in the 45 minute session. We'll also cover profiler and some limited index maintenance. If you haven't worked much with query plans this is a great session to get started.
The registration web site is a little funky. Most of these webcasts are targeted at ColdFusion, PHP and Java Developers. Those are the first three choices on the web page. If you use one of those you can choose it. If you don't use one you can choose any of them.
On the second page there is a tab for Data Access on the bottom of the page. My session is listed there. UPDATE: The recorded web cast is now available. You'll need to register using the procedure I described above. | 2019-04-20T06:45:13 | https://www.sqlteam.com/articles/updated-sql-server-2005-query-plan-webcast |
RAY WILKINS has called on Roman Abramovich to give Gus Poyet the job of leading Chelsea into a new era at the end of this season.
The Chelsea legend believes that with Abramovich’s first-choice Pep Guardiola now enticed away from Stamford Bridge by Bayern Munich, former Blues hero Poyet is the only man who can heal the wounds tearing the club apart.
The effervescent Uruguyan is in charge at Brighton, where in three years he has built a side playing fluent, skilful football which he has taken into the Championship. They lie just outside the play-off places.
More important though for Wilkins than the fact that Poyet, 45, is one of the brightest young managers in the game is the fact that he is a former Chelsea hero who spent four seasons at the club from 1997 to 2001, scoring 36 goals in 105 appearances.
Another dismal night at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday saw Chelsea throw away a 2-0 lead to draw with Southampton. Interim manager Rafa Benitez was once again blamed as his team were booed off the field.
Wilkins believes that only someone steeped in Chelsea lore can unite the club – and that man is Poyet.
Wilkins, a former captain and assistant manager, said: “If I was Roman Abramovich I would employ Gus. He is a young manager with new ideas. He is the right type of guy to manage Chelsea. He knows the club inside out from his time as a player there, and the fans still love him.
Benitez is seemingly blowing his chances of landing the job permanently with every home game, and the fans are growing more hostile as results, certainly at the Bridge, fail to impress.
But Wilkins believes Benitez still has a chance – if he wins a cup and finishes third in the Premier League – to land the job permanently. But the fans need to give him a chance.
“There is a frosty environment, and it is not helping the younger players,” he said. “They expect the place to be vibrant, but it isn’t. Every decision is questioned.
“But they should give Rafa a chance. He is going through a sticky period with the fans. And it is not his fault. He didn’t ask for the job, he was offered it.
“The atmosphere is not getting any better. It is affecting the players. It is becoming difficult for them to play there.
“Confidence seems to drain out of them the minute something goes wrong. Without John Terry the leadership qualities are not there. When he comes back it will be a massive help. You can’t capitulate because you lose a goal.
“For Rafa it is not easy to stand there and get dog’s abuse. But the players have to take some responsibility. They have to go out and do it.
“If Rafa wins a trophy and finishes third, I still think he has a chance of the job.” Guardiola’s rejection of Chelsea after three approaches from Abramovich is a blow.
But Wilkins does not feel that Abramovich’s hair-trigger sacking policy has made Chelsea an unmanageable club.
He said: “No one knows what Roman will do. The man has spent nearly a billion pounds on the club. If I had spent that I would be doing what I want to do.
“Whoever takes that job knows what they are going into. Every year they change the manager, but every year they win something. So who’s to say he is wrong?
“But I don’t detect that the fans are turning against Roman. The atmosphere is not right, but Abramovich has given these supporters a lot of cheer. | 2019-04-25T08:05:26 | https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/371568/Gus-Poyet-would-mend-broken-Bridge-at-Chelsea |
1. On June 1, 2004, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the IACHR” or “the Commission”) received a petition lodged by the Interecclesiastical Justice and Peace Commission (hereinafter “the petitioners”) alleging the responsibility of the Republic of Colombia (hereinafter “the State” or “the Colombian State”) in incidents known as “Operation Genesis” that took place between February 24 and 27, 1997, in the municipality of Riosucio, Chocó department, and that resulted in the murder of Mr. Marino López and the forced displacement of the members of 22 communities of African descent living along the banks of the River Cacarica.
2. During processing the petitioners claimed the State was responsible for violations of Articles 2 (domestic legal effects), 4.1 (right to life), 5.1 and 5.2 (humane treatment), 8 (fair trial), 17 (rights of the family), 19 (rights of the child), 21 (right to property), 22 (right not to be displaced), and 25 (judicial protection) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” or “the American Convention”), in conjunction with Article 1.1 thereof, as well as of Articles 1 and 8 of the Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture. The petitioners claimed that their filing was admissible under the exceptions to the rule requiring the prior exhaustion of domestic remedies set out in Article 46.2.a and c of the American Convention. The State, in turn, argued that the Commission lacked competence to deal with certain aspects of the petition, and that the claim was inadmissible because domestic remedies had not been exhausted and because of the nature of the alleged facts in light of the fourth-instance doctrine.
3. After considering the parties’ claims, the Commission decided to declare the case admissible as regards Articles 4, 5, 8.1, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24, and 25 of the American Convention, in conjunction with Article 1.1 thereof, and as regards Articles 1 and 8 of the Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture, in accordance with the requirements set out in Articles 46 and 47; to notify the parties of that decision; and to publish the decision in its Annual Report.
4. The IACHR registered the petition under No. 499-04 and, after a preliminary analysis, conveyed to the State a copy of the pertinent parts on September 29, 2004, along with a deadline of two months in which to submit information on the allegations contained therein, in compliance with Article 30.2 of the IACHR’s Rules of Procedure. On November 29, 2004, the Colombian State asked the Commission for a 30-day extension of the deadline for its reply. On December 7, 2004, the Commission granted that extension. The deadline passed without the State having submitted its reply.
