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By: Lisbeth J. Prieto G.
Lic. en Ciencias Políticas y Administrativas
"An injustice made to an individual is a threat made to the whole society"… Montesquieu
Justice and politics have been historically linked. In that sense, it is pertinent to remember that biblical episode about Jesus Christ's drama, particularly the events before his crucifixion. It is well known that at the moment of Jesus' trial it was requested, by order of the State's Attorney Pontius Pilate, that the will of majority was taken into account and this elected Barrabás, the burglar. That mix (justice and politics) has proved to be unfortunate since there is frequently one despot who wants – and in fact, succeeds – to control others by means of judicial manipulation. In fact, grave injustices may be perpetrated under the excuse of listening to social masses.
Autonomy of the Judiciary has different degrees in Latin America countries. In countries such as Nicaragua, Equator, Bolivia and the present Venezuela, it is clear that Executive actions interfere with those of the Judiciary; even more, Executive's authority exceeds that of the remaining powers.
Venezuela is the leader of Latin American countries as far as political prisoners and ineligibilities for public office is concerned. To be vetoed is the lightest sanction against the ruling oppositionist class, with the endorsement of the General Comptrollership Office. Theoretically, this is an agency with a functional, administrative and organizational autonomy, belonging to the Civic Power. Said entity is supposed to look after the transparent administration of the national treasury. However, it acts under the orders of the President of the Republic; it is his performing arm for politically vanish anyone filling an office of popular election and managing public funds who potentially is an efficient oppositionist to the National Government. On the other hand, so far no one being loyal to the regime has been processed for corruption.
There are several mechanisms, apparently "legal", used to make politics in the country, with juridical practices of a tricky, truculent and threatening at any moment character that invite to be cautious to anyone wanting to make a ride in politics. The path traveled by a Venezuelan politician is a thorny one. If we talk about a decent person whose principles are compatible with those of a free society, he will have a tougher way. Honesty is costly and it is paid for with prison many times. Corruption, submission and political favors are rewarded in monetary ways, promotions and employment security. How laws work in Venezuela and to whom measure will be outlined in this essay.
Chronicles of blackmail and submission
President Hugo Chávez impudently uses the Judicial Power as he pleases. He orders to condemn persons, establishes sentences and points out the names of individuals who, in his opinion, must be imprisoned. He sends private and public correspondence to judges to influence their decisions. He knows that there is always someone ready to quickly execute his will. Chávez' finger resembles God's finger to those working in the nation's Judicial Power. The dividing line between the Executive and the Judiciary has been torn. Although slowness has always been a characteristic of the Judicial Power and corruption has become worse than ever, it must be admitted that autonomy is something of older times. Decisions in favor of the governmental project are rapidly issued while sluggishness remains reserved for those having a posture other than that of the President. But not only that: abuse of authority is a common practice even within the Judicial Power itself. Justice is corrupt, perverted and inefficient.
Although long-winded arguments and slogans supporting the National Government are widely heard, every once in a while there is someone attempting to look like impartial and professional. This attitude, however, does not deserve any credit because what independence a lawyer working in a court can boast of when he is not allowed to decide as an autonomous professional? Very deep inside they all accept to be deprived of authority in matters concerning the President or the revolutionary process; judges know they are not those deciding. According to the Foro Penal Venezolano1 (Venezuelan Criminal Forum), four out of ten judges may be dismissed if their decisions do not please the Executive. During the year of 2008, 400 judges had to leave their office without any administrative procedure.
Regarding the relationship between a dismissal or its default and the revolutionary process, DPLF2 (For its abbreviation by initials in English, Due Process of Law Foundation) found important information; the entity cites: "From investigations conducted, we consider very worrying declarations from Luis Velásquez Alvaray at the time he was a member of the Supreme Court. He said Vice-President Rangel used to call him every day to ask dismissal of specific judges, which Velásquez would do immediately"3.
Masks of the Judiciary came out during the Opening of the Judicial Year in 2006 when the President of the Supreme Court at the time declared that the whole body was committed to the Bolivarian Revolution. Right away, the 31 remaining members of the Supreme Court stood up and began shouting: "Uh, ah, Chávez no se va" (Uh, ah, Chávez does not go). This clear act of submission evidenced the previously existing control. Impudence and hunt for privileges are of account in the Venezuelan juridical-politic scene but, as Dwight Eisenhower sentenced "a nation that prizes its privileges over its principles, will loose both" and Venezuela does not miss that reality.
Venezuelan judges who submit to sink someone in prison are not the typical villain thought of in other countries. They are common people and are just cowards. They simply may be a neighbor, some relative, a friend or even a colleague or a schoolmate that everyone considered a decent person. Now, he is a "revolutionary", he belongs to the "process". At this moment, he is the hangman of political or common cause prisoners.
All in favor of a one-man political project. Attorney General, Luisa Ortega Díaz, of communist formation, is openly unconditional to Hugo Chávez; in some occasion she said that she would ask for a legal procedure for "all those disturbing the nation's public peace", referring to marches of the oppositionist class. Public Defender is Chávez' Defender, persecutor of those opposing the President, in service of the Executive and a small group of citizens while questions and labels others as in favor of coups. Nation's Comptroller in office until some months ago was also openly communist and at the Commander in Chief's service.
Even more, President of the Supreme Court "TSJ" Luisa Estela Morales acknowledges that laws promulgated since 1999 "respond to a clearly established ideological purpose". Cecilia Sosa, ex-President of the former Supreme Court has criticized that the current President Luisa Estela Morales "goes to Cuba to receive orders from the island's First Magistrate and see what things from Cuba can be adapted to Venezuela. It is very clear to me what the functioning and orientation of the Supreme Court is lined up to"4. For Sosa, the system of justice administration is in a "deplorable" condition and who does not meet the government's orders is "swept" because President Hugo Chávez made separation of powers disappeared "in fact".
There have been evidences of how instructions of the Head of State influence actions of the Head of the Judiciary. In 2007, the Venezuelan ex-judge Yuri López, now a political refugee in the United States, received a court file involving a government's oppositionist; it never crossed her mind, she would have to flee the country soon for her defense of judicial autonomy. There is a saying within the Judiciary "orders are orders" and she did not want to meet them. Another order was given in December 2009 in a radio and TV chain; in it, President Hugo Chávez asked "maximum penalty" for the 31st Control Judge of the Caracas Metropolitan Area, María Lourdes Afiuni Mora, in the name of Venezuelan people's "dignity". "This judge and those doing the same must be given maximum penalty. ¡I ask for 30 years in prison!" The order was not enough for Chávez; he called the judge "a bandit". In said talk, Chávez proclaimed that the judge submitted to free the businessman Eligio Cedeño; according to him, Cedeño's freedom was planned by his lawyers, the judge, secretaries and court officers through summons for a hearing in absentia of the attorney of record. The President added that in said hearing Cedeño was allowed to leave the court through a side gate.
