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Arkansas running back Cedric Cobbs was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, speeding and marijuana possession.
Arkansas coach Houston Nutt suspended Cobbs indefinitely Wednesday after learning about the Tuesday night arrest.
Cobbs, who pleaded innocent to the marijuana possession, also was cited for lacking proof of insurance and not using a seat belt.
The player was released on his own recognizance Wednesday, Pulaski County Sheriff's Deputy Rochorn Thompson said.
Cobbs was stopped for speeding at about 11:40 p.m., going 73 mph in a 60 mph zone, Arkansas State Police reported. Riding in Cobbs' car were Julius Harris and Anthony Dewayne Johnson, police said. They were not charged.
Two years ago, Cobbs starred for Arkansas in a 27-6 victory over Texas in the Cotton Bowl. He spent most of this year's Cotton Bowl on the sideline because of a back injury.
After Arkansas' 10-3 loss to Oklahoma, Cobbs said he would remain in school rather than enter the NFL draft.


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I reported on a union organizing effort at the Ikea's Swedwood Danville Plant in Virginia. I am delighted to follow-up that blog and report that on August 6th, by a 221-69 vote, workers voted to unionize with the Machinists Union (IAM) overcoming strenuous anti-union efforts by Ikea's subsidiary. As Tawanda Tarply, a worker at the plant, stated in an article at Labornotes.org "We were fed up with wages, safety concerns, overall communication. We wanted to be treated with respect". Swedwood used a point system to penalize workers handing out points to a maximum of 9 (at which time workers were fired) for infractions including non-approved restroom breaks (1 pt.), as well as 1 point to a man who collapsed from heat exhaustion and was carried from the plant on a stretcher IAM has said previously that the Danville plant is the most dangerous furniture-manufacturing factory in the U.S., with 1,536 days lost from work due to injury since 2007. Check out their excellent video on Swedwood HERE. As you might expect, management is dragging their feet in agreeing to reach the bargaining table having put off till September a first meeting with the union and agreeing to only 2 days of available meeting time.
The Swedwood plant may be just the tip of the iceberg. Another Ikea affiliated subsidiary, the nearby EBI LLC plant, has been resisting a unionization attempt. Apparently the company has been successful as workers on Monday August 9, 2011 voted against representation by the United Steelworkers in an NLRB-supervised election by a vote of 281 (no) to 118 (yes). This defeat re-emphasizes how difficult it is to organize in "Right-to-work" states (see map taken from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation website).
The U.S. affiliated plants are not the only ones complaining that Ikea is failing to live up to its own Code of Conduct. This summer's meeting of the Congress of European retail unions saw a statement from the group criticizing Ikea's failures. Workers in Spain, Turkey, and the U.S. have all been protesting working conditions at Ikea plants. But, perhaps we should not be too hard on Ikea, after all their failure is in part due to high expectations they themselves have set. The Ikea Code of Conduct was, after all, developed for its suppliers. IKEA was an early and high profile leader in openly addressing issues of social and environmental responsibility in the supply chain. IKEA's motto is "low prices, but not at any price."
A footnote about the organization that brings us the Right-to-work map above. The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation is a leading proponent of right to work laws supporting what they call "The Right to Work" principle--which asserts idea that every American should be able to work for a living without being compelled to belong to a union. Critics from organized labor have argued since the late 1970s that while the National Right to Work Committee purports to engage in grass-roots lobbying on behalf of the "everyday worker", the National Right to Work Committee was formed by a group of southern businessmen with the express purpose of fighting unions, and that they "added a few workers for the purpose of public relations" (see Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-to-work_law).
I hope that the victory at Swedwood is symbolic of rising resistance of workers to the increasingly exploitative working conditions faced by all Americans today.

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The Alchemy Engine is the tier 2 Science station. It requires a Science Machine to prototype (excludes Wickerbottom), and costs 4 Boards, 2 Cut Stones, and 6 Gold Nuggets to craft. Prototyping an item using the Alchemy Engine will increase Sanity by 15.
See also: Crafting
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In the Reign of Giants, Shipwrecked, and Hamlet DLCs, as well as Don't Starve Together, the Alchemy Engine requires 4 Boards, 2 Cut Stones, and 2 Electrical Doodads to craft.
In the Shipwrecked DLC, the Alchemy Engine can be flooded.
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- Since Wickerbottom has Tier 2 items unlocked with the Science Machine, building this machine is useless.
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- In the early Beta version of Don't Starve, the game used a "Research Points" system, instead of prototyping. Crafting this station cost 200 Research Points.
- As of the "Hungry For Your Hunger" update, Tier 3 recipes crafted using the Shadow Manipulator have been moved to the Alchemy Engine, due to the separation of Science and Magic.


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A sailor who spent four days stranded off the coast of New South Wales has told the ABC he feared for his life after a huge wave swamped his yacht.
Queenslander Glenn Ey, 44, hugged his crying mother when he arrived back in Sydney in the early hours of this morning on board a police rescue vessel.
Mr Ey spent days trying to outlast an enormous storm before his yacht was rolled by a monster wave on Sunday.
The vessel was swamped and cracked, with its mast split in three pieces, and was left drifting about 120 nautical miles off Wollongong.
"It all happens very, very quickly and it's most unpleasant," Mr Ey told ABC News 24 this morning.
"One minute you're sitting on the settee inside the boat and then I just smashed into the roof.
"It's very, very forceful. It's a huge wave hitting you. It rolls you over.
I was in deep trouble and you are concerned about your life, there's no question about that.Rescued yachtsman Glenn Ey.
"I just dived head-first into the roof, rolled over and then I dropped back down on to the table... a lot of water came in the boat and everything was just floating around inside.
"I put my head outside, the mast had come down and it was broken in three places. There was a real mess on deck.
"I was in deep trouble and you are concerned about your life, there's no question about that," he added.
"My first priority was to sort out the mast, because in rough seas the mast can puncture the boat very easily. It will just spear the boat and you're going to go down so quick it's not funny.
"I got rid of the mast and all the rigging, that took about 36 hours, then I spent a day bailing the boat out.
"You're looking at surviving. If you don't get rid of the mast you won't survive. It's going to go down in minutes and then you're in the water."
Mr Ey said he only set off his emergency beacon on Tuesday morning after he ran out of fuel. He had jettisoned the ruined mast and had rigged up his spinnaker pole with a makeshift sail.
He was first spotted by a diverted Air Canada plane, some 270 nautical miles off the NSW coast.
Police Rescue boat Nemesis was sent to the scene and reached him in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
It spent 24 hours returning him to Sydney through five-metre waves and high winds in a rescue operation lasting 43 hours in total.
Detective Inspector Anthony Brazzill from the Marine Area Command said Mr Ey was "very lucky to be alive".
"Sea and weather conditions were challenging and the man had been drifting further and further out to sea.
"It's been a long and tiring journey and I am sure he is looking forward to having a proper meal, a hot shower and seeing his friends and family.
"Once again this is a good example of the use of emergency locator beacons, and I would encourage all recreational sailors to invest in one.
"As we have seen today, they might just save your life."
Mr Ey had left Sydney for Eden on the south coast two weeks ago. He told rescuers he was planning to sail from Broken Bay to New Zealand.
Asked if he was going to be heading back to sea any time soon, he was blunt: "No I'm not," he said. "It's too scary."
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It's been a few months since my last update, so I thought I should take some time to do that today. I would have to say that the draw back right now is: no matter how much lotion I use the tattooed area always looks dry and scaly (only visually not to the touch). I have been pretty forgetful with the Mederma, but have been applying that off and on too when ever I remember.
Before Nuviderm………………………NOW (2/12/09)………………………November 08′
As you can see there has been quite a bit fading since before I started Nuviderm, but it also has faded more since November. I am having a little bit of trouble fading the legs and arms for some reason, but the wings seem to have faded the most. (Maybe because black is harder to fade?)
I WILL be doing another application of nuviderm soon. I can't say when exactly but I am hoping sometime within the next couple of weeks.
I noticed that it has been almost ONE YEAR since I've started this process. This is no where near a quick fix, and personally besides a skin graft I couldn't imagine any type of tattoo removal as quick. Therefore I would highly NOT recommend using any higher than 45% Nuviderm. Nuviderm says that you can go much higher for quicker results…but those results will be a lot of scarring…trust me!
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Dick Fosbury invented the "backside" technique, which revolutionized the High Jump sport. This is known as the "Fosbury Flop"
Fosbury at the 1968 Summer Olympics
At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, he took the gold medal and set a new Olympic record at 2.24 meters (7 feet 4.25 inches), displaying the potential of the new technique. Despite the initial skeptical reactions from the high jumping community, the "Fosbury Flop" quickly gained acceptance. In the Finals competition, only three jumpers cleared 2.20 meters (7 feet 2.5 inches), and Fosbury was in the lead by virtue of having cleared every height on his first attempt. At the next height, 2.22 m (7 feet 3.25 inches), Fosbury again cleared the bar on his first jump. His teammate, Ed Caruthers, cleared on his second effort, while Valentin Gavrilov of the Soviet Union missed on all three attempts and earned the bronze medal (third place.) The bar was raised to 2.24 meters, which would be new Olympic and United States records. Fosbury missed on his first two attempts, but cleared on his third, while Caruthers missed on all three of his attempts.
Four years later, in Munich, 28 of the 40 competitors used Fosbury's technique. By 1980, thirteen of the sixteen Olympic finalists used it. Of the 36 Olympic medalists in the event from 1972 through 2000, 34 used "the Flop". Today it is the most popular high jumping technique in modern high jumping. (cited from Wikpedia.org)