5. On January 24, 2005, the Commission again asked the Colombian State to submit information, but received no response. On March 9, 2006, the Commission received a “summary and clarification” of the petition from the petitioners. On April 4, 2006, the Commission sent the State the relevant parts of that submission, with a deadline of 30 days in which to submit its comments. On April 18, 2006, the State finally presented its reply to the initial petition and, on June 8, 2006, also presented its comments on the petitioners’ submission forwarded to it on March 6, 2006. In the latter communication, the State asked the IACHR to “clarify whether the main petition in this case is the one [conveyed by the IACHR on] [...] September 29, 2004, or on April 4, 2006.” The Commission explained that the “summary and clarification” contained no facts or claims further to those submitted by the petitioners in their initial communication of 2004, which was sent to the State before it submitted its delayed response to that original petition on April 18, 2006, together with an additional period of time in which to present comments, which the State used prior to submitting its brief dated June 8, 2006.
6. Reference should also be made to the precautionary measures registered as No. MC 70/99 and requested by the IACHR on December 17, 1997, after an on-site visit to the Turbo stadium, which was then housing a number of individuals displaced as a result of the incidents described in the petition and where the Commission was able to directly observe their situation. In its submission of April 18, 2006, the State formally requested that the documents contained in the case file of precautionary measures MC 70/99 be transferred to the case file of petition P 499/04, Marino López et al. (Operation Genesis). In connection with this, the IACHR finds that the State’s request is appropriate for the comprehensive treatment of the situation addressed in this petition. It should also be noted that in 1998 the IACHR asked the State to furnish information on the situation of the displaced persons in Bahía Cupica, who are also covered by the claims in this petition.
7. Before dealing specifically with the positions of the parties, reference should be made to a range of geographical, historical, and sociological information; these details are not disputed and are useful in understanding the background to the parties’ positions. Many of these facts are included in the claims presented by one party or the other.
8. The Urabá area is located in the north of the department of Chocó (Urabá Chocoano or Darién Chocoano) and the west of the department of Antioquia (Urabá Antioqueño). The area surrounds the Gulf of Urabá and the border with Panama, making it a strategic corridor for access to both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. In spite of being one of the regions of the world with the highest levels of biodiversity, its inhabitants, who are mostly of African descent, suffer from unsatisfied basic needs.
9. Violence caused by the armed conflict has had a wide-ranging impact on its population patterns and labor relations and on the emergence of social and political players. Illegal armed groups have used this region as a corridor for reaching the border with the Republic of Panama for trafficking weapons and drugs, and they have cut down the native species of the municipality of Riosucio in order to plant coca.
10. Because of that situation, the civilian population of African descent in this region of the country has been forced to live with presence of illegal armed groups, both guerrillas (primarily the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC-EP) and paramilitaries (specifically the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, AUC, and the Peasant Self-Defense Forces of Córdoba and Urabá, ACCU). Also present in the area are security forces, with units of the National Police, the Navy (chiefly in the Gulf of Urabá and in the River Atrato and its affluents), and Brigade XVII of the National Army, based in Carepa, Antioquia.
11. The petitioners claim that between February 24 and 27, 1997, the Afro-descendants dwelling along the River Cacarica were affected by a series of aerial and land-based bombardments, raids, attacks on their property, and threatening behavior that led to the forced displacement of their communities. They claim that this operation, called “Operation Genesis,” was designed by the XVII Brigade of the National Army to combat the FARC-EP presence in the region but that it was carried out with the direct involvement of paramilitaries wearing AUC and ACCU insignia. They also alleged that the armed men who participated in the military operation murdered Mr. Marino López.
12. Specifically, they claim that on February 24, 1997, airplanes and helicopters flew over the Cacarica basin region, and troops from the Army’s XVII Brigade began moving overland toward the area. During the morning, they claim, representatives from the Afro-descendant communities tried to meet with the officer in charge of the operation in Bocachica, identified as Maj. Salomón, to which end they approached a group of soldiers stationed on the ground. The say they had to cross several security cordons manned by members of the AUC and the ACCU and that they only managed to speak with an armed and camouflaged civilian by the name of Cornelio Maquilon, who told them he was authorized to speak for Maj. Salomón and told them to head for the municipality of Turbo in Antioquia.
13. The petitioners report that during the afternoon, the first forced displacement of tens of families took place: some headed for higher land, and others walked for more than ten hours until they reached the River Atrato and sought refuge in the municipality of Turbo. By 7:45 p.m. the bombardments of the Salaquí and Cacarica river basins had begun, and they continued for three hours.
15. The petitioners claim that on February 26, 1997, at around 1:10 p.m., some 150 civilians wearing armbands of the Voltigeros Battalion of the Army’s XVII Brigade and the Marines arrived at the settlement of Bijao along the River Cacarica, firing their weapons. Upon hearing the explosions, some community members stampeded toward the mountainous part of the land, where they met with units involved in the military operation that were surrounding the settlement. For 20 minutes the armed men fired their weapons and threw grenades at the roofs of their homes, while others ransacked houses, shops, and barns. They also sprayed the community’s outboard motors with machinegun fire and set fire to an electricity plant.
17. The petitioners claim that the next day, February 27, 1997, the armed men tortured and decapitated Marino López Mean. The petitioners state that members of the military and paramilitaries then kicked it on repeated occasions, as if it were a football match, following which they invited the members of the community of Bijao who saw the incident to join in the game.