After the words of the National Executive, the judge's imprisonment did not wait. The Attorney General rapidly accused her of freeing the businessman and making easy for him to fly. Cedeño, owner of Canarias Bank, did business with the National Government but had been arrested in 2007 under the charge of doing illegal exchange transactions and defrauding the State. Judge Afiuni's allegation to free Cedeño was coherent with the Venezuelan body of laws; on the other hand, no representative of the Attorney's General Office had ever been at the hearings. Eligio Cedeño had been arrested for over two years with neither trial nor sentence and this was one of the reasons for the judge to suspend the deprivation of freedom upon the businessman.
In another direction, Fernando Vegas Torrealba, member of the Electoral Court and Honorary Speaker at the 2011 Opening of the Judicial Year asserted that the Venezuelan Judicial Power must develop "an intentional and planned action to conduct a Bolivarian and democratic socialism". In that occasion he added: "laws must be strictly applied to punish conducts or redirect actions going against the Bolivarian and democratic socialism". This is enough to know who is and in whose service is this new member of the Judiciary; enough to see the dependence and lack of transparence characteristics of, particularly, the Electoral Court. Vegas Torrealba went even farther, he said that "laws are not entities that keep a perpetual concept of justice". In this respect he said that justice in laws changes according to the moment: that being correct yesterday, it is not so today "because circumstances bringing it about are not the same anymore"…In another words, decisions are not taken according to law and principles but depending upon their convenience to the regime.
In a country with no government of laws, things are, consequently, managed differently. This has been the reason for a woman to be deprived of freedom and rights, judged with a previously made libretto, sick of cancer and with no medical assistance, the same as people are tortured in Cuban prisons. Under this type of regimes, those breaching the government of laws do not act by themselves and in this case, there are executors that can be called marionettes; this has been the reason for Judge Afiuni Mora to veto Alí José Fabricio Paredes, judge in charge of the trial: he has publicly demonstrated loyalty to the socialist revolutionary process of the Venezuelan President, elements which place her beforehand to be judged by an ideologically and politically biased justice.
A President giving his opinion on sentences of justice courts as well as on judge's appointment and removal, indirectly influences their decisions. A President who openly points at a citizen without any proof and ordains what should be his penalty, does not only interfere with the Judicial Power but clearly violates the precept of separation of powers devoted in the 1999' Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. A President who usurps functions, draws up laws to his measure, and despicably appeal to blackmail to keep acolytes, impairs rights of citizens who should reap the benefits of a transparent and free of interferences justice.
Offense: to be an oppositionist promoter
It is not only that justice in Venezuela is politically used to attack persons acknowledged in the political world: Venezuelan society may be considered atomized because fear has reached even those proclaiming not to care about politics. Any businessman or promoter may go to prison for being "a hoarder". An ideological concept perverts the minds of the political sector and controls the Judicial Power in Venezuela. Just anyone may be abusively treated, even being "chavista" although mistreatment in this case is a lesser one.
For Hugo Chávez "a banker cannot be doing politics as well as a politician cannot be doing banking" (…) Media owners should not be doing politics, partisan politics, first-line politics". Based on this, a law was designed for the President, prohibiting mass media owners to do politics. Since he is who commands, everyone else the country must obey and when it is not so, severe reprisals appear. This happened to César Camejo, owner of Casa Propia, a savings and loans institution. Camejo was arrested at the International Airport Simón Bolívar in Maiquetía on January 23, 2011, with no order of detention and to this date is deprived of freedom in the cells of SEBIN (For its abbreviation by initials in Spanish, National Bolivarian Service of Intelligence), without trial, without his properties and submitted to psychological terror for being an oppositionist. It can be said that red revenge is slow but it always come; in the mentioned case through a set of laws giving the appearance of legality. He is accused of financial crime but this concept does not exist in the Venezuelan judicial system.
In an open letter, César Camejo asserted "I have been subject to retaliation and this must be rejected by any Venezuelan citizen or institution". Further on, he adds "I was imputed of felonies included in a non-existent law. I also was imputed, and later extemporarily accused, by representatives of the Attorney General's Office already objected for felonies; accused for crimes included in the General Banking Law, derogated in December 2010. Every citizen in the Republic should be very worried for this juridical uncertainty". 5 Besides this, Camejo is a shareholder of 6to Poder, a weekly publication whose director, Leocenis García, has also been politically imprisoned for not accepting regulations imposed by government to mass media.
Another oppositionist businessman being a victim of interference of politics with justice is Guillermo Zuloaga, who is also owner of the oppositionist editorial line mass media "Globovisión". He is accused of generic usury and sheaving after 24 vehicles were found in his residence; the vehicles were to be negotiated in the concessionaire market, in which Zuloaga and his family are shareholders. This case shows that not even appearances are respected and that because he is a "political objective", the entire administration of justice is used to slowly make him disappear from the scene, attacking him from different flanks. The Attorney General's Office bases its accusation on the grounds of supposedly practicing actions prohibited in article 286 of the Penal Code and contraband of extraction established in article 143 of the former INDEPABIS6 Law, although the current law is that being amended on April 24, 2009 and refers to generic usury in article 144.
Groups fond of the National Government act like wild beasts, like looters, based on laws such as that of Renting, the one of INDEPABIS (For its abbreviation in Spanish, Institute for the Defense of People in the Access to Goods and Services) and Law of Lots, among others. But against their worst actions, the Attorney General's Office do not have a pronouncement (not even the slightest one), even less issue a decision or file a criminal lawsuit against those who devastate what others have worked and these housebreakers feel mighty with a juridical system perversely designed to impose the political power of the elite for whom the rogues work. This way, the National Government arises more legitimate and gains more legal force to act, levered on incompetence and cowardice on part of many who do not see in the attack to minority their own destruction.
Decline of freedom of expression
It is not the same to express ideas when there is not danger for thinking freely than when there is a risk of becoming trapped behind bars imposed by a tyrant adjusting and using justice according to his own interest. It would be better for us to be in prison than not to freely express what we think because of fear to "justice".
The term justice is distorted and even, washed- out and vanished when different meanings are given to it and citizens are not equally valued before law. When there is misuse of terms and eagerness to change the essence of justice, outrage easily appears. It is very common in socialist systems to twist concepts and supersede ideas. These regimes propose a novel justice; it has been the same in all socialist experiments. Said regimes, however, stand out when it comes to make up felonies and create one only power: a single person is the maximum leader and chief and the system takes advantage of fear infused to silence, in general, disagreements.
Venezuela lives under a new concept of dictatorship that tries to look like democratic while criticism is atomized and wiped out. Opinion is controlled by the regime through censure and disseminated self-censure through statist laws and communicational supremacy. Fear is a mechanism making thousands be silent, others emigrate and many say half-truths. There are new ways to destroy opponents and these are now, enemies. Criticism and opposite ideas may be judged as opinion crime and treason.
A proof of this is that the oppositionist politician Oswaldo Álvarez Paz was accused of conspiracy, dissemination of false information and criminal instigation after he, in the program "Aló Ciudadano" of the Globovisión channel, gave the opinion that President Hugo Chávez was linked to FARC and the ETA group. Five days later, at a meeting of his political party, Hugo Chávez asserted "A man, I will not say his name, dared to say in Globovisión that Chávez, the President of this country, supports narcotics trade. He also dared to say that there are proofs that a bunch of courses have been given here, in Venezuela, to terrorists belonging to ETA and FARC… This is very grave, it cannot be permitted… I cannot send anybody to jail but State powers ought to take action"7, a very clear call to the Judicial Power to act, to imprison Oswaldo Álvarez Paz, just as they did.