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An Introduction to Canadian Private Law: Common, Civil & Mixed Professor David Lametti Faculty of Law
PLAN • • I: A Brief Introduction to Canada II: An Introduction to Canadian Law III: An Overview of Canadian Private Law IV: Quebec Civil Law • VI: Civil Law Property (skip) • V: Common Law Property (skip) • Postscript: Mc. Gill's role in Quebec Civil Law (skip)
I: A Brief Introduction to Canada • 10 provinces, 3 territories across the North • Most recently territory: Nunavut (1999) • 35 million people • 6 million in Quebec
Language & Culture • Mainly English-speaking, but: – One officially French speaking province (Quebec), with large anglophone, "allophone" minorities – One officially bilingual by choice (NB) – One officially bilingual by judicial decision (Manitoba); Manitoba Language Ref. (SCC 1984) – One functionally bilingual with about 1 million francophones (Ontario) – Pockets of French speakers in Manitoba, Sask, Alta, NS "francophones hors Québec"
Aboriginal Peoples • Many "peoples" (Nations, tribes, etc. ) • "First Nations" with varying practices from sedentary agriculture to nomadic hunters and fishers • Some came to treaties with the English settlers (no formal treaties with the French); others never did, especially in Quebec and British Columbia • Indian Act: status "Indian" and "Métis" • MANY outstanding legal issues (more later) • Not a nice part of our history (Non è una bella storia…)
Settlement Patterns • French came first; Jacques Cartier "discovered" in 16 th Century • Fish and furs • Settlements in Acadie, then Quebec City and Montreal in 17 th century (Samuel de Champlain) • Other pockets of settlement in Ontario, West • Brought French language, Catholicism, precodal Civil law
Settlement Patterns (2) • English came next • Newfoundland (fish) • Began to settle south of the border (the 13 colonies), crept northward • And around James Bay creeping southward, in search of furs
Settlement Patterns (3) • Inevitable conflict; Natives took sides • English conquered Acadie & "expelled" the Acadians (1758), New France (1759), Treaty of Paris (1763) • English brought English language, governance institutions, Protestant religions, a more complex, mercantile trading structure, common law
Population and Expansion • 1867: British North America Act creates "Confederation", Dominion of Canada • 4 provinces: Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia • Successive provinces carved out of territories of Rupert's Land (Hudson Bay Company) and North West territory
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Immigration • English, Irish • Turn of the century – Germany, Ukraine, Europe (Italy) • Post-War: – Europe, especially Italy, Greece, Portugal • 70 s: South-east Asia, South Asia • More recent: Africa (esp. French-speaking), Caribbean, South America, Asia, etc.
Immigration • Profound impact on country; changing character • Multicultural "mosiac", enshrined in Charter of Rights and Freedoms • Strong tendency to keep mother tongues • Strong tendency towards tolerance • World Cup, European Cup are arguably more fun in Montreal and Toronto!
Our neighbour to the south… • Overwhelming impact throughout Canadian history • Preponderant Political, Economic, Social, Cultural impact • Created interesting cultural reactions… • "a mouse in bed with and elephant": be careful when the elephant rolls over!
Canadian "Context" • Pluralistic – Culturally, socially, linguistically, politically • Large country • Relatively under-populated (space for tolerance)
II: An Introduction to Canadian Law • Federal system – Federal statutes and regulations – Provincial statutes and regulations • How these evolved? • Some detail …
Back to History • French brought Civil law – Pre-codal, Coutume de Paris was the law of the colony – Seigneurial (feudal) system in place resembling manorial legal system in Europe; seigneurial courts
Arrival of the English • Common law in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, New Brunswick; not feudal (land grants in fee) • (but in Quebec, confusion!) • Unlike Acadia, English moved quickly to guarantee the French language, Civil law, Roman Catholic religion in Quebec – Treaty of Paris 1763 – Quebec Act 1774
British North America • Influx of United Empire Loyalists from the US after 1776 • New colony: Upper Canada split from Lower Canada • But even within Quebec, UELs were given land grants in "free and common socage" (fee) and used the common law • Formal "reception" of common law
Civil Code of Lower Canada • • 1866 Based on Napoleonic Code of 1804 Classical lines of civilian tradition Drafted in both English and French
Confederation 1867 • "Table is set" by historical context • Partly written constitution; partly unwritten – Unwritten: parliamentary tradition, rules and procedures – Written: division of powers
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BNA Act, 1867 (now Constitution Act, 1867) • Act of the British Parliament • Division of Powers: S. 91: federal powers – Peace, Order, and good Government of Canada – Trade and Commerce – Banking, Incorporation of Banks, and the Issue of Paper Money – Bankruptcy and Insolvency.
BNA Act, 1867 (2) – Patents of Invention and Discovery, Copyrights – Indians, and Lands reserved for the Indians – The Criminal Law, except the Constitution of Courts of Criminal Jurisdiction, but including the Procedure in Criminal Matters – Residual category
BNA Act, 1867 (3) • S. 92: provincial powers – The Incorporation of Companies with Provincial Objects – Property and Civil Rights – Administration of Justice in the Province, including the Constitution, Maintenance, and Organization of Provincial Courts, both of Civil and of Criminal Jurisdiction, and including Procedure in Civil Matters in those Courts.
Public Law • Federal: – Constitutional – Criminal (from English common law, but codified) – Administrative – Income Tax – Aboriginal matters
Private Law • Provincial – "property and civil rights" • But the following are federal… – Bankruptcy – Trade and commerce – IP (patent and ©, but also TM) • Therefore overlap, formal mixing, even in Quebec • Quebec jurists know a great deal about the common law
Private Law (2) • Quebec: Civil law – Civil Code of Lower Canada had been enacted the previous year, 1866 • Other provinces: common law – Reception was both formal and informal
Courts • The Court System itself : s 92 – Provincially run • BUT… • 96. The Governor General shall appoint the Judges of the Superior, District, and County Courts in each Province, except those of the Courts of Probate in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. • 101. The Parliament of Canada may, notwithstanding anything in this Act, from Time to Time provide for the Constitution, Maintenance, and Organization of a General Court of Appeal for Canada, and for the Establishment of any additional Courts for the better Administration of the Laws of Canada.
Courts (2) • Each province (s. 96): – Superior court of general jurisdiction • First court in all kinds of cases – Appeal Court – (s. 92) Lower courts for minor matters • Traffic offences, minor disputes – Effectively a common law model, even in Quebec
Courts (3) • Supreme Court of Canada: – A s. 101 court – 9 judges, traditionally 3 from Quebec – Other traditional balances: 3 from Ontario, 2 from the West, one from the East – 5 judges on Civil law cases (3 Quebec + 2 others) – Some appeals as of right, the rest by way of "leave to appeal"
Courts (4) • Federal Court of Canada: – Also a s. 101 court – Different divisions: • (1) Tax (old exchequer court) • (2) Federal Court: IP, aboriginal matters, administrative law and tribunal review – Federal Court of Appeal
Courts Supreme Court of Canada (Fed) Provincial Courts of Appeal Federal Court Trial Division (Fed) Tax Court (Fed) Admin. Tribunals (Fed) Quebec Court of Appeal (Prov-Adm, Fed-App't) Federal Court of Appeal (Fed) (Prov-Adm, Fed-App't) Superior/ Supreme Courts Quebec: Cour supérieure (Prov-Adm, Fed-App't) Provincial Courts (Prov. ) Cour de Québec (Prov. )
Legal Professions and Education • Common law provinces – "Barristers & solicitors", but unified in powers – Specialization in some practices depending on size of firm and location • Education: North American model – Second or third degree; no recommended prior degree – Effectively a type of graduate (UK: "post-graduate") education – All English, though Common law in French at Moncton (NB), Ottawa and also Mc. Gill (de facto)
Legal Professions and Education (2) • Quebec – "Avocats" and "notaires" • Education: European model – Usually a first degree; entry after Junior College (CEGEP) – Exception: Mc. Gill • Very few CEGEP entrants (20 -30/170) • Mainly degree holders – All education in French language except Mc. Gill, where it is done in both (traditional English Civil law school)
Legal Professions and Education (3) • Judiciary – English Common law model: 10 years after call one is eligible – Fiercely independent and high-quality – Especially SCC: highly scrutinized, though not part of formal process (yet) – Frank Iacobucci (first Italian Canadian SCC judge from 1991 -2004)
Future of Canadian "Law"? • Still important changes to come • Unfinished constitution re – Quebec: some symbolic recognition as a "distinct society" or "people" is probable (French language & culture, Civil law); but will this amount to legal powers? – Aboriginal peoples: symbolic as well as real legal powers over resource management, criminal procedure, social structure – Western alienation: power changes as population increases • Added to ongoing evolution of private law
III: An Overview of Canadian Private Law • Common Law in the 9 provinces; "received" usually in a formal statute, as of a certain date • Civil law in Quebec (but with a common law style administration; both courts and judges…) • What of the Civil law itself?
Common Law • Generally an English-inspired common law system + Equity • Provincial • Legal rules still mainly un-codified; found in the cases • Supplemented by statutes • Pleading and factum-writing is common law
Common Law (2) • Doctrine of Precendent – binding and persuasive authority – Bound within one's own province, SCC – Other provincial Courts of Appeal very persuasive, other courts persuasive
Common Law (3) • House of Lords and English Court of Appeal decisions are still very persuasive authority • Other major common law jurisdictions: US, Australia • No civil law trials by jury
Common Law (4) • Substantive law: more British-looking than American • No Restatements • British-inspired Sale of Goods Act • Still no strict liability (English position pre. EU Directive)
Common Law (5) • Exceptions where US has been influential: – Class actions (Quebec since 1978; 1992 in Ontario; other provinces adopting legislation) – Punitive damages (but still less than US) – Secured lending: UCC- inspired (Article 9) system in provincial PPSAs
Common Law (6) • Law of Property – Much like the UK, pre-1925 – Property estates (mainly fee simple, life estate) – Leaseholds, but traditional leaseholds in the English experience not common • Innovation on trusts – Use of the constructive trust perhaps more common in Canada than UK • Civil law: economic loss, good faith
Civil law • CCLC: 1866 – Codification by three collaborators: two francophones, one anglophone – Drafted in either English or French and then translated – Classic lines: persons, things, obligations – Followed the CN – But had a section on corporate law (later excised)
Civil law (2) • Distinctively civilist code – Institutions would be familiar to most civilian jurists – Property institutions, Obligations (Contracts and civil responsibility)
Civil law (3) • "La doctrine" – Also classically Civilist – Commentary on the Code, furnishing examples and clarifying texts – Primarily in French, but also English – Also looked to French doctrinal texts, Pothier, frères Mazeaud – True today with Carbonnier, Terré & Simler
Civil law (4) • "La doctrine au Québec" – Now some very established traditional texts – Jean-Louis Beaudouin on Obligations – D. -C. Lamontagne on Biens (previously Marler, an English-language text on property…) – also scholarly articles in both languages
Civil law (5) • Common law influence • Procedurally – Judges act like common law judges; do not inquire; adversarial – Cases: reported from the beginning – Treated as authoritative from the beginning – Common law way of thinking
Civil law (6) • Common law influence • Doctrinally too – Doctrines under constant scrutiny – Ex: secured lending in CCQ is similar to PPSA and UCC article 9 – Damages: the norm in compensation in practice • Recommended reading: Quebec Civil Law, edited by Brierley & Macdonald
Civil law (7) • Common law intrusions – The trust – Very powerful, very wealthy anglophone community in Montreal that wanted to use the trust, often for beneficial purposes – (many Mc. Gill-related trust cases, including the main building which houses the Law Faculty!) – Trust provisions added very early on to CCLC
Civil law (8) • The Trust – Defined skeletally, only in terms of its powers, etc – No mention of patrimony – No mention of ownership – Courts: eventually ruled that trust corpus was "owned" by the trustee, but said nothing about the patrimony – Common law: used to fill out the body of rules relating to trusts in Quebec
Civil Code of Quebec 1991 -4 • Long process of reform • History/inspiration – Rise of Quebec nationalism – Some sense of pride in the Civil law as a distinctive part of Quebecois culture (along with language and religion, though like France is very secular) – Some sense that this tradition was under threat (like language)
Civil Code of Quebec 1991 -4 (2) • Civil Code Revision Office – Draft Civil Code (Prof. Paul-André Crépeau) – Family law parts implemented quickly – Others languished in the 70 s and early 80 s • Finally whole code re-written, rather hastily in the late 80 s by fonctionnaires and only in French; passed in 1991; promulgated in 1994
Civil Code of Quebec 1991 -4 (3) • French version very wordy, inelegant • English translation poorly and hastily done – Government argued that the French version was authoritative – SCC: Doré c. Verdun, Brierley, Boodman, Kasirer et al. (1997) corrected this: both languages official – Government has since taken steps to improve the English text