19. The petitioners claim that the first three displacements in the communities of Bocachica, Teguerré, Villa Hermosa, Bijao-Cacarica, El Limón, Quebrada Bonita, and Barranquilla were followed by others in the remaining villages. By February 28, 1997, almost 2,500 people had been displaced from the Cacarica area to Turbo, Bocas del Atrato, and Panama. Very few residents decided to remain in the Cacarica basin.
20. The displaced persons who decided to take refuge in Turbo were first taken there by police units in trucks and animal carts. A large percentage gathered together at the sports stadium, where they remained for several months in conditions of subhuman overcrowding. In turn, the people of Bijao, Puente América, La Honda, and El Limón who were unable to reach Turbo took refuge in Bocas del Atrato, where they were initially given shelter in a schoolroom. Those who tried to return to the Cacarica area met with a military checkpoint at La Loma. Another group of 250 residents – mostly women and children – reached the border with Panama after a 15-day hike through the jungle, during which several parents were separated from their offspring and some children were lost in the undergrowth. The petitioners report that this group was illegally deported in April 1997 and returned to Colombia at the town of Bahía Cupica.
21. The petitioners hold that these incidents constitute violations of the right to life and to human treatment, of the rights of family and children, of property, of freedom from expulsion, and the right of judicial protection, as enshrined in the American Convention, as well as of the State’s duty of upholding those rights. They also allege a violation of the obligation of ensuring the immediate and ex officio investigation of acts of torture inflicted on persons under state jurisdiction, in accordance with Articles 1 and 8 of the Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture. In their initial filing the petitioners also referred to the State’s alleged responsibility for violating the United Nations Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, the International Convention against Torture, and the International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
22. They maintain that their claim meets the admissibility requirements. As regards the prior exhaustion of domestic remedies, they state that in the instant case, the exceptions provided for in sections (a) and (c) of Article 46.2 of the American Convention are applicable. At the time of the incident, they say, the forced displacement of persons had not been defined as a crime, and as a result of that the victims had no available judicial remedy; and that given the length of time that has passed since Operation Genesis, during which those responsible for the forced displacement of the residents of the Cacarica basin and the murder of Marino López have been neither prosecuted nor punished, they maintain there has been an unwarranted delay on the part of the domestic courts.
23. The State holds that Operation Genesis was a military operation carried out under a legally issued operational order from the Commander of Brigade XVII as the competent authority and that it sought the legitimate goal of pursuing groups guilty of criminal acts in the region and of liberating ten Marines kidnapped by guerrillas in Juradó. It says the operation was carried out in accordance with legal guidelines and with respect toward the civilian population and that, according to official information, it resulted in no civilian deaths or injuries. It adds that the displacement of the population was not caused by Operation Genesis, but had been ongoing since some days earlier as a result of the criminal activities of illegal armed groups with guerrilla ties.
24. The State presents a series of arguments in which it claims the Commission does not have the necessary competence to examine some of the claims made by the petitioners, and that in general terms the petition is inadmissible because domestic remedies have not been exhausted and because of the nature of the alleged facts in light of the fourth-instance doctrine.
25. First of all, the State argues what it refers to as the IACHR’s lack of competence ratione personae for ruling on the effects of the alleged violations with respect to all the affected persons. The State holds that the only person fully identified in the petition is Mr. Marino López and that the residents of the Río Cacarica basin towns (Puente América, Bijao–Cacarica, Quebrada del Medio, Bogotá, Barranquilla, El Limón–Peranchito, Santa Lucía, Las Pajas, Quebrada Bonita, La Virginia, Villa Hermosa–La Raya, San Higinio, Puerto Berlín, Puerto Nuevo, Montañita Cirilo, Bocachica, Balsagira, San José de la Balsa, La Balsa, Bendito Bocachico, Varsovia, Tequerré Medio) allegedly affected by the reported incident are not identified by name and so therefore should not be considered victims by the IACHR. To support this stance, it states that Article 44 of the Convention, which establishes the right of standing for appearances before the inter-American system, requires the “full and complete” individual identification of the victims, since the aim of the system is protection in individual cases and not in general or abstract situations.
27. Thirdly, the State claims that the petition is inadmissible since the Commission may not rule on matters already decided at domestic venues when rights protected by the Convention are not affected, since in such an instance “it would become a trial court.” It holds that in the case at hand, “the Commission may not admit the petition in order to review the preclusion” ordered in single-instance criminal trial No. 5767 regarding the actions of Brigadier General Rito Alejo del Río Rojas, serving as the commanding officer of Army Brigade XVII during 1996 and 1997.
28. The State acknowledges that “some reports indicate that the officer might have offered assistance to the ‘paramilitaries,’ either by knowingly and voluntarily failing to take the steps necessary to address the problem, or by providing them with the wherewithal to act freely and establish groups of that kind.” In response, on July 21, 2002, an investigation of that officer began; he was crossexamined; and, when his legal situation was defined, the preclusion of the investigation was ordered. The State holds that the preclusion order that led to the conclusion of the investigation into the former commander of the XVII Brigade represented the exhaustion, by the State itself, of the internal remedy arising from the accusations and charges of conspiracy, embezzlement of official property, perverting the course of justice by omission, and crimes incurred through the failure to perform the duty of guarantor during 1996 and 1997. Colombia’s position is that the petitioners’ dissatisfaction with the results of the investigation does not empower them to pursue the review by the Commission of the resolution of preclusion and filing away adopted by the Prosecutor General of the Nation (FGN) in office at that time, Camilo Osorio.