Actions have been filed many times against citizens having an opinion contrary to what government expects: it happened too to Rafael Poleo who said in "Aló Ciudadano" that el President will end up "like Mussolini, hanged with his head downwards…" or General Francisco Usón who declared that the Army used flamethrowers as a penalty. This was considered by a military court as an "insult against the National Army". The humorist Laureano Márquez was also a victim for sending a "Letter to Rosinés8, the President's daughter; published in the journal "Tal Cual"; a criminal investigation was conducted on him for harming "the honor, reputation, image itself, private life and intimacy" of the minor. To make jokes about the President had never been so thought over again because even in the Penal Code9 amendment of 2005, offense or disrespect, written or oral, to the President of the Republic, were identified as crimes in article 147.
Freedom of expression is a keystone for the regime, although there is space to say things these are said with fear. The only existing guarantee is a clear threat to think and discern covered with a coat of prevention and those daring to express an opinion before an audience, deep inside know that their actions are not safe because judging depends upon what government thinks. Journalists are probably who mostly suffer this restriction; they have become used to a systematic harassing and many of them have already been imputed for "crime of opinion" and sentences of other type although everything is sustainable and apparently "legal". For International Amnesty, lack of independence of the Judiciary, harassment to human rights defenders and use of administrative and fiscal procedures restricts freedom of expression.
An extinguishing civil society
During the events of April 11, 2002, a crowd of opponents to the National Government encouraged by several organizations and political parties marched to the Miraflores Palace to ask the President of the Republic to resign; Metropolitan Police accompanied the march to prevent confrontations between this group and followers of the government. However, a little later, both groups encountered and persons completely identified with the government shoot the crowd. Officers of the Metropolitan Police "PM" also shoot to defend citizens; in the event, followers of government as well as oppositionists died. Although those followers of the government that shoot were completely identified, none is deprived of freedom; on the contrary, they are "nation heroes" and police officers are now who serve a sentence.
The Due Process of Law Foundation "DPLF" prepared a report based on observation of trial and interview to persons close to those accused of aggravated homicide and injuries. The imputed are: Iván Simonovis, Henry Vivas, Lázaro Forero (these three are PM Commissioners), Arube Pérez, Julio Rodríguez, Erasmo Bolívar, Alfonso Zapata, Héctor Rovain, Marcos Hurtado, Neazoa López y Luis Molina (PM Officers). The report did not seek to establish guilt or innocence but elements inherent to due process of law. It was concluded that the right of accused to be judged with full respect to due process of law and defense was violated since the courts hearing the cases were not competent and they were not allowed to present evidences; they even were judged outside lapses established by law and there was lack of transparency in the selection of jury members. There also was an important political burden in the trial since by then, the Metropolitan Police belonged to a mayoralty opposite to President Hugo Chávez and the trial was conducted arbitrarily, with deprivation of freedom.
In examining the report prepared in 2008 by Bertelsmann Stiftung10, it is confirmed that in Venezuela, protection to civil rights is precarious. PROVEA (For its abbreviation in Spanish, Venezuelan Program for Education-Action in Human Rights) has recorded almost 4,000 cases of violation of individual freedom, physical integrity and freedom of expression; for the organization, there are just a few chances for victims to achieve a cure to these violations. And let's not talk about search of premises performed by police organizations without any court order and the consequences of said searches.
Alejandro Peña Esclusa11, a politician president of the ONG (For its abbreviation by initials in Spanish, non-government organization) Fuerza Solidaria12 is an example of how government has the nerve to invent any type of offenses, joining hands with the Judicial Power and entities like SEBIN13. His right to due process of law was violated from the first moment: Francisco Antonio Chávez Abarca14 accused Peña Esclusa of association with criminal purposes. Said testimony was enough for the Attorney General's Office to admit the accusation and entail Peña Esclusa with terrorism without permitting his defense to question the witness.
Peña Esclusa, convalescent of a prostate cancer surgery, was expecting a search to this home and immediately came back to Venezuela after the before-mentioned witness declared. Alfredo Weil Reyna, Peña Esclusa's defense attorney, points out the following irregularities during the procedure:
"a) Non-authorized officers showed up at the house; b) Peña Esclusa's lawyer came to the house but the Attorney General's Office representative prevented him from going in, a violation of Article 49 of the Constitution which establishes the right to be assisted by a lawyer "at any degree of the investigation or process"; c) When persons in a) came into the house, handcuffed Peña Esclusa and confined him to a corner in the living room, making impossible for him to supervise, follow or even witness the procedure; d) they, likewise, confined his wife and their three minor children in the master bedroom, everything in a clear violation to the "rules for police proceeding" which demand the presence of those being investigated in the areas being searched; e) the commission brought two witnesses in spite of Venezuelan Penal Procedural Organic Code privileges neighbors of the person being investigated, many of whom were present" .15
War weapons were supposedly found, presumed detonators and C-4 explosive bars. Later on, with no control or observation, an "examination" was practiced by a SEBIN officer to verify the authenticity of the explosive; the principle of "proofs control and contradiction" was violated since the penal process demands supervision. SEBIN, undoubtedly, acted by itself and under previous orders.
For the Forum Penal Venezolano, the principles of right to due process of law, right to defense, equality under law and impartiality and autonomy were violated; this clearly shows politics has penetrated institutions and interferes with the access to a transparent justice.
The number of attacks to persons and organizations defending principles which are characteristic of a free society is higher every time; these persons and organizations are questioned and attacked to make them disappear from the political scene through the use of the entire state's repressive and judicial system. In the specific case of SUMATE, a civil association whose purposes are "to promote all types of democracy as a system for socially living together within the frame of freedom and respect to human rights, to lead or contribute with practices tending to achieve that Venezuelans fully exercise their human and constitutional rights", has been labeled as an organization traitor to the nation because it is connected to and receives funds from "NED" (For its abbreviation by initials in English, National Endowment for Democracy) 16, which, in turn, receives funds from Republicans and Democrats in the United States Congress to promote freedom and human rights in the countries abroad.
In sentence No 796, dated July 22, 2010, issued by the Constitutional Room of the Supreme Court, Francisco Antonio Carrasquero López, the member who wrote the Court's decision, assures that is "a characteristic expression of the interventionist policy of a foreign power to influence domestic matters in Venezuela… the monetary incentive is a way to permeate the domestic matters of a state since that organization receiving funds becomes dependent…"17
In said decision, the magistrate emphasizes that political parties and electoral groups are permitted in the Venezuelan body of laws, what is not permitted is "financing from foreign nations for political activity in the exposed terms" that is to say that financing from an organization abroad to another one in Venezuela is prohibited. SUMATE is a civil association and not, a political party or electoral group and this was ignored by the member of the Supreme Court. He also states that "to lead initiatives or contribute with them, "lessens people's leading role since it does not only seek to bring up or animate the civic spirit of population but to lead society" in order that "political positions" are adopted. It is evident then, that the purpose is to surround those organizations in the country with principles opposite to socialist revolutionary ideas or anyone having doubts about the democratic attitude of the President of the Republic.