CCQ • Most important element of Quebec Civil Law • 10 books: persons, family, successions, property, obligations, prior claims and hypothecs, evidence, prescription, publication of rights, Pr. IL • But also doctrine and cases, droit commun, older statutes • Also a Code of Civil Procedure
CCQ (2) • Attempts to modernize certain doctrines • Resolution of option-cumul debate: 1458 CCQ – Bound by the contract (Crépeau) – Foreseeability of damages (contract foreseeable; direct and immediate) • Codification of Pr. IL (mainly judge-made in France; very European – Swiss Pr. IL, Hague Conventions
CCQ (3) • Attempts to modernize certain doctrines • Products liability: copies European Directive • Economic loss is allowed: Spar Aerospace • Secured lending • Property: trust, usufruct, substitution, divided co-ownership (condos) • Some attempt to codify basic doctrines
Conclusions: Canadian Private Law • 9 common law jurisdictions, 1 mixed • Virtually all of the influence runs one way – Common law (SCC) has flirted with economic loss in a number of cases, but it is not clear – Otherwise, little Civil law influence on the common law – Vast majority of anglophone Canadians do not speak French
Canadian Private Law (2) • Most likely trend is increasing influence of US common law and especially via statutes, arbritration mechanisms in the FTA and NAFTA on all jurisdictions • Economies are increasingly integrated • (Will Civil law in Mexico have a moderating influence on US legal expansion/influence? )
Quebec Civil Law (1) • Future of Quebec Civil law? Is the mixed jurisdiction sustainable? • Mixed? Or just mixed up? !
Quebec Civil Law (2) • Factors pointing to sustainability? – Positive: Pride, Tradition and Language – Part of how Québecois define themselves; société distincte, un peuple, un pays – Language keeps active ties to Continent; lawyers and universitaires – (unlike Louisiana, for example…)
Quebec Civil Law (3) • • • Modern Civil law in a mixed system Quite exportable, especially because of French & English, affinity with common law Strong future, VERY-well entrenched in Quebec and in Canada
IV: Quebec Civil law • CCQ, cases, doctrine, CCLC and previous statutes • French influence, common law influence, other European influence, but not much yet– BGB ?
PRELIMINARY PROVISION The Civil Code of Québec, in harmony with the Charter of human rights and freedoms and the general principles of law, governs persons, relations between persons, and property. The Civil Code comprises a body of rules which, in all matters within the letter, spirit or object of its provisions, lays down the jus commune, expressly or by implication. In these matters, the Code is the foundation of all other laws, although other laws may complement the Code or make exceptions to it. Le Code civil du Québec régit, en harmonie avec la Charte des droits et libertés de la personne et les principes généraux du droit, les personnes, les rapports entre les personnes, ainsi que les biens. Le code est constitué d'un ensemble de règles qui, en toutes matières auxquelles se rapportent la lettre, l'esprit ou l'objet de ses dispositions, établit, en termes exprès ou de façon implicite, le droit commun. En ces matières, il constitue le fondement des autres lois qui peuvent elles-mêmes ajouter au code ou y déroger.
CCQ: Basic Doctrines & Rights 1. Every human being 1. Tout être human possesses juridical possède la personnalité personality and has juridique; il a la pleine the full enjoyment of jouissance des droits civil rights. civils.
CCQ: Basic Doctrines & Rights (2) 2. Every person has a 2. Toute personne est patrimony. titulaire d'un patrimoine. That patrimony may be divided or appropriated to a purpose, but only to the extent provided by law. Celui-ci peut faire l'objet d'une division ou d'une affectation, mais dans la seule mesure prévue par la loi.
CCQ: Basic Doctrines & Rights (3) 3. Every person is the holder 3. Toute personne est of personality rights, such titulaire de droits de la as the right to the personnalité, tels le droit à inviolability and integrity la vie, à la inviolabilité et of his person, and the right à l'intégrité de sa to the respect of his name, personne, au respect de reputation and privacy. son nom, de sa réputation et de sa vie privée. Ces droits sont incessibles. These rights are inalienable.
CCQ: Basic Doctrines & Rights (4) "In our view, the right to one's image, which has an extrapatrimonial and a patrimonial aspect, is an element of the right to privacy under s. 5 of the Quebec Charter. " Aubry v. Vice-Versa, [1998] S. C. C
CCQ: Basic Doctrines & Rights (5) • • Still very much civilist in both spirit and letter Some significant attempts to modernize Some recognition of context, especially proximity to the common law Registration systems: immovables, and now movables (Computer and internetbased)
V: Common Law Property • Historical Context: History of Common Law Property, Local Conditions, Reception, Overlap with Aboriginal rights
The Domains of Common Law Property • Overlapping Domains PUBLIC & PRIVATE
The Domains of Common Law Property • Overlapping Domains PUBLIC & PRIVATE ABORIGINAL
Aboriginal Rights • Of increasing significance, symbolic and economic • S. 35: (1) The existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada are hereby recognized and affirmed. • (2) In this Act, "aboriginal peoples of Canada" includes the Indian, Inuit and Métis peoples of Canada.
Landmark Aboriginal cases • Delgamuukw (1997): Aboriginal Title, Interpretation • Van der Peet (1996), Sparrow (1990): Aboriginal Rights • Powley (2003): Métis rights case • Impact is really quite important; forcing negotiations between governments and aboriginal peoples? ?
Landmark Aboriginal cases • Delgamuukw (1997): Aboriginal Title, Interpretation • Van der Peet (1996), Sparrow (1990): Aboriginal Rights • Powley (2003): Métis rights case • Impact is really quite important; forcing negotiations between governments and aboriginal peoples? ?
Common Law Property • Reflects HISTORY of CL and Equity • Reflects the law of property at the date of reception – Means that some English reforms may not be incorporated (1925, but also previous Acts!) – But some reception statutes restricted to "local conditions", such that some classic statutes (Quia Emptores 1290, Statute of Tenures 1660) might not apply • Reflects specific Imperial Statutes • Reflects ongoing absorption of English (and to a lesser extent US, Australian, NZ) common law
Structure of Common Law Property • Real versus Personal Property • Realty: Doctrine of estates; held of the Crown • Personalty: held directly, absolute
Realty or Real Property • Corporeal (hereditaments) (possessory) – estates • Incorporeal (non-possessory): (iura in re aleina) easements, profits à prendre, restrictive covenants
Corporeal Hereditaments Freehold Estates: – Fee simple, free and common socage: most absolute – Life estates – No fee tail – Protected by real action
Personalty or Personal Property • Chattels Personal – Chose in possession (tangible) – Chose in Action (intangibles such as shares, debts, bonds, promissory notes and now IP) • Chattels Real – Leasehold Estates – Protected by writ of ejectment
VI: Civil Law Property • Historical Context: Domains • Legal Context: Public Law, Civil Code of Quebec & Emerging notion of Aboriginal Title and Aboriginal Rights
The Domains of Quebec Civil Law Property • Overlapping Domains PRIVATE (Civil Law)
The Domains of Quebec Civil Law Property • Overlapping Domains PUBLIC (Common Law) PRIVATE
The Domains of Quebec Civil Law Property • Overlapping Domains PUBLIC (Common Law) PRIVATE (Civil Law) ABORIGINAL
Aboriginal Interests: Few treaties in Quebec!! • Aboriginal Rights: rights often tied to practices on land • Aboriginal Title: interests in land • Reserve Lands: Mohawk, Cree, Huron, Innu, Innuit • Few historical treaties; recent ones with the James Bay Cree over hydro-electric resources
947 Ownership Co-ownership [1010] Special Modes Superficies [1011] Real Rights Patrimonial Rights Usufruct [1120] Dismemberments Personal Rights [1119] Emphyteusis [1195] Servitude [1177] Extra-patrimonial Rights [Aubry v. Vice-Versa] Innominate Real Rights?
Ownership: Basic Provision 947. Ownership is the right to use, enjoy and dispose of property fully and freely, subject to the limits and conditions for doing so determined by law. 947. La propriété est le droit d'user, de jouir et de disposer librement et complètement d'un bien, sous réserve des limites et des conditions d'exercice fixées par la loi. Ownership may be in various modes and dismemberments. Elle est susceptible de modalités et de démembrements.
Divided Co-ownership • Conflicts with the Charter & with the law of contractual obligations? • Anselem (2004) SCC – Posh condo units in an area of Montreal with a very large orthodox Jewish population – Condo rules say no structures on balcony; Anselem: Sukkah erected for Jewish holiday Sukkot – Contract of purchase; freedom of religion creeps in
Limited Real Rights 1119. Usufruct, use, servitude and emphyteusis are dismemberments of the right of ownership and are real rights. 1119. L'usufruit, l'usage, la servitude et l'emphytéose sont des démembrements du droit de propriété et constituent des droit réels.
(Real) Servitude 1177. A servitude is a charge imposed on an immovable, the servient land, in favour of another immovable, the dominant land, belonging to a different owner. Under the charge the owner of the servient land is required to tolerate certain acts of use by the owner of the dominant land or himself abstain from exercising certain rights inherent in ownership. A servitude extends to all that is necessary for its exercise. 1177. La servitude est une charge imposée sur un immeuble, le fonds servant, en faveur d'un autre immeuble, le fonds dominant, et qui appartient à un propriétaire différent. Cette charge oblige le propriétaire du fonds servant à supporter, de la part du propriétaire du fonds dominant, certains actes d'usage ou à s'abstenir lui-même d'exercer certains droits inhérents à la propriété. La servitude s'étend à tout ce qui est nécessaire à son exercice.
(Real) Servitude (2) • Restraint of trade clauses • "Steinberg servitude" • Standard Life: Quebec Court of Appeal (2004) – Not a real servitude as it does benefit the immovable
Property: Common vs Civil • Novel claim? – Personality Right – Spleen – IP rights • Difference in substance; method • Attitude: Haldane vs Mignault on numerus clausus
Numerus Clausus? • Matamajaw case – Quebec case, through Supreme Court all the way to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council – Sir George Stephen, Lord Mount Stephen buys a right to fish …for $25, 000 Cdn in late 19 th century
Matamajaw: Comparative Judicial Method • Civilians: fit in the categories and see – Was this a species of co-ownership? – Did contract create a usufruct, real servitude? • Common lawyers: why not? – Intention of parties – Was it meant to be permanent?
947 Ownership Co-ownership [1010] Special Modes Superficies [1011] Real Rights Patrimonial Rights Usufruct [1120] Dismemberments Personal Rights [1119] Emphyteusis [1195] Servitude [1177] Extra-patrimonial Rights [Aubry v. Vice-Versa] Innominate Real Rights?
Numerus Clausus ? : No • SCC: Migneault: a usufruct, but then would end when Lord Mount Stephen dies • (Stephen dies) On to Privy Council …for a trial by "His Peers" • Viscount Haldane; actually confused concepts – thought a usufruct as a personal right ("personal sertivude" still used in Quebec civil law for usufruct & use, emphy. ); thought this was a "real right of servitude" • Result: new innominate right analogous to a profit-àprendre in the common law • Common law analysis, and way of thinking
Trusts • Trusts have always been popular in Quebec: wealthy anglophones expected to be able to use them • Added to CCLC in late 19 th Century – CCLC approach: no ruling on patrimony, Tee is effectively the owner • Now in CCQ – CCQ approach: no owner, just a listing of rights, powers, responsibilities – Patrimony affected to a purpose
Trusts 1260. A trust results from an act whereby a person, the settlor, transfers property from his patrimony to another patrimony constituted by him which he appropriates to a particular purpose and which a trustee undertakes, by his acceptance, to hold and administer. 1260. La fiducie résulte d'un acte par lequel une personne, le constituant, transfère de son patrimoine à un autre patrimoine qu'il constitue, des biens qu'il affecte à une fin particulière et qu'un fiduciaire s'oblige, par le fait de son acceptation, à détenir et à administrer. 1261. The trust patrimony, consisting of the property transferred in trust, constitutes a patrimony by appropriation, autonomous and distinct from that of the settlor, trustee or beneficiary and in which none of them has any real right. 1261. Le patrimoine fiduciaire, formé des biens transférés en fiducie, constitue un patrimoine d'affectation autonome et distinct de celui du constituant, du fiduciaire ou du bénéficiaire, sur lequel aucun d'entre eux n'a de droit réel.
Trusts (2) • Other provisions describe powers without elaborating on concept • Unique: practical, functional, aconceptual • However, still looks like some sort of real right • A Civil law Trust? • Common law & Equity will still be used to fill in gaps
Postscript: Mc. Gill's role in Quebec Civil Law (A mixed law school in a mixed jurisdiction) • Traditionally anglophone, Civil law faculty • Leading scholars & jurists • Experiment teaching common law in the 1920 s failed for political reasons • 1960 s: began teaching common law as well as Civil law • 1980 s: more integrated teaching; still two degrees • 1999: integrated, trans-systemic programme taken by all students leading to two degrees • Teaching in English (75%) and French (25%) to a very diverse population
Grazie Domande? david. [email protected] ca © 2005 Educational Fair Dealing & Use Permitted
Primary Links • Canada – Canada. ca, canada. gc. ca – laws. justice. gc. ca • Quebec – Gouv. qc. ca