30. Fourthly, the State claims that the petition fails to meet both the condition requiring the prior exhaustion of domestic remedies contained in Article 46.1.a and the conditions for applying the exception thereto provided for in Article 46.2.c. It maintains that as long as the criminal investigation of the incident described in the petition is still pending final judgment, its admission must be deferred until the State has discharged the measures for resolving the situation over which it has competence. The table below, drawn up by the IACHR, summarizes the information furnished by the State in connection with those proceedings, and it also includes details on two disciplinary investigations supposedly relating to the involvement of state agents in the events described in the petition.
31. The State maintains that the judicial authorities “have diligently pursued these proceedings in spite of the enormous level of difficulty they represent [and] major jurisdictional efforts have been made as regards the evidence in order to clear up the incidents and punish the guilty.” In light of the complexity of the matter and the procedural steps taken over almost a decade, the State believes that the exception provided for in Article 46.2.c of the American Convention, regarding unwarranted delays in the administration of justice, should not be applied.
33. The State holds that Article 44 of the American Convention requires the “full and complete” individual identification of the victims of claims lodged with the IACHR. It thus believes that since the sole victim identified by name in the petition is Mr. Marino López, the Commission should restrict its competence to examining the circumstances surrounding his death in Bijao-Cacarica on February 27, 1997, and its clarification through judicial channels. It consequently holds that consideration should not be given to the events of February 24 to 28, 1997, that led to the forced displacement of the Afro-descendant communities inhabiting the River Cacarica basin, or to the effects or judicial investigation thereof, regarding which, the State claims, the IACHR does not have competence ratione personae.
34. First of all, the Commission notes that the text of Article 44 of the American Convention, which enables “any person or group of persons, or any nongovernmental entity [to] lodge petitions with the Commission containing denunciations or complaints of violation (...) by a State Party,” contains no restriction of competence arising from the “full and complete” identification of the individuals affected by such a violation. This is a deliberate omission, intended to allow the examination of human rights violations that, by their nature, may affect a given individual or group of persons who are not necessarily fully identified, as is the case with NN victims. Frequently, the difficulty of fully identifying the victims, particularly in cases involving multiple human rights violations, arises directly from the efforts of the perpetrators to hide the evidence and hinder any proceedings that could cause light to be cast on their crimes. In such cases, requiring formal criteria to identify the victims would perversely encourage their exclusion from international protection, ensuring the concealment of the crimes committed and the surrounding impunity.
35. While the Colombian State’s opinion that the procedure set out in the American Convention whereby the Inter-American Commission and Court examine and determine the responsibility of states parties in individual cases cannot be used to examine general or abstract situations is correct, that is not, however, applicable to the matter at hand. The claim lodged by the petitioners is not an abstract complaint regarding the situation of internally displaced persons in Colombia. The alleged facts specify circumstances of time and place that affected members of the communities of Puente América, Bijao-Cacarica, Quebrada del Medio, Bogotá, Barranquilla, El Limón-Peranchito, Santa Lucía, Las Pajas, Quebrada Bonita, La Virginia, Villa Hermosa–La Raya, San Higinio, Puerto Berlín, Puerto Nuevo, Montañita Cirilo, Bocachica, Balsagira, San José de la Balsa, La Balsa, Bendito Bocachico, Varsovia, and Tequerré Medio, the geographical location of which is clear.
36. As regards the individual identification of the victims, the Commission notes that in its submission of April 18, 2006, the State listed a series of actions taken by entities such as the Office of the People’s Defender in providing assistance to the displaced persons referred to in the petition and submits figures taken from an official census that should identify them in full. In addition, as the State is aware, the case file dealing with precautionary measures MC 70/99 – which, at the State’s own request, is being considered as part of these proceedings – contains proof of the identity of the beneficiary community that has grouped together a substantial proportion of the individuals displaced by the incidents under study in this report. It should be noted that the case file contains elements for the individual identification of most of the persons affected by the alleged actions.
37. In consideration of the above, the Commission believes that it has competence to examine the claim as filed, as regards the possible violation of both the rights of Mr. Marino López and those of the victims of the displacement of the communities of Puente América, Bijao–Cacarica, Quebrada del Medio, Bogotá, Barranquilla, El Limón–Peranchito, Santa Lucía, Las Pajas, Quebrada Bonita, La Virginia, Villa Hermosa–La Raya, San Higinio, Puerto Berlín, Puerto Nuevo, Montañita Cirilo, Bocachica, Balsagira, San José de la Balsa, La Balsa, Bendito Bocachico, Varsovia, and Tequerré Medio, in that they are individual persons with respect to whom the Colombian State had agreed to respect and ensure the rights enshrined in the American Convention.
38. Having said that, it should also be noted that collective claims alleging violations of the rights of particularly vulnerable groups, which include communities of African descent, warrant special treatment. In the case under examination, the individual identification of the victims vis-à-vis the Commission’s competence to examine the merits of the claim must acknowledge the victims’ status as Afro-descendants, their form of community existence, and their collective landholding mechanisms, together with the predominance of women and children among the displaced population.
39. The Commission has competence ratione materiae and ratione temporis for examining the allegations of possible violations of human rights protected by the American Convention and the Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture submitted by the petitioners. Colombia has been a party to the American Convention since July 31, 1973, when it deposited the corresponding instrument of ratification; it has also been a party to the Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture since January 19, 1999, when it deposited the corresponding instrument of ratification. With respect to this latter instrument, the petitioners’ claim is limited to the obligation of ensuring the immediate, ex officio investigation of acts of torture committed against persons under the jurisdiction of the state, pursuant to Articles 1 and 8 thereof. Given the date of the Colombian State’s ratification of the Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture, determining responsibility for acts of torture or inhumane treatment suffered by the alleged victims in the instant case is covered by Article 5 of the American Convention.