In those conditions, civil society is atomized, divided into pieces and reduced to be a prey of tentacles extended by government countrywide; what is called 'people's power" is only groups supporting the National Government, satellite of the Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela "PSUV", such us the Consejos Comunales (Community Councils) and different types of organizations which, in its eagerness for demonstrating support to Hugo Chávez, perpetrate the worst atrocities to put an end to "capitalistas", "pitiyanquis", "golpistas", "palangristas" and incidentally, to look for some privileges which, they think, could be kept if socialist laws be fully executed.
"Privileges must be secured" it is often said and that happens because very deep inside chavistas (those sympathizing with Chávez) and oppositionists live something in common: uncertainty. Life does not depend upon everyone but upon government; the difference is that some surrender it because they fear to be responsible for their own existence, to rebel to laws that each day subdue and subject more some with the support and execution of few that function as regime's recycling matter.
Venezuelan institutions are politicized, in a political sector's service. A political system like the Venezuelan, believes are totally changed and persons loyal to the government but formerly thought of as decent, act like barbarians due to their submission, omission and conformism just for some salary. It happens very frequently, daily, that people shout phrases they questioned before. Although State must administer justice, most of those working in the public sector, give up and surrender to a political and ideological partiality; citizens are very seldom fairly treated.
The system is perverted and used to bias terms, justice is polarized and divided according to types and sources of benefits because victims are not considered the center of justice. In said sense, Venezuelan government does not even admit there are political prisoners and calls them "imprisoned politics" and followers of the regime repeat the term.
When the 2008 Bertelsmann Stiftung's report is reviewed, it can be concluded that Chávez' regime is in the way of becoming an "electoral autocracy in which separation of powers just exists on the paper and not, in practice". Citizens survive within a fictional autocratic regime, different from Cuban castrism as much as it strives, in some cases, to give a democratic appearance not only to keep international support and reduce rejection but also to "legitimately" put down oppositionists inside the country.
Even farther, although majority has voted in favor of an authoritarian democracy for whatever reasons (this may be the subject of another topic), it is also a victim of outrages, delay in processing of causes, corruption of officers, biased judicial decisions, obstacles to have access to justice, violations to the right to defense and due process of law. It is not necessary to belong to a specific social class or be a public person to be a victim.
There is no difference between State and National Government, at least there does not seem to be, and limitations of power are highly questionable. Reality has proofed that is on separation of powers that an independent and transparent judicial power rests. Paraphrasing Montesquieu power must stop power so it cannot be abused of. State ought to be focused in its functions, with no desire of tyrannizing or polarizing society, with no intention of creating its own philosophy of justice, different from that accepted by the civilized world.
The general hue over Venezuela at this time is opaque, dark…controversial, generally speaking. Those reaping off the benefits of the historic joint as well as those suffering it or those having to undertake the reconstruction process in the future, do not have easy answers. It is not easy either to share the conditions of a reality in which citizens have been suited by a way to exert power through installation of weapons, body of laws made to measure of who is governing, power concentration through destruction and dismantling of the liberal state which, in itself, holds the principle of separation of powers, essential for the evolution of modern societies.
Translation made by Eng. Pilar J. Faria firstname.lastname@example.com
1 Consult Report presented by the civil associations: Foro Penal Venezolano, Fundación de los Derechos Humanos (of the State of Anzoátegui) and Red de Abogados por los Derechos Humanos, page 20.
2 "DPLF", Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF, for its abbreviation by initials in English) is a non-government, non-profit organization with headquarters in Washington, D.C., which promotes the reform and modernization of national systems of justice in the Western hemisphere. It was founded in 1998 by Professor Thomas Buerghental, current judge of the International Court of Justice, and his colleagues of the Comisión de la Verdad for El Salvador. The work of the organization is divided into three programs: a) equalitarian access to justice; b) rendering of accounts and judicial transparency and c) international justice.
3 Informe de la Fundación para el Debido Proceso Legal. Dependencia Judicial en Venezuela: http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:8TFIZqCMAMkJ:www.dplf.org/uploads/1227640933.pdf+jueces+abren.
4 Sosa, Cecilia (2011). Report at the "I Jornada sobre mecanismos judiciales de Protección y Tutela de Derechos Humanos Contemplados en la Constitución". Valencia, Venezuela.
5 Camejo, César (2011). Carta abierta. http://www.cesarcamejo.com/?p=1.
6 INDEPABIS Law: Law for the Defense of People in the Access to Goods and Services.
7 Ven-Economía (2010) Magazine, Vol. 27. num. Caracas, Venezuela.
8 Márquez, Laureano (2006). Carta a Rosinés.
9 Penal Code. Amendment of the Penal Code in April 2005. Extraordinary Official Gazette No 5768. Caracas, Venezuela.
10 Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI (2008). Venezuela Country Report.
11 Alejandro Peña Esclusa was the first person to present an accusation against Chávez on the grounds of treason (year of 2006) before the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights (CIDH). At the moment of his arrest, he was coordinating an international team to accuse Chávez before the International Penal Court for Crime of Lese Humanity arising from his nexus with FARC (For its abbreviation by initials in Spanish, Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces).
12 Alejandro Peña Esclusa's web page: http://fuerzasolidaria.org/?pageid=1.
13 SEBIN: National Intelligence Bolivarian Service.
14 After his testimony, which is supposed to be false, against Alejandro Peña Esclusa, Salvadoran Francisco Antonio Chávez Abarca was extradited to Cuba, in agreement with Venezuelan authorities.
15 Weil Reyna, Alfredo (2011). Case Alejandro Peña Esclusa. http://www.analitica.com/va/politica/opinion/9225788.asp
16 NED. Official web page: www.ned.org . The organization is supervised and receives funds from the United States Congress, in the terms transcribed as follows: Mostly financed by the United States Congress, support given by NED to groups abroad sends an important message of solidarity to many democrats working for freedom and human rights, frequently in darkness and isolation. Foundation is ruled by the conviction that freedom is a universal human ambition that may be achieved through development of institutions, procedures and democratic values. From its creation, NED has firmly remained bipartisan. Jointly created by Republicans and Democrats, NED is governed by a balanced board of both parties and is supported by the whole political spectrum.
17 Sentence of July 22, 2010. http://www.tsj.gov.ve/decisiones/scon/julio/796-22710-2010-09-0555.html


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The Boston Red Sox won the World Series, so naturally that means the New York Yankees will buy up the entire league to be ready to make a statement in 2014.
Following the Boston's win in the 2004 Fall Classic, the Yanks signed prized right-hander -- at the time -- Carl Pavano and traded for perennial All-Star Randy Johnson. The team wound up finishing with the same record as the Red Sox and won the division based on head-to-head matchups. The Yankees lost to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the ALDS.
The money was flowing those two offseasons, but a phrase very uncharacteristic of the Bronx Bombers has been circulating this offseason: the Yankees will attempt to reduce the team's payroll to $189 million.