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By Erin, SCF intern
Federico Hernandez-Ruiz has recently become a SideClick for his neighborhood in Jurica, Queretaro, Mexico. Throughout his career, Federico always asked himself how his work could impact the lives of people around him. Now, he's using SeeClickFix to do just that.
Having been a graphic designer for 20 years, Hernandez-Ruiz founded the company Asimetagraf and now specializes in design thinking. Similarly, he serves as a consultant for the Assocación Colonos de Jurica Campestre AC. A non-profit organization, it uses design to generate change and create a positive environment for the public.
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What does Redd mean?
Redd as a boys' name is of Old English derivation, and the meaning of the name Redd is "near the reeds; red-haired". Redd is a variant form of Reid (Old English): place name.
STARTS WITH Re-
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, reeds (meadow), red
VariationsCREATIVE FORMS
Redd Trent (R.T.), ..
How popular is Redd?
Redd is a rare first name for males but a very popular surname for all people (#2657 out of 150436, Top 2%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Which version is better?
Prominent related forms of Redd (UNLISTED) listed in the Top 2000 are Reed (#351 THE PREVIOUS YEAR) and Reid (#255). Adoption of these forms of Redd reached its peak in the year 2014 (USAGE OF 0.1%) and has remained as widespread to this day (USAGE 0.1%, DOWN 5.3%). Reed and Reid are two of the more trendy baby names among these. (2016 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Similar Names
Redd is alike in pronunciation to Rad, Radd, Reide, Reyd, Riyad, Rod▼, Rodd and Rudd. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Budd, Edd▼, Fredd, Jedd, Judd, Kidd, Ladd, Rand, Redly (see Redley), Rees, Reg, Rei, Reis, Remi, Remo, Remy▲, Ren, Rene▼, Reno, Reo, Reve, Rex▼, Rey▲, Roddy, Rudi, Rudy▼, Tadd, Tedd and Todd▼. These names tend to be more frequently used than Redd.See names in meaning and etymology.