40. The petitioners have made claims regarding the State’s alleged responsibility for violations of other international instruments. Specifically, they cite the United Nations Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, the International Convention against Torture, and the International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. In response, the State holds that the Commission is not competent to rule on its responsibility for violations of those instruments, which do not award jurisdiction for their oversight to the bodies of the inter-American system.
can observe that certain acts or omissions that violate human rights, pursuant to the treaties that they do have competence to apply, also violate other international instruments for the protection of the individual... [Provided] there is a similarity between the content of [other treaties] and the provisions of the American Convention and other international instruments regarding non-derogable human rights (such as the right to life and the right not to be submitted to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment), the relevant provisions [...] may be taken into consideration as elements for the interpretation of the American Convention.
This reasoning is based on the rules of interpretation set out in Article 29 of the American Convention. It should therefore be concluded that, if deemed appropriate, the Commission has the authority to invoke standards enshrined in other treaties in interpreting the provisions of the American Convention.
42. In fact, for the specific determination of state responsibility under Article 22 of the American Convention, the Inter-American Court has ruled that the problem of forced displacements must be analyzed in light of international human rights law and international humanitarian law and, in the case of Colombia, also in light of the emergence of the phenomenon in the context of the internal armed conflict.
44. Article 46.1.a of the American Convention requires the prior exhaustion of the available domestic legal resources in accordance with generally recognized principles of international law, as a prerequisite for the admission of claims alleging violations of the American Convention.
(c) there has been unwarranted delay in rendering a final judgment under the aforementioned remedies.
As the Inter-American Court has established, whenever a State claims that a petitioner has not exhausted the relevant domestic remedies, it is required to demonstrate that the remedies that have not been exhausted are “suitable” for remedying the alleged violation and that the function of those resources with the domestic legal system is applicable to protecting the violated juridical situation.
46. In the instant case, the State claims that the petition does not satisfy the requirement regarding the prior exhaustion of the remedies offered by domestic jurisdiction set out in Article 46.1.a of the American Convention since three investigations are still pending. In turn, the petitioners hold that the exceptions provided in Article 46.2.a and c apply on account of the nonexistence of judicial resources for reporting the commission of the crime of forced displacement in 1997 and the unwarranted delay in the judicial clarification of all the facts described in the petition.
47. As indicated by the parties’ claims, almost a decade after the events described in the petition, of the three investigations that have not been precluded or sent to the archive, one is in the investigation phase and two are in the preliminary phase, without the investigation as yet having been formally opened.
48. The Commission notes that, as a general rule, a criminal investigation must be carried out promptly to protect the interests of the victims, to preserve the evidence, and also to safeguard the rights of all persons deemed suspects in the investigation. In this case, the time that has passed reduces the possibilities of an effective investigation. As the Inter-American Court has ruled, although all criminal investigations must meet a series of legal requirements, the ruling requiring the prior exhaustion of domestic remedies must not mean that international action in support of the victims is halted or delayed to the point of uselessness.
49. Regarding the petitioners’ request for application of the exception provided for in Article 46.2.a, the State notes that although forced displacement was only criminalized in 2000, at the time of the incident there were other punishable acts that could have been used to characterize the alleged criminal behavior arising from the forced displacement and regarding which the authorities had a “margin of appreciation.” The IACHR notes that the State’s reasoning indicates that in spite of the material complaints made over the years by the victims – some of which are set out in the case file of precautionary measures MC 70/99 – the authorities did not pursue any proceedings specifically in connection with the criminal acts that led to the forced displacement of the affected communities in the case at hand.
51. In sum, given the characteristics and context of this case, the Commission believes that it is appropriate to apply the exception to the prior exhaustion of domestic remedies requirement provided for in Article 46.2.c of the American Convention, on account of the delay in administering effective justice in connection with the incidents set out in the petition. As regards the exception granted by Article 46.2.a, the IACHR believes that on account of its characteristics, it is covered by the exception applicable to delays as already admitted.
52. Invoking the exceptions to the exhaustion of domestic remedies rule contained in Article 46(2) of the Convention is closely tied in with determining possible violations of certain rights set forth therein, such as guarantees of access to justice. However, by its very nature and purpose, Article 46.2 is a provision with autonomous content vis-à-vis the Convention’s substantive precepts. So, the decision as to whether the exceptions to the exhaustion of domestic remedies rule are applicable in the case at hand must be taken before the merits of the case are examined and in isolation from that examination, in that it depends on a different criterion from the one used to determine whether Articles 8 and 25 of the Convention were indeed violated. It should be noted that the causes and effects that prevented the exhaustion of domestic remedies in the case at hand will be analyzed in the Commission’s future report on the merits of the controversy, in order to determine whether or not the American Convention was in fact violated.
53. The American Convention requires that for a petition or communication to be admitted by the Commission, it must be lodged within a period of six months from the date on which the alleged victim of a rights violation was notified of the final judgment. In the instant case, the IACHR has admitted exceptions to the exhaustion of domestic remedies requirement in accordance with Article 46.2.c of the American Convention. In this regard, Article 32 of the Commission’s Rules of Procedure states that in cases in which the exceptions to the requirement of prior exhaustion of domestic remedies are applicable, petitions must be presented within what the Commission considers a reasonable period of time. For that purpose, the Commission has to consider the date on which the alleged violation of rights occurred and the circumstances of each case.