We never hear the word "reduce" in anything money related with the Yankees. But it seems Hal Steinbrenner has different views of spending money than his renowned father George.
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman has said that the $189 million mark is not a mandate, and the organization will not sacrifice talent into to meet that goal. But even with that being said, the Yankees face a few pressing issues this offseason.
The first and most telling has to do with the A-Rod situation. The team is desperately seeking an answer of whether his suspension will hold up. If so, the Yankees will have an additional $25 million to spend this year.
That's a huge chunk of money, considering the next pressing issue deals with the hefty contract demands of Robinson Cano.
Pretty much everyone expects that Cano will be the face of the Yankees for years to come. But the question remains: How many years will that be?
Cano released crazy contract demands of 10 years and $305 million earlier this year, and let's be honest: He's not getting that. But another team could surely offer eight years, in which case the Yankees may shy away, especially after seeing how A-Rod's play has diminished in the later years of his long-term contract.
For about six years and $150 million, a deal -- at least from the Yankees perspective -- can get done. That's $25 million per season for a 31-year-old who has shown at times that he doesn't hustle. What more does Cano want?
Also on the Yankees' agenda is to improve the starting rotation. C.C. Sabathia will be back, though he's appeared to lose some of his touch as the staff ace. It also looks like Ivan Nova and Michael Pineda will be called upon to be staples in the rotation.
Hiroki Kuroda was great for the Yanks last year, but he's a free agent and doesn't even know if he'll pitch in the states next year. Consider Phil Hughes as good as gone.
So that's two spots to fill, unless the Yankees think they can rely on David Phelps or one of the "Killer B's," Manny Banuelos or Dellin Betances. The latter two have certainly not developed as the team envisioned.
The crop of free agent starters includes guys who have experienced some success but don't strike anyone as a top-of-the-rotation-type starter that the Yankees seek. Expect them to make a play for Matt Garza, Ervin Santana and even Japanese phenom Masahiro Tanaka.
Catcher is also an area of concern, and Brian McCann's name has been linked to the Bronx. But early reports indicate that he could command a $100 million, but the Yankees would be better off throwing more money at Cano than paying that sort of money to McCann.
In a normal offseason in which the Yankees faced these sorts of needs, they'd just open their wallets and let the money flow out. We've seen it countless times in the past.
But the attempt to reduce payroll coupled with the A-Rod situation have left the Yankees in an unfamiliar situation.
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The soil in my unheated hoop house has finally thawed so I'm now able to survey the damage to plants I was over-wintering.
The grand prize winners this year for successful overwintering are mache, chervil and spinach -- they retained their green leaves and have already resumed their growth. Next prize goes to cilantro, mizuna, lettuce and sorrell -- they died back but are now popping back to life. And as usual, claytonia gets the prize for the hardiest and most persistent weed. Its nice you can eat it but NEVER let it go to seed or you'll have it coming up everywhere! Surprisingly my parsley and kale were nearly wiped out -- other years I've had much better luck with overwintering them. I'm seeing a lot more damage than I've had other years. Not sure if it was the weather, the plants' maturity, or what. (In addition to one layer of plastic on the hoops, I had the plants covered in remay for a little additional protection.) Any one else have an unusually tough winter for hardy plants? |
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Yep. Our first year with a hoop house. 96% of the plants in pots in there for overwintering have died. Then again, a few things outside in the elements have died, too (Heaths & Heathers - I suspect lack of moisture during February). In hindsight I should have buried the pots in the raised beds instead of just leaving them on top or on the ground. The survivors were 2 Penstemmon 'Chocolate Drop', a Salvia (not the very tender kind)and a catnip. The survivors actually growing in the beds are pretty much the same characters you have. We also put a spun polyester "blanket" over them. |
Sorry to about the potted plants! My parsley is coming back good and strong after all -- so it's still on my list of good over-winterers. |
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True Food: Seasonal, Sustainable, Simple, Pure by Andrew Weil, Sam Fox and Michael Stebner. $29.99; hardcover; 264 pages. I tend to snub my nose at cookbooks written by so-called health experts, but Dr. Andrew Weil, likely one of the few people in this country who's never had a hamburger from McDonald's, isn't a preachy doctor, and he certainly has the right to be, because his cookbook is one of the few I've come across that extols a healthy food lifestyle that actually makes sense. It's not remotely intimidating, the tone is conversational and, more important, inspirational, and his thoughtful recipes, bolstered by lavish full-page photos, are written for those who become bored -- fast -- with a mundane diet. The recipes are vast and varied, and while some of the ingredients (sea buckthorn, for example) aren't all that easy to find, most of the recipes don't require detective work (there's also a "pantry" chapter that gives you an overview of some of the more unusual ingredients), and the results, while good for you, also taste good. Clearly Dr. Weil doesn't believe in sacrificing taste, and I love that the recipes pull from across the globe. Lori Midson
Fifty Shades of Chicken: A Parody in a Cookbook by F. L. Fowler. $19.99; hardcover; 160 pages. I have not read Fifty Shades of Grey, and nor do I plan to, especially since I got my hands on this kinky cookbook that pokes fun at the racy novel via seductive chicken (young and organic) recipes paired with poultry porn that makes you blush. The refreshingly profane cookbook, written by a guy who goes by the pseudonymous last name of "Fowler," features sexually-charged recipes with names like "Dripping Thighs" and "Chicken with a Lardon," but lest you think that it's only attribute is its wildly entertaining verbiage (and lewd photos), think again: The titillating recipes are anything but foul.
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Jefferson City, Mo. – Attorney General Chris Koster has filed a lawsuit against a business that helped develop the Cuivre Valley Subdivision for violating Missouri's Clean Water Law.
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After three years as one of the beautiful bodies shaking it on Soul Train and seven belting it out with the disco-funk group Shalamar, Jody Watley decided in 1987 to throw herself the splashiest coming-out party a girl could want. She did it by releasing Jody Watley, her hit-spawning solo debut. That record, and the equally successful 1989 follow-up, Larger Than Life, put her first among disco dollies at a time when Lisa Lisa, Stacey Q, Taylor Dayne, and, yes, Whitney Houston were elbowing each other for supremacy in the field. Watley didn't (and still doesn't) have Houston's power vocals or Lisa's street smarts, but her version of beat-driven seduction amply displayed on her 1989 hit, ''Looking for a New Love'' has loads of saucy charm.
With Affairs of the Heart, she joins again with longtime producer Andre Cymone for what Watley, in promotional interviews, has spoken of as a ''departure'' that demonstrates her social conscience. The deepest stab at ''message'' dance-pop, however, is the title tune, which Watley claims is inspired by Marvin Gaye's highly political ''What's Going On.'' But what's going on in ''Affairs of the Heart'' is vague talk about committing ''to yourself and those you love.'' On the rest of the album this new Watley is not to be found and that's just as well. Affairs may be unserious dance fluff, but Watley's commitment to the music is real. She sings love songs as if they matter, and the record turns out to be another solid collection of heavy-breathing dance workouts.