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Once again, I must apologize for the lack of blog updates recently. I've been on the road visiting company managements almost continuously for the past several months–first booming Texas, then booming China, then New Jersey and Long Island, then Texas again, and most recently Phoenix. After meeting with dozens of executives all over the country (and out of it, too) in all sorts of different industries–from retail to manufacturing to tech to finance–I was not at all surprised to see this past Friday's big revision in third quarter GDP.
Almost to a person, corporate managers seem to be quite upbeat these days. So much so that I'm about to say something I didn't think I would say for a long, long time: believe it or not, real estate is probably a good investment again.


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As expected, the Reading and Leeds Festivals 2009 is already close to selling out. The two-leg bash has become such a behemoth that tickets always go fast, regardless of the line-up (which you can check out here).
Even so, in this economic climate, you wonder how much longer it might have taken had it not been for one band: Radiohead.
Radiohead are the big surprise this year. They haven't played a UK festival since V in 2006, and they haven't played Reading since 1994. And that show came at a weird, transitional time for the band, 18 months after the release of 'Creep', but several months before 'The Bends'.
So Radiohead have never had a triumphant Main Stage moment at Reading/Leeds in the same way they have at Glastonbury. It promises to be immense.
Meanwhile, the other unexpected development is the absence of the traditional 'rock day', which at Reading is always Sunday. Perhaps Download and Sonisphere, motivated by cutthroat competition with each other, have simply priced Reading/Leeds out of the market when it comes to snaring metal/classic rock acts.
Other potential highlights? From a personal point of view I can't wait to see Vampire Weekend have a shot at Main Stage glory. Their second album will have come out earlier in the summer, and if the sun is shining, you sense this could be one of the breakthrough, crowd-uniting performances of the whole summer.
But what do you think? Check out the full line-up and share your thoughts by posting a comment.