54. In the case at hand, the petition was presented on June 1, 2004, and the incidents it describes commenced on February 24, 1997. Since part of the petition deals with the delay in responding to the situations it describes and in administering justice, it must be concluded that the petition was lodged within a reasonable time and that this admissibility requirement has been satisfied.
55. Nothing in the case file indicates that the substance of the petition is pending a decision in any other international settlement proceeding or that it is substantially the same as any other petition already examined by this Commission or another international body. Hence, the requirements set forth in Articles 46.1.c and 47.d of the Convention have been met.
56. The State asks the IACHR to declare inadmissible the petitioners’ claims regarding the involvement of the then commander of Army Brigade XVII in the planning and perpetration of the incidents described in the petition and the fact that currently no state agent is under investigation by the domestic courts. Specifically it holds that in the case at hand “the Commission may not admit the petition in order to review the preclusion” ordered in single-instance criminal trial No. 5767 regarding the actions of Brigadier General Rito Alejo del Río Rojas, serving as the commanding officer of Army Brigade XVII during 1996 and 1997.
57. It should first be pointed out that the mechanism provided by Articles 44 to 51 of the American Convention is not intended to establish the individual criminal responsibility of those persons who, acting either as civilians or as state agents, might have been involved in the commission of a crime, but rather to establish the State’s responsibility for violating the American Convention and other applicable instruments. It would, thus, be inappropriate for the IACHR to invoke those mechanisms in order to overturn a decision adopted domestically by an investigating agency. Having said that, examining and determining whether state responsibility is involved in a given incident requires considering whether the organs and agents acting within the scope of state authority have made the State responsible by failing to take the steps necessary to ensure the persons under its jurisdiction the rights that the American Convention protects, in particular as regards the due legal clarification of violations of irrevocable basic rights.
58. The arguments of the parties indicate that the possible responsibility of state agents in the torture and murder of Marino López, and in the forced displacement of hundreds of Afro-descendants, in conjunction with illegal armed groups from the AUC and ACCU, is one of the disputed matters in the case at hand, which should be dealt with when the merits of the claim are examined. Similarly, the actions and omissions of the judicial system in determining the criminal responsibility of state agents – already a cause for concern to the IACHR on account of its monitoring of precautionary measures MC 70/99 – should also be examined in the following phase.
59. The Commission therefore believes that the petitioners’ claims regarding the death of Mr. Marino López and the forced displacement of the members of the 22 communities of African descent that inhabited the River Cacarica basin as a result of the actions carried out between February 24 and 27, 1997, could tend to establish violations of the rights enshrined in Articles 4, 5, 8, 17, 19, 21, 22, and 25 of the American Convention, in conjunction with Article 1.1 thereof. In addition, given the characteristics of the affected population and of the allegations contained in the petition, the Commission believes that this issue should be examined in light of Article 24 of the Convention during the merits phase. Since these aspects of the petition are not manifestly groundless or obviously out of order, the Commission holds that the requirements set forth in Article 47.b and c of the American Convention have been met as regards this aspect of the claim.
60. The Commission concludes that in accordance with the requirements established in Articles 46 and 47 of the American Convention, it is competent to examine this complaint as regards the alleged violation of Articles 4, 5, 8.1, 24, 25, and 1.1 of the American Convention and Articles 1 and 8 of the Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture with respect to Mr. Marino López and as regards the alleged violation of Articles 5, 8.1, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, and 1.1 of the American Convention with respect to the individuals displaced from the Cacarica basin as a result of the events of February 24 to 27, 1997.
1. To declare that the complaint is admissible as regards the alleged violation of Articles 4, 5, 8.1, 24, 25, and 1.1 of the American Convention and Articles 1 and 8 of the Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture with respect to Mr. Marino López and as regards the alleged violation of Articles 5, 8.1, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, and 1.1 of the American Convention with respect to the individuals displaced from the Cacarica basin as a result of the events of February 24 to 27, 1997.
2. To give notice of this decision to the Colombian State and to the petitioner.
3. To continue with its analysis of the merits of the complaint.
4. To publish this decision and to include it in its Annual Report to the General Assembly of the OAS.
Done and signed in the city of Washington, D.C., on the 21st day of the month of October, 2006. (Signed): Evelio Fernández Arévalos, President; Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, First Vice-President; Florentín Meléndez, Second Vice-President; Freddy Gutiérrez, Paolo G. Carozza and Víctor Abramovich, Commissioners.
Note DDH. GOI/28080/1361 from the Directorate of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law at the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dated June 8, 2006, p. 1.
In its 1997 Annual Report the IACHR said that “on December 17, 1997, the Commission requested that precautionary measures be taken in behalf of the members of a community that had been displaced by violence in the locale of Turbo. Several of them were murdered in 1997. Among them were persons who had taken refuge in the municipal sports stadium and others in shelters specially built for that purpose. On December 11, two armed persons identified as paramilitary men went into the Turbo sports stadium looking for a member of the community. On December 14, another paramilitary person was seen inspecting the “Unidos Retornaremos” shelter.” 1997 Annual Report of the IACHR, OEA/Ser.L/V/II.98, Doc. 6, February 17, 1998, Chapter III.2.A, section on precautionary measures in the Republic of Colombia. On January 11, 1999, the Commission ratified the continuation of the precautionary measures originally requested on December 17, 1997, on behalf of the individuals located in the displaced persons camp at the Turbo stadium and Bocas del Atrato. See: 1998 Annual Report of the IACHR, OEA/Ser.L/V/II.102, Doc. 6 rev. April 16, 1999, Chapter III, paragraph 22. The precautionary measures currently remain in force to protect the displaced persons who today are a part of the communities of African descent grouped together in the CAVIDA Organization and resettled on their collective lands along the River Cacarica. In June 2003 the Commission conducted an on-site visit to the CAVIDA collective lands to assess the situation of beneficiaries of those precautionary measures. See: IACHR Press Release No. 15/03, “IACHR Rapporteur concludes working visit to the Republic of Colombia,” June 27, 2003, at http://www.cidh.oas.org/Comunicados/English/2003/15.03.htm.