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The large house in front of us has been empty for years. In August 2007, I noticed a family had moved in and one of the women was wearing a hijab. I baked chocolate chip cookies and we went over to introduce ourselves. Thus began one of the most memorable years of our lives. Tareq Al-masoud, a professor of education & educational media in Kuwait City, was here for a year on sabbatical researching his next book at his alma mater, Ohio State University. He brought with him his beautiful, sweet, shy wife Maha, mother extraordinaire to seven children when they arrived and eight by the time they went home. Early in our relationship, Tareq took us out to eat at Olive Garden with his entire family. Years ago, Steve and I spent a memorably miserable meal at a restaurant with two hellion sons of a cousin, so we were dubious about a public dining experience with 7 children, ranging in age from 6 to 17. We needn't have worried--the children got along well with each other, were polite, quiet, and friendly. Our Sunni Muslim neighbors became close and dear friends, whom we sorely miss. We immensely enjoyed sharing American traditions and holidays with the Al-masouds during the year they lived in Ohio while we learned from them about Islam, Muslim customs, the Arabic language, and Kuwait. We invited the entire family to spend Thanksgiving Day 2007 with the four of us plus James' college roommate Ross from Seattle.
James and Andrew created homemade Thanksgiving placecards for the Al-masouds, a tradition in our family.
My Sexiest Man Living can cook too! Steve multi-tasks, keeping the homemade creamed corn hot (or is that "hawt"?) while finalizing the turkey gravy.
Mary made the turkey with the yellow speckled legs in an elementary school art class. Neighboring turkey, Native American, and corn were created by James and Andrew.
Here's DogWoman (note canine earrings!) whipping up a vat of mashed potatoes. We bought this workhorse mixer used from a family friend before we got married 27 years ago and it's still going strong.
Andrew and Abdulwahab look on with interest as Steve carves the beast. In Kuwait, chicken is a common meat, but turkey is rare. Tareq informed us that the Arabic expression for "turkey" translates to English as "Roman rooster." Who knew?
Here's one of Andrew's elementary school drawings. We served four of the six foods depicted, skipping the carrots and apples.
You can tell which one is the photographer's son! From far left to right: Mohammed, Ebraheem, Andrew, Abdulwahab, and Steve. On the near side of the table, James' delightful college roommate Ross and Yousif.
We used the kitchen table to add an "L" to the dining room table. Left to right: Mary, Maria, Amnah, Tareq, Maha, and Samia. In accordance with moderate Muslim custom, females over the age of about 14 wear a hijab. Amnah and Samia are exempt from the head covering until they are older. After sampling a little of everything, Tareq offered this prayer and benediction, "May Allah protect your hands, Mary, so that you may always prepare such wonderful food for your family and friends."
James made this colorful necklace as part of his 2nd grade school Thanksgiving celebration. We occasionally see red foxes in our yard.
We were so happy to have James home from his first semester in college that we allowed him to preside over one head of the table. Clockwise from left: handsome and quiet Yousif, Ross doing his pretentious look, our beloved firstborn James, kind and thoughtful Mohammed, Andrew's close friend and fellow serious student Ebraheem, my green-eyed golden-haired baby Andrew, and athletic soccer star Abdulwahab.
After dinner, Tareq held court in front of a cozy fire in the living room, while James demonstrated his acoustic guitar. Tareq's brothers all play the oud, a traditional Arabic stringed instrument. Fascinated by James' guitar, Tareq bought his own acoustic to learn and take home with him. Maha and Yousif enjoy the concert. Tareq is flipping a set of prayer beads, much like Greeks with their komboloi (worry beads).
Meanwhile in the family room, Sasha "The Weasel" tries to get someone to pick up her orange Frisbee and throw it over the couch in the foreground into the foyer (allowed in our home). From right to left, Mohammed and Abdulwahab are playing Soul Calibur on the PS2 as Amnah, Maria and Ebraheem look on. In the Frisbee flight path, Andrew and Ross concentrate on a Game Boy and PSP respectively. I don't know about you, but there weren't any electronics involved in my childhood Thanksgivings! We played Flinch or Pit, Chinese checkers, cribbage, euchre, or solved puzzles lying around in front of a fire. In the background, Samia is playing with Legos.
Samia shows off her Lego animal enclosure and transportation system in front of the kitchen bay seat.
Samia & Amnah help prepare dessert by licking whipped cream off the beaters. Maha made all the jewelry they are wearing.
Mary & Maha with the pie buffet, left to right: apple, pecan, and rhubarb. None of Al-masouds wanted to try family favorite pumpkin, which our English friends also consider uncivilized. The Kuwaitis voted pecan #1, rhubarb #2, and apple (which Maha thought would be her first choice) #3.
Abdulwahab gets in the holiday spirit as he models the tea cozy on his head!
Amnah outdoes her brother by becoming the sheep, a beautiful and peaceful one.
Maria allows me to photograph her lovely outfit. A gifted student, keen listener, devoted daughter and sister, Maria also maintained their 5 acres of grass driving a huge commercial mower with a 61" deck. Muslim women may accept more traditional roles than we are used to here in the states, but the women I was privileged to get to know are tough, bright, hard working, and not to be underestimated. Our year with the Al-masoud family was one of our greatest ever and will be featured in future posts about their first American birthday celebration with party hats and horns, first time trick-or-treating, first snow wheel and igloo, first snow woman, first snow football, first time sledding, and the birth of their eighth child, lovely girl Anwar. We love you and miss you, dear friends!
Gratuitous Red Sox turkeys for CCC. Made in 2nd grade by fourth generation BoSox fans James (top turkey) and Andrew (Snorlax turkey). Our entire family misses vivacious Jacquie Daughenbaugh, 2nd grade teacher extraordinaire for both boys, who lost her battle with breast cancer in October 2007.
Here's a sweet ending to this Thanksgiving tale.
We hope you have a relaxing, joyous, and wonderful holiday weekend. Here's hoping we can deep six the stress, enjoy the moment, smile & nod to those we love whose politics we hate, and concentrate on all that we have to be thankful for including hope, our loved ones, a home, enough to eat, friends, stable health or at least better than the alternative, our animal friends, safe neighborhoods and schools, opportunity, starlight and the comforting call of great horned owls, a chance to make a difference, and the OS community. Happy Thanksgiving!
I must have acted properly affronted, though, since the entire family moved away, leaving the house in front of us vacant and lonely once more. ;)
This memory is one to cherish and I am sure that your children cherish it as well.
I am glad you commented on my Thanksgiving post and sent me to view yours. They are opposite experiences as of course mine was not pleasant and has stuck with me there 30+ years for a different reason. It along with so many problems during holidays has taken away the pleasure of looking forward to them. This would have been a holiday worth sharing.
This morning Cindy and I are off to "Run for the Hungry" in Sacramento. We will walk as her knee injury will not allow her to run and I am no longer in the shape I was when I ran consistently a couple of decades ago. This may become an annual thing for us. To give is something I find I enjoy far more than receiving.
As we are nearly out the door I will also wish all a wonderful holiday and please remember those less fortunate than we.
Beautiful Thanksgiving sentiment as well!
I dare say I could that entire vat of mashed potatoes too!