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The topic of evolution is introduced to the 4th graders of South Park Elementary and while their teacher is against the theory a change of mind has implications for the future. And speaking of the future, Cartman is trying to send himself there; to the exact date that the newest video game console, the Nintendo Wii is being released.
At the South Park Mall Cartman is outside EV Games, waiting for the new Nintendo Wii game system to come out. His mom wants him to be patient and he has another three weeks to wait for its official release. At South Park Elementary Mrs. Garrison tells Principal Victoria and Mr. Mackey that he is not going to teach his students evolution but they tell him that he must do it. He thinks it is bull crap but he teaches the theory of evolution in his only particular style. Later back at the mall, Cartman still awaits the arrival of the Wii. His mother gets him to come home, but he can't sleep. Time is going much too slow for him. He decides to have himself frozen, so that time will go by much faster for him, but the boys at the bus stop won't help him. At school some concerned devout Catholic parents are worried about the evolutionary lesson Mrs. Garrison is teaching her students, their daughter thinks she is a "retarded fish frog." Since Mrs. Garrison doesn't seem to want to do the job, she brings in brings in Richard Dawkins, a world renown evolutionary scientist, to teach the subject. He starts to teach the children about evolution, but get into opinionated discussion about the subject until Mrs. Garrison starts to act like a monkey in the classroom and throws poo at Dawkins. After a visit to the principal's office, Dawkins tells Mrs. Garrison that he admires her passion and he invites her to dinner. Mrs. Garrison celebrates the fact that she is going to have her first real date since having her sex change operation.
At the Cartman home, his mother finds Eric hiding in the freezer. Not to be stopped Cartman gets Butters to accompany him up into the mountains where he is going to freeze himself. It will be up to Butters to come back and find him in three weeks and not before, in time for the launch of the Wii. At an Italian restaurant Mrs. Garrison's date with Dawkins is going extremely well, but for Dawkins it would be perfect if she was an atheist. He tells her about the concept of the "flying spaghetti monster," which convinces Ms. Garrison that she should become an atheist and their date ends with a bang. Meanwhile, up on the mountain, Cartman has managed to freeze himself, but an avalanche buries him and Cartman is woken to find out that he has been frozen in ice for over 500 years; he doesn't care, he still wants to play the Nintendo Wii.
Evolution is now being successfully taught by Dawkins in the classroom, but when Stan makes a comment that would allow there to still be the possibility of God, Mrs. Garrison mocks him. Later in bed, Dawkins tells Mrs. Garrison that he didn't think she should be so bold about the need for no religion. He's never met a woman with such balls. Mrs. Garrison tells Dawkins that with his intellect and her balls they could create a world without religion. Professor Chaos and General Disarray are playing in the backyard, but when his mother asks him if he's heard anything from Eric Cartman, Butters begins to worry; especially after General Disarray tells him that Cartman is probably dead now that he's been frozen. The pair go up to the mountain, where they can't find Cartman's body and General Disarray tells him to forget he ever knew anything about it. Back to the future (2546), Cartman is delighted to find out that they may have found a Nintendo Wii for him to play, but first they want to ask him about events that happened around the time he was frozen. It was in that year that world's need for religion changed. The whole world is now filled only by atheists. The group Cartman is with is known as the United Atheist League (UAL), but they come under attack from the United Atheist Alliance (UAA). The UAA beats the UAL and take Cartman prisoner. They send a message to the Allied Atheist Allegiance (AAA, comprised of sea otters) whom they are at war with. Since this is the dawn of the sea otter, they prepare to attack.
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Staff from charteed accountancy Wright Vigar strapped on their walking boots and completed the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge.
The hikers comleted a 24.5 mile circular route, which saw them scale the 691 metres high Pen-y-Ghent, 728 metres Whernside and Ingleborough 723 metres.
The walkers helped raise £500 for cancer charities.
Wright Vigar Director Jack O'Hern said: "Everyone who took part was eager to do this challenge. Sponsorship money raised will go to Macmillan Cancer Support and Marie Curie Cancer Care. The work they do is very close to the hearts of all the walkers."


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The newly renovated fifth floor of the Billy Graham Center is now home to a dynamic collection of classical and contemporary art depicting the biblical narrative from Creation to Christ.
With notable works by artists such as Rembrandt and Chagall, the collection also includes original works from Wheaton art professors David Hooker, Greg Halvorsen Schreck, Joel Sheesley, and Professor Emeritus Dr. John Walford. This collection is one of the first projects of the President's Art Commission, a committee established in 2012 by Dr. Philip Ryken. Art Department Chair Joel Sheesley, who was appointed as the head of the commission, partnered with Associate Dean of Biblical and Theological Studies Dr. Jeffrey Greenman to develop the exhibit in the new home of the School of Biblical and Theological Studies.