The IACHR provided a series of comments on the situation of the displaced persons in Turbo in its Third Report on the Human Rights Situation in Colombia (1999) OEA/Ser.L/V/II.102 Doc. 9 rev. 1, February 26, 1999, Chapter VI, paragraphs 44 to 47.
The IACHR provided a series of comments on the situation of the displaced persons in Bahía Cupica in its Third Report on the Human Rights Situation in Colombia (1999) OEA/Ser.L/V/II.102 Doc. 9 rev. 1, February 26, 1999, Chapter VI, paragraph 53.
The Darién Chocoano region comprises four municipalities – Acandí, Unguía, Riosucio, and Carmen del Darién – and covers 4,820 km2. The access route is the River Atrato and its tributaries the rivers Turandó, Cacarica, Jiguamiandó, and Jarapetó.
The Urabá Antioqueño comprises eleven municipalities – Apartadó, Carepa, Chigorodó, Necoclí, San Juan de Urabá, San Pedro de Urabá, Turbo, Arboletes, Murindó, Mutatá, and Vigía del Fuerte – and covers a total surface area of 11,665 km2.
The IACHR spoke about the situation of the Afro-descendant population in Chocó in its Third Report on the Human Rights Situation in Colombia (1999) OEA/Ser.L/V/II.102 Doc. 9 rev. 1, February 26, 1999, Chapter XI.
The State offered these comments regarding the general situation in the area in its note DDH. GOI/18083/0836 from the Directorate of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law at the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dated April 18, 2006, pp. 20 and 21.
“Operations Order No. 004/Genesis” is signed by Brigadier General Rito Alejo del Río Rojas, then commanding Army Brigade XVII, and sets out the goal of “dealing a resounding blow to squad 57 of the Narco FARC, survivors of the V, XXXIV, and LVIII, who are carrying out criminal acts within the jurisdiction of the Operating Unit.” Appendix No. 1 to this order, titled “Enemy situation – Operation Genesis objectives,” contains eight action points, listed in ascending order: (1) Tamboral; (2) La Loma – Caño Seco; (3) River Salaquí, Regadero sector; (4) Caño Seco, El Guineo sector; (5) Teguerré; (6) River Cacarica, Puente América sector; (7) La Nueva; and (8) Clavellino. Petitioners’ submission, March 6, 2006.
The State says that “the jurisprudential trend of favoring the procedural authority of locus standi in judicio of the victims, their relatives, or their representatives, heightens this demand, in light of the recognition of the individual as the bearer of the rights enshrined in the Convention and, consequently, as the beneficiary of the protection and compensation offered by the System.” It further states that “this situation means that the object of the protection is individual cases or specific victims with respect to which the scope of the alleged violations can be established, and not general or abstract situations in which it is not possible to establish the individually considered subject or subjects that make up the group of persons who have allegedly suffered a violation of their rights.” The purpose, it says, is to prevent the deformation of the individual petitions procedure in the inter-American human rights protection system as a means for establishing whether or not the rights of individual persons have been violated. The State cites the following precedents to support its position: Report No. 4/01 (María Eugenia Morales de Sierra), Annual Report of the IACHR 2000, paragraph 31; Report No. 51/02 (Janet Espinoza Feria et al.), Annual Report of the IACHR 2002, paragraph 35; and Case of the “Juvenile Reeducation Institute,” Judgment of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of September 2, 2004, Series C No. 112, paragraphs 107 to 109. Note DDH. GOI/18083/0836 from the Directorate of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law at the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dated April 18, 2006, pp. 2-6.
Note DDH. GOI/18083/0836 from the Directorate of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law at the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dated April 18, 2006, pp. 6-9.
Note DDH. GOI/18083/0836 from the Directorate of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law at the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dated April 18, 2006, p. 10.
Note DDH. GOI/18083/0836 of the Directorate of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law provides a verbatim quotation from the resolution of May 29, 2003, in Single-Instance Case No. 5767.
The State cites paragraph 33 of Inadmissibility Report No. 86/03, published in the 2003 Annual Report of the IACHR, and paragraph 9 of Inadmissibility Report No. 122/01, published in the 2001 Annual Report of the IACHR. Note DDH. GOI/18083/0836 from the Directorate of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law at the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dated April 18, 2006, pp. 12-14.
Note DDH. GOI/18083/0836 from the Directorate of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law at the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dated April 18, 2006, p. 14.
Note DDH. GOI/18083/0836 from the Directorate of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law at the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dated April 18, 2006, pp. 26-33.
Note DDH. GOI/18083/0836 from the Directorate of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law at the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dated April 18, 2006.
Note DDH. GOI/28080/1361 from the Directorate of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law at the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dated June 8, 2006, p. 3.