As it was, they were Catholics and Federal Spies - out to get me for my Political Opinions, My (ex-Catholic) Buddhism, my choice of an 'Alt' Herbal Medicine (I'm Disabled, I suffer from Chronic Pain and I quit Methadone - voluntarily; though that means nothing to 'The Church' - or the Feds), and - apparently - some of the 'Comming Of Age' type Love Stories thaty they'd downloaded from my Hard Drive.
That's why His Daughter - all of 12 years old - tried to 'you know what' me, after she came over to learn - from me, a retired Chef - how to Cook a Proper Thanksgiving Meal; which I invited her to do, as she had no Mother - sweet and shy, or any otherwise.
Then her Daddy tried to get me hooked on Crack!
I'd say "For the Love of Jesus", People - just what are you trying to do to me (other than to get me thrown out of my home; which they eventually succeeded in doing); but they've betrayed that Good Prophet too many times for me to believe that they know what 'Love' is.
Be glad for these Good Muslims; they need all the Love they can get here in the land of the Great Satan.
And remember - I said I'm an ex-Catholic BUDDHIST; so what's all of this say about so-called Christianity? It's still the same old Small-pox Infested Blankets stuff, that's what!
I want some Change for (next) Christmas; how about you?
Jordan, the Naomi Shihab Nye story made me cry, which doesn't happen often. I recommend highly this brief account of a communion of souls at an airport:
Gate A-4 from Naomi Shihab Nye's book Honeybee
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text: Sun Glitters is the recording name of Luxembourg electronic artist Victor Ferreira, who just released his debut album Everything Could Be Fine via his own bandcamp. In what looks like a rather prolific week for Sun Glitters according to their official website, Victor has posted a new video for the track "Feel It". I'm not the only one to draw comparisons to supposed "witch house" artists Balam Acab, whose bubbly, underwatergaze beats compliment Sun Glitters' own sound quite nicely. The artist compares himself to Burial (who for some reason, never stuck out to me – is that a problem?) and Boards of Canada – which is great, considering the Scottish duo has remained completely silent for the past 5 years. Watch João de Almeida's video of a woman dancing in front of a couple nudists in a wheat field below.


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Know Your Lore: Archbishop Benedictus of the Holy Light {WoW}
Dec 7th 2011 11:07AM Also makes sense why the si7 were attacking thrall, they were under orders from the archbishop.
Know Your Lore: Story development and why Theramore should burn {WoW}
Nov 20th 2011 4:56PM I think the alliance will retaliate and destroy Stonard, the story in swamp of sorrows shows the alliance not doing too poorly against the horde, and it would create a sort of tug and pull story as well as evening out the lost of portals.
I mean honestly how often do people go to either Theramore or Stonard? Those portals are over with they usefulness and this will serve well to drive us into a full out war in MoP.
The Queue: Criminal {WoW}
Nov 20th 2011 3:57PM Actually I don't think you will be able to get the legendary faster on 25 man. The reason being with dragonwrath the 25 man version gave out more so that you could get it for a 2nd person at the same time, yet the player base and guilds didn't go that route and decided to give it to one person so help speed the process. Now the first quest for the daggers requires 333 gems which come out of the geode that the new epic gems do, and if i recall how that works is each person get one geode per boss should it drop. Meaning that you can't give the quest item to the rogue since they will already get it from the geode, and at this moment the only difference in the geode's are some have a higher than normal chance of dropping an epic gem than others and most likely have no increase on each quest item.
5 reasons you should love Mists of Pandaria {WoW}
Oct 24th 2011 3:45PM I know theramore is getting destroyed, but they may just side step the whole why Jaina was peaceful agrees to send an army in to horde territory knowing it could very well end badly. I realize the horde are once again going to take another shot at the alliance, when they have already taken southshore, stonetalon, gilnaeas, ashenvale, eastern plaguelands, and twilight highlands. Without worrying about the number of territories were uneven it still feels like no matter what, the horde will always win while the alliance is busy taking care of the threats that could destroy both the horde and alliance.
5 reasons you should love Mists of Pandaria {WoW}
Oct 24th 2011 2:31PM I don't agree with point number 2, they haven't finished a lot of the story lines and there is still a lot of plot holes.
What was Jaina's intention when building the road that caused the problems in barrens?(will be addressed in 4.4 I hope)
When is Trollbane going to finish with the pencilpushers and come back?
Nepulton isn't finished no matter what they said at blizzcon.
Naga aren't finished with.
Titians aren't finished with.
Karazhan needs some cata love along with silthius.
The missing family of Arthas.
The new forsaken aggression, and the freedom of Gilnaeas.
That one new forsaken scarlet daughter her name escapes me at the moment.
The deathknight brothers in death.
There is many more questions that jumping onto a whole new continent makes us feel short changed. Granted I am excited but I prefer more wrap ups than we currently are getting now.
The Queue: Well, that explains everything {WoW}
Oct 4th 2011 11:21AM Totally the new bh boss is a chick, one of the shiva arm ladies.
Encrypted Text: Welcome your new legendary-wielding rogue overlords {WoW}
Sep 21st 2011 7:01PM Fine a poor example but let's say you get hired to work at Burger King, and you were hired to flip burgers but turns out they are short hand at a store acouple miles aways, would you refuse then you would be the last person the manger would want to promote or give a raise to.
Your example "If you get hired as an accountant for a hospital and then get asked to go perform surgery you better tell them "no, of course I won't go do surgery, are you mad?!" or you'll be killing someone."
That is rather extreme of course it wouldn't makes sense but let's say you are accountant but you refuse to work with computers since you prefer adding machines. Or you get elected to be President but refuse to sign any laws or take any action but to pardon people. The times changed and if you don't change with it they will find someone who will.
And the whole rogue community wasn't catered for, you still had people who were assassination and subtlety who would be stuck in their old ways. The fact of the matter is shamans and druids have had two legendary since rogues got one that they were well and able to use. Whether or not you choose to before the patch get excited about this legendary you would be well and able to get, you choose not to simply because you don't want and not that you are unable like rogues.
Know Your Lore: The Watchers and Shadow Wardens {WoW}
Sep 21st 2011 5:41PM "the enemy of my enemy is my ally" We see her using this in Black Temple where she allies herself with the broken. How would a hater of magic users and "xenophobe" find it in her head to ally with some tainted broken? Not only then if she was a fiece hater of all magic users and members outside of night elves, why doesn't she take the chance to kill the horde and alliance groups after Illidan is dead? I feel that her character got broken and what better place for a broken character to but join the Forsaken, as we see now she has been forsaken.
Know Your Lore: The Watchers and Shadow Wardens {WoW}
Sep 21st 2011 5:37PM Fair enough but let us look at Sylvanas, she is a fierce hater of the Lich King but soon finds herself recruiting the most loyal of her enemy allies. Even then she finds herself acting the very way the one she wanted dead would act in raising more of the undead.
Now Maiev hate everything but her watchers. What is stopping Sylvanas from killing her and bringing her into her league through not some sort of valk'yir method but the very same method that was used by the lich king to turn her into a banshee. Then Maiev would fall into the same mold as the forsaken wanted the death of everything but the undead as they have given her hope to redeem herself and find revenge on Mal and Tyande. She isn't dumb, she will most likely find a way to get her revenge as we already seen her determination to kill Illdian.