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Sin and atonement [Part – 5]
December 28, 2010 7 Comments
Unwilling Sacrifice
Now let us turn to the act of the Crucifixion itself. Here we are confronted with another insoluble dilemma. Jesus, as we are so insistently told, offered himself voluntarily to God the Father and was made the scapegoat for the sins of all humanity, provided, of course, they believed in him. But when the time of acceptance of his wish approaches nigh and at last the glimmer of hope for sinful humanity is beginning to appear like the dawn of a new day, as we turn to Jesus expecting to observe his joy, his happiness and his ecstasy at this most eventful moment of human history, how profoundly disappointed and manifestly disillusioned we are. Instead of finding a Jesus impatiently awaiting the hour of jubilation what we see instead is a Jesus weeping and crying and praying and beseeching God the Father to take away the bitter cup of death from him. He severely reproached one of his disciples when he caught him in the act of dozing off after spending such a fateful long day and suffering through a dark gloomy night which bade ill for him and his holy master. The Biblical account of this incident goes as follows:
Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gesthemane, and said to them, 'Sit here while I go over there and pray.' He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled. Then he said to them, 'My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.' Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, 'My father if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will but as you will.'
Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. 'Could you men not keep watch with me for one hour?' he asked Peter. 'Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak'.
He went a second time and prayed, 'My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.' When he came back, he again found them sleeping because their eyes were heavy. So he left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing. (Matt 26:36–43)
Alas as the Christian story unveils itself, the prayers and beseeching of neither Jesus nor his disciples were accepted by God the Father and willy-nilly, despite his strong protestations, he was at last crucified. Was he the same person, the same prince of innocence and paragon of sacrifice who so bravely volunteered himself to take the burden of all of mankind's sins on his shoulders, or was it a different person? His conduct, both at the hour of the Crucifixion and during the Crucifixion itself, strongly casts shadows of doubt, either on the identity of Jesus Christ or on the truth of the myth spun around his person. But of that later. Let us now return to our critical examination where we left it.
Some other questions which arise from the last cry of agony by Jesus Christ are as follows: Who uttered those deeply pathetic and touching words? Was it Jesus the man or was it Jesus the 'Son'?
If it was Jesus the man who was abandoned, by whom? And why? If we accept this option, it would also have to be taken for granted that till the last, Jesus the man retained a single independent identity which could think and feel freely and individually. Did he die at the moment of parting of the soul of Jesus the 'Son of God' from the body of the man he had occupied? If so, why and how? If it was so and it was the body of the man which died after the soul of God deserted it, then the question would arise as to who got revived from the dead when the soul of God revisited the same body later on.
Again, this option would lead us to believe that it was not Jesus the 'Son' who was suffering but the person of Jesus the man who cried out in such agony and he was the one who suffered while Jesus the 'Son' looked on in a state of total indifference and apathy. Then how can he justify the claim that it was he, the 'Son', who suffered for the sake of humanity and not the man in him?
The other option is that we presume it was Jesus the 'Son' who cried out, while the man in him, perhaps hopeful to begin a new life for himself, watched on in uncertain expectancy of the realisation that along with the sacrifice of Jesus the 'Son', he, Jesus the man, whether he liked it or not, would also be slaughtered on the altar of his innocent cohabiter. What sense of justice ever motivated God to kill two birds with the same stone is perhaps another mystery.
If Jesus the 'Son' it was, and it was him indeed according to the general consensus of Christian churches, then the second question arising out of the answer of the first would be about the identity of the second party involved in that monologue of Jesus (Matt 26:39,42). We have two options open to us.
One, that the 'Son' was addressing the Father, complaining that he was abandoned in the hour of need. This inescapably leads us to believe that they were two different persons who did not coexist in a single mutually merged personality, equally sharing all attributes and putting them into play simultaneously with equal share. One appears to be the supreme arbiter, the all powerful possessor of the ultimate faculty of taking decisions. The other, the poor 'Son', seems to be entirely deprived or maybe temporarily dispossessed of all the domineering characters which his Father enjoyed. The central point which must be kept in focus is the fact that their opposite wills and wishes nowhere seem more at odds and at variance with each other than they were during the last act of the Crucifixion drama.
The second question is, would these two distinct persons, with individual thoughts, individual values and individual capacities, feel pain and agony if they were 'two in one' and 'one in two'? So another question would require many a long dialogue between theologians regarding the possibility of God being able to suffer pain and punishment. Even if so, only half of God would suffer while the other half was incapable of doing so by design or by the compulsion of His nature. As we proceed further in the shadowy world of this twisted philosophy, light begins to get dimmer and dimmer and we find confusion heaped upon confusion.
Another problem is that whom was Christ addressing if he was God himself? When he addressed his father, he himself was an inseparable part of the Father, so we are told. So what was he saying and to whom? This question must be answered with a free conscience, without resorting to dogma. It becomes a dogma only when it cannot be explained in human terms. According to the Biblical statement, when Jesus was about to give up the ghost, he cried addressing God the Father: 'Why have you abandoned me?' Who had abandoned whom? Had God abandoned God?
Who Was Sacrificed?
The other problem we have to take note of is that the man in Jesus was not punished, nor by any logic should he have been punished because he had never opted to carry the load of humanity's sin. This new element, entering into the debate, leads us to a very peculiar situation which we have not considered before. One is compelled to wonder about the relationship of the man in Jesus with the inherited propensity to commit sin, common to all the progeny of Adam and Eve. At best one can bring oneself to believe that in the duality of the 'Divine Son' and the man occupying the same body, it was only the 'Divine Son' who was innocent. But what about the man living alongside him. Was he also born out of genes and character provided by God? If so, then he should behave like the divine in Jesus and no excuse would be acceptable if he goes remiss in this or that, with the plea that he only did so because he was a man. If there was nothing of God in him, that is, in the man in Jesus, then we must concede that he was simply an ordinary human being, perhaps half a human being. Yet that human person, amalgamated with Jesus, has to be human enough to inherit the disposition to sin. If not, why not?
Obviously there is no gain in saying that being a man distinctly separate from his divine partner, he must have sinned independently with the entire responsibility of sin upon his human shoulders. This scenario will not be complete without presenting Jesus the 'Son of God', dying, not so unselfishly after all, for the sake of humanity but his prime concern might have been for his half brother, the man in him.
All this is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to digest intellectually. But from our point of view there is no problem. It was the innocent person Jesus the man, without there being any duality in him, who uttered this cry of astonishment and agony.
The Dilemma of Jesus
Let me once again make it clear that I do not disbelieve in Jesus but have profound respect for him as a messenger of God with exceptional sacrifices to his credit. I understand Jesus to be a holy man, going through a period of great trial. But as the narration of the act of Crucifixion begins to unfold and come to a close we are left with no choice but to believe that Jesus did not volunteer himself for death upon the cross. The night before the day his enemies attempted to murder him by crucifixion we hear him praying all night, along with his disciples, because the truth of his claim was at stake. It is said in the Old Testament that an imposter who attributes things to God which He had never said, would be hanged on a tree and die upon it an accursed death.
But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded him to say, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, must be put to death. (Deuteronomy 18:20)
And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for a hanged man is accursed of God. (Deutronomy 21:22–23)
Jesus knew that if this happened, the Jews would celebrate with ecstasy and proclaim him to be an imposter whose falsehood had finally been proved beyond a shadow of doubt on the authority of the divine Scriptures. This was the reason why he was so anxious to escape the bitter cup of death; not out of cowardice but out of fear that his people would be misled and would fail to recognise his truth if he died upon the cross. All night he prayed so piteously and helplessly that to read the account of his agony and misery is heart rending. But as this real life drama proceeds to a close, the climax of his emotional distress, dejection and hopelessness is fully displayed in his last cry:
'Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachtani?'—which means, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?'
-Matthew 27:46
One must notice that it was not agony alone expressed in that cry but obviously there was mingled with it an element of surprise, bordering on horror. After he was brought back to consciousness, with the help of some of his dedicated disciples who applied to his wounds an ointment they had prepared before Crucifixion and which contained all the ingredients needed for mitigating pain and healing wounds, he must have been so wonderfully and happily surprised and his faith in a loving true God would have been reinstated and revitalised in a manner seldom experienced by man in its intensity and boundlessness.
The fact that the ointment had been prepared in advance constitutes a strong proof that Jesus' disciples were indeed expecting him to be delivered from the cross alive, very much in need of medicinal treatment.
From the above, it becomes comfortingly clear that the concept of Inherited Sin and of Crucifixion are based only on the conjecture and wishful thinking of Christian theologians at a later date. It is quite likely that it was born out of some pre-Christian myths of a similar nature, which, when applied to the circumstances of Jesus Christ, tempted them to read close similarities between the two and create a similar myth. However, whatever the mystery or paradox, as we see it, there is no evidence whatsoever that the Christian philosophy of Sin and Atonement was based on anything which Jesus might have said or done or taught. He could never have preached anything so contrary to, and so diametrically opposed to human intellect.