In admitting a petition for violations of the American Convention with respect to some 40 persons in the Mapiripán Massacre, the Commission explained that the circumstances of the deaths of most of the victims, whose bodies were dismembered and thrown into the River Guaviare, had not been ascertained by the judicial authorities and, consequently, the victims were not identified in the petition. Report No. 34/01 (Mapiripán Massacre), Annual Report of the IACHR 2000, OEA/Ser.L/V/II.111 doc. 20 rev., April 16, 2001, paragraph 27.
Women account for approximately half of Colombia’s displaced persons, and the government has acknowledged that four out every ten displaced families are headed by women. See: United Nations Development Fund for Women, Report on the Situation of Women in Colombia, September 2005, p. 20; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Balance de la Política Pública de Prevención, Protección y Atención al Desplazamiento Interno Forzado en Colombia (agosto 2002 – 2004), Bogotá, Colombia, December 2004, p. 110.
Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture, adopted in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on December 9, 1985, at the 15th regular session of the OAS General Assembly, STOEA No.° 67; in force since February 28, 1987, in accordance with Article 22. Basic Documents Pertaining to Human Rights in the Inter-American System, OEA/Ser.L/V/I.4 rev.9, January 31, 2003.
See: I/A Court H.R., Case of the Ituango Massacres. Judgment of July 1, 2006. Series C No. 148, paras. 208 and 209; I/A Court H.R., Case of the “Mapiripán Massacre,” Judgment of September 15, 2005. Series C No. 134, para. 171; I/A Court H.R., Case of the Moiwana Community. Judgment of June 15, 2005. Series C No. 124, paras. 113 to 120.
United Nations Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.2, February 11, 1998.
Constitutional Court of the Republic of Colombia, Judgment C-225/95 of May 18, 1995, para. 33, quoted by the Inter-American Court in the Case of the Ituango Massacres, Judgment of July 1, 2006, Series C No. 148, para. 209.
I/A Court H. R., Velásquez Rodríguez Case. Judgment of July 29, 1988. Series C No. 4, para. 64.
Per Article 322 of Colombia’s Code of Criminal Procedure, that phase is intended to determine whether an incident reported to the authorities through any channels actually took place, whether it is punishable under criminal law, whether it took place under circumstances that would cause an absence of liability, and whether the processability requirements have been met for the commencement of criminal action and the gathering of the evidence needed to identify the perpetrators of the punishable act and/or the participants therein. It is, therefore, a stage that takes place prior to the investigation phase, which, in accordance with the law, has a maximum duration of six months. After that period, either a resolution opening investigation proceedings or writs of waiver must be issued, or, if the identity of the alleged perpetrator has not been established, a suspension must be ordered. Code of Criminal Procedure of Colombia, Law 600 of July 24, 2000, at http://www.unifr.ch/derechopenal/legislacion/co/cpp_colombia.htm, as of December 15, 2004 (hereinafter the “Code of Criminal Procedure”).
I/A Court H. R., Velásquez Rodríguez Case, Preliminary Objections. Judgment of June 26, 1987. Series C No. 1, para. 93.
The IACHR, in its 2005 Annual Report, spoke about the urgency of responding to the orders for compliance issued by the Constitutional Court urging the institutions of the State to respond to the consequences of internal displacement. 2005 Annual Report of the IACHR, OEA/Ser.L/V/II.124, Doc. 7, February 27, 2006, Chapter IV, section on Colombia, paragraph 8. Constitutional Court, Deed 176 of August 29, 2005, Orders related to the budgetary effort needed to implement the policies of attention to displaced populations, in accordance with judgment T-025 of 2004, handed down by the Third Review Chamber; (2) Constitutional Court, Deed 177 of August 29, 2005, Orders given in the third paragraph of the operative section of Judgment T-025 of 2004, to overcome the unconstitutional state of affairs as regards internal forced displacement; and (3) Constitutional Court, Deed 178 of August 29, 2005, Orders contained in paragraphs two, four, five, eight, and nine of the operative section of Judgment T-025 of 2004, issued to overcome the unconstitutional state of affairs as regards internal forced displacement.
It should be noted that on August 13, 2001, the Commission published a press release expressing its concern at the resignation within the office of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Colombia that followed on from the reactions to the arrest of retired army general Rito Alejo del Río Rojas, at that time named in several investigations for serious human rights violations during his time as the commanding officer of the Army’s XVII Brigade. The Commission said that “the lack of support for the decision of the National Unit of Human Rights of the Prosecutor’s Office to enforce the arrest of General del Río Rojas caused the forced resignation of its Director, Pedro Díaz Romero and the release of the General. The Commission has also learned that judicial and disciplinary procedures might have been instituted against the members of the Unit and the Technical Corps of Investigations (TCI) that participated in the investigation and the corresponding detention.” The Commission expressed “its serious concern for the above related events which, by inhibiting and restraining the task of the Unit, restrict the independence and efficacy of the administration of justice and the battle against impunity in Colombia.” The Commission said in that press release that it had extended precautionary measures, in accordance with Article 25 of its Rules of Procedure, on behalf of the former Director of the National Human Rights Unit, a number of prosecutors belonging to it, and members of the TCI, and that it had spoken to the State to request that it adopt the measures necessary to protect their physical integrity and that of their families and to avoid any reprisals against members of the Unit for acts undertaken in the legitimate exercise of their functions. IACHR, Press Release, “IACHR concerned for changes in the National Human Rights Unit in Colombia,” August 13, 2001, available at http://www.cidh.oas.org/Comunicados/English/2001/Press21-01.htm. | 2019-04-22T06:48:21 | http://cidh.org/annualrep/2006eng/COLOMBIA.499.04eng.htm |
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