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Crop circles are some of the most beautiful, mysterious and controversial landscape phenomena in the world today. They are found throughout the world and appear in countries with large agricultural areas. They are also fundamental for a cultural change with research approaches that imitate science and make the paranormal more common.
Unlike UFOs, ghosts and sasquatches, crop circles are tangible: humans can touch them and approach them. At least 30 appeared in England last summer. In British Columbia, crop circle formations were formed in Vanderhoof, about 100 kilometers west of Prince George, in 1998 and 2001.
The cultures and what people are doing with them is one of the aspects of my four-year research project that examines the recent growth of beliefs, practices and paranormal experiences. My field research examines paranormal research groups in Vancouver and paranormal conferences in North America and England.
Recent social science literature on paranormal cultures holds that, despite the emergence of a secular and postreligious society, paranormal discourse is gaining prominence in the lives of Westerners.
Because the paranormal refers to "events or phenomena that go beyond normal scientific understanding," researchers have long recognized that the paranormal is part of "normal" everyday life.
Recently, however, due to a paranormal influence in pop culture, the emergence of new spiritualities and related services, such as large cauldrons, healing stones and the psychological benefits of online researchers have begun to challenge interest in the paranormal as subcultural or countercultural instead of the mainstream.
The paranormal becomes conventional and scientific
Research organizations and international conferences that mobilize emotions, knowledge and paranormal practices are fundamental to the fusion of the paranormal and the mainstream.
Based on models and techniques that imitate conventional science, these conferences and organizations are open to the public and have led to the democratization of paranormal research and the availability of paranormal experiences.
Researchers, especially in the humanities, recognize the relevance of the paranormal. The persistent skepticism in the social sciences, however, about the legitimacy of claims of paranormal phenomena and experience, means that there are no critical studies on how people actually identify with the paranormal.
Academic research has already recognized the importance of paranormal local groups and international conferences dedicated to paranormal phenomena, especially spirits, UFOs and cryptocounts such as Sasquatch. However, we know very little about the relationships between these groups and the conferences, and why and how they shape the daily lives of people.
My study helps explain how paranormal organizations and conferences contribute to these sociocultural changes.
Rationality comes into conflict with the mystery of crop circles
The study of the agricultural circle or "cereology" illustrates the tension between the ordinary and the extraordinary.
No matter what you hear the cause of crop circles, be they artificial or aquifer, bright lines, divine feminine energy, ancient sacred sites, lightning or even UFOs, crop circles that include reveal a mysterious separation between the language and the visible, as in the book by Jean-François Lyotard Speech, FIG.
The French philosopher argues that there is an unstable relationship between the linguistic sense and the units of meaning, are the visible motives of words, dreams, symbols and visual arts. Because there is no inherent meaning in a signifier (meaning that it always depends on another word and a broader context) given, and art and symbols are by default on the plane conceptually opaque, are necessarily opposed to a simple rational understanding .
For example, the Crop Summer Crop conference in Devizes, England, illustrated the difficulty of studying crop circles.
One day, during the conference, I went into a cultivation circle with other researchers only to find a sign on the door of the property: "Closed crop circle". The person who represents an organization that serves as a link between farmers and researchers in the growing circle is not present. As we could not continue without an illegal entry, we returned to the car.
Back in the conference, a discussion began on the behavior of some researchers who had ignored the "Closed Circle" sign, climbed the fence and headed for the growing circle.
For a researcher, this transgression was disturbing because it represented the gross consumption of what he considered a sacred phenomenon. Another researcher who ignored the sign, responded that he respected this opinion, but felt that the circle of culture "called" him and that it would be disrespectful to ignore the attraction of the saints.
The researchers had different views on whether to follow a closed circle that indicated an inappropriate limit or obstacle to the "call" of the growing circle.
The tension between appearances and the meanings of crop circles was also responsible for the difficult patience required in a sacred geometry workshop. While the participants' lines drawn with compasses and conveyor belts, they tried to replicate the intricate patterns of the crop circles only to lose small pieces of lead and fight so that their compasses would not slip on paper. The conference organizer, Karen Alexander, said the exercise provided the participants with a deeper appreciation and understanding of the crop circles.
Interpreting paranormal cultures
As part of my work, I explore the tension between image and language, focusing on the complexity of cultural landscapes where amateurs have trouble navigating in and out of cultivation. circles
Lyotard focuses these events on the "figurative space": elusive elements that interrupt and transcend the understanding of language. Basically, crop circles, unlike ghosts, UFOs and Sasquatches, are very tangible signs. But what they want to say and what they are remains a mystery.
Despite the claims of the "creators of the circle" that they are made by humans, the size and complexity of the circles contradict a 100% artificial explanation.
According to the researchers at the conference, the counterfeiters, when asked how they were capable, about 80 perfect circles without breaking the corn stalks or breaking up, are not able to replicate the patterns and ignore the researchers' questions.
In addition, finding and reaching crop circles, navigating narrow and meandering paths and finding their exact location in large fields of wheat or barley is not an easy task.
Like all other cultures of paranormal research that I have studied so far, research in crop circles blurs the distinction between the ordinary and the extraordinary. In addition, the importance of geography in micro-spaces of camps and conference venues can not be ignored. The regional character and the extent to which crop circles are landscape phenomena encourage many people to know the sublime.


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Jungle Safari Lunch Box
Jungle safari party boxes are made of cardboard and are around 14cm x 9.5cm x 12cm. Each box will arrive flat packed to save on expensive postage and constructed by simply pushing the flaps to open.
Fill your themed lunch boxes with sandwiches, nuggets and chips or your other party food. Why not try them as an alternative to the party bag and fill them with party favors or party sweets.
We have 3 styles of jungle lunch boxes and where possible you will receive a selection of from the styles available.


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By Daniel A. Freeman |
We're happy to announce that starting this week, Andromeda Yelton will be joining us as a guest blogger. We're excited to add Andromeda's perspective to our blog. She's an active new voice in the LIS community, and she'll giving us her perspective on digital divide issues, the changing face of library instruction and the role of technology in bridging the gaps between communities.
Andromeda has a BA in Mathematics from Harvey Mudd College, an MA in Classics from Tufts, and recently completed her MLS from Simmons. A former middle school Latin teacher, she currently lives in the Boston area and is looking for full-time LIS work. She blogs at http://www.andromedayelton.com/. Check out her first post here.


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First North Solihull Cycle Ride attracts participants from near and far
(3rd September 2007)
Well over 60 people from North Solihull, cyclists from many areas within the south of the borough, as well as people from Birmingham and even as far as London, came together last Saturday to take part in the North Solihull 10 mile cycle ride.
Organised by the North Solihull Partnership, the event saw 235 vibrant posters put on lampposts around the route, both directing the cyclists along their way, as well as informing people of the current and future regeneration activities that are planned as part of the £1.8bn Regenerating North Solihull initiative.
Becke Ayres, from Whitefriars Housing Group - one of the four partners within the North Solihull Partnership - was part of a team of people who work on the project who gave up their time to marshal the event. Becke, who was positioned at the start point in Sheldon Country Park in Marston Green said: "The event was billed to start at 10.30am, but by 10am we had a family from Chelmsley Wood, and quite a few groups of friends gathered at the start point, eager to set off around the route.
"The atmosphere around the route in North Solihull was brilliant. Because of all of the posters that were up around the area, and the pre-publicity, the awareness of the event locally was very high. All of those who completed the route were very enthusiastic, and there were even a number of local people who weren't able to take part this time who were keen for us to run it again."
A refreshment stand, a fun and information day event, together with a two mile course for young children to cycle along, were held at Babbs Mill Park in Kingshurst. Leaflets were also available from Cycle Solihull, which devised the North Solihull route, and Shirley-based Red Kite Cycles held a cycle surgery at the start point to check everyone's bikes and offer advice. For those who didn't have bikes of their own, Midland Cycle Hire delivered and collected bikes for a discounted rate of £10.
Press release drafted by Charlotte Crossley. Fore more details contact Core Marketing, 0121 643 8151.


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I am looking to review historical fiction novels, and I'm most interested in history prior to the 20th century. I especially enjoy reading Civil War fiction and/or European fiction (between years 1100-1600). However, if you send a review request, and the book sounds interesting, it doesn't matter what time period it takes place in or if it's historical fiction.
I am currently reading Isabella:Braveheart of France by Colin Falconer, and I hope to finish it this week and post my review.
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American Pride Belt Buckle
Measures 4" x 2.75".
Genuine Once Fired Rounds & Genuine Swarovski Crystals.
This piece is part of Operation Feel Pretty! Pretty Hunter supports our military, and this necklace represents one of our efforts to act on that support. With each American Pride necklace purchased, Pretty Hunter will give one American Pride ring to a woman serving in the military. Operation Feel Pretty, spreading the spirit of patriotism, strength and integrity that is Pretty Hunter.
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