Encrypted Text: Welcome your new legendary-wielding rogue overlords {WoW}
Sep 21st 2011 5:25PM "respeccing for a Shaman requires a totally different gear set, understanding tactics from a different role and a different skillset, plus it will cause a change in your raids composition of melee/range/healer numbers."
Well if you don't do anyone of that to help your raid, then you are probably the last person your guild will think deserves it. People drop raids for a lot of reason, and it is easier to have someone in the raid be able to switch right away then having to bring in someone else if you don't have a healer on to replace the one who left.
People think that any person will be able to get a legendary, while this was true in BC with the random drops of the legendary now it takes time and teamwork for you to be able to wield one. You will only get a legendary if your raid is able to help you get it, and not every guild is at a point where they can farm all the bosses to get a legendary for their members.
And think about this, the staff that no one seems to have a desire to respec to, will be worth it for the rest of this patch and most likely then next, where as the rogues will only get to use it for one tier and maybe the filler raid and the first couple levels of the new exspansion. Meaning Caster have alot more time to get a legendary and develop a gear set and learn the mechanics for the fight while in the caster spec or in the melee switch only waiting till you have the staff to actually switch.
If you were to get a job and tell your boss "No I won't do this type of work I only want to do this type of work" you are not going to last very long. The only limitations is yourself in this case, unlike a rogue whose limitation is the lack of a spec to change into.


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Kitchen floor in progress. What color for the grout? Dark? or Light? is the question. (I've posted this in flooring forum too. Hope that's okay?) Below is a pic of the floor at the new 10 ft opening between kitchen and dining room (and liv room beyond). It was a loading wall that has recently been removed. Not yet grouted. I'm struggling with whether to have grouted with dark brown in order to transition better between herringbone and the linear hardwood oak floor in adjacent dining room. Colors don't match precisely. That's okay. We will be staining floors (probably) in a year or two. Maybe a darker grout would add a little "striation effect" to the herringbone that would blend better with adjacent hardwood? Or should I go light with the herringbone since my kitchen lower cabinets or medium gray and light kitchen floor would work a little better than darker kitchen floor with the gray. Probably "6 of one and half dozen of the other" or "hair splitting" but feel free to voice opinions. Our house is 75+ years old and has lots of places that show remodeling decisions based more on function than form so I'm trying not to get too hung up about this but your opinions are welcome, especially strong ones. And no, I'm not trying to fool people into thinking my kitchen floor is wood. I like the practicality of tile and natural style of wood - as simple as that. |
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My preference would be to have the grout lines disappear as much as possible. Please post pics when done - it looks great so far! Herringbone adds a cool touch to kitchens that i've seen in pics. They seem Euro-chic |
I agree with "MareLuce", try to make the grout lines disappear. It looks great. |
I like it! I agree to try to make the grout lines disappear. |
I personally wouldn't do the dark brown grout. Grout lines tend to darken over time soon enough. The dark line you see on the wood is simply dirt in the seams. If you sand and refinish your wood floors, those dark lines will no longer be there. I would consider a grout color that matches the darker of the tile colors so the grout doesn't stand out. My opinion. Good luck. |
Add me too. I love that you matched the color. Amazing. Show us pix when you are done, please! Also, if you go light, it won't stay light in all places. Heavy traffic will get dirtier looking. Even if you are great at scrubbing grout lines, I don't think it would be practical in the kitchen. |
I would try to match the tile floor. I have both light and dark grout in my house and I prefer the dark. It looks better because dirt does not show. Just want to mention that caulk goes in the seam between the wood and the tile. Grout will crack as the wood expands and contracts. |
Thanks so much for input from everyone. We are going with the lighter of the two grout colors I was thinking about thanks to y'all and also to my own gut feeling. So nice to have confirmation. FYI - This grout is called Fusion Pro which is something kind of new and which has a reputation for being easier to keep clean. It is supposed to have all the advantages of Epoxy but much easier to install than Epoxy grout. (And doesn't yellow like white Epoxy if you are going with white or something very light which we aren't here in our kitchen though we have gone with Fusion Pro white grout in our recent remodel of our master bath - crossing fingers.) I will post when the grout dries. Thanks again. |
Just a note to say, I loved this statement of yours: "Our house is 75+ years old and has lots of places that show remodeling decisions based more on function than form so I'm trying not to get too hung up about this but your opinions are welcome, especially strong ones." Our house is only about 50 years old, but we're struggling with this same issue, dealing with past remodeling decisions and worrying about how badly they impact the house, or how critical it is to change them. Your common sense attitude is a breath of fresh air, to me. I guess I needed to hear that, so thanks! Love your choice of the tile, and looking forward to seeing more photos when finished! |
I look forward to hearing how you like the Fusion Pro grout. I am planning to use it on my backsplash. Are you doing it yourself? Also love the herringbone pattern on your floor- one of my favorite tile patterns. |
- Posted by bmorepanic (My Page) on Wed, Aug 7, 13 at 16:38
" those dark lines [may] no longer be there" It depends on the age of your floor. The older a wood floor is, the drier its become and the more the seams open from shrinkage and the less the darkness sands out. I would go a bit lighter than the tile. The herringbone pattern is special (looks great!) and I would want to it to stand out more. So, like maybe oyster gray or linen or light smoke. |
Hi Elphaba :) Did you have the great crew that did your bathroom, do your kitchen? Love the floor and it looks great with the real wood too. I have heard people say to use a grout color like the darker lines in the tile. As I look at your real wood floor it has darker lines that separate the planks. Do a sample board of both grout choices on a couple of tiles fixed to a scrap of drywall, then you'll know. |
This post was edited by enduring on Wed, Aug 7, 13 at 19:25
- Posted by Spottythecat (My Page) on Wed, Aug 7, 13 at 20:15
Enduring - I love the idea of sample boards for grout! Thanks for the suggestion! I love herringbone patterns too...I will have it at my foyer area! Good luck with your project! Pam |
I like the idea of trying out the different grouts. It would be a shame to 'disappear' the neat herringbone pattern with the same grout color, to my mind. I'd probably try some lighter ones. Say enduring... if you check back in can you let me know what that subway tile is that you show in your 'compare grout' photo? Not trying to hijack, but it's so lovely I'd like to know what it is. |
Yes, sample boards are a good thing. Problem with this grout is that it is $60 bucks a "pail" of grout. And not all the grout colors are local so you have to order it in some cases and it has taken a week for the grout to be delivered in a case where we ordered. Luckily, there is a closet adjacent to the kitchen that we have had the same tile put in (but not in herringbone) so we used that for our "sample boards". I made the decision to use the "earth" color but this was after buying two pales of the dark brown (can't remember if it was coffee or sable) and trying that. Final product looks VERY nice but after all is said and done, I think I need to do a SAMPLE KITCHEN with SAMPLE Cabinets and SAMPLE ISLAND installed, LOL before I can really be sure which direction to go in. Not gonna happen, of course. The darker grout might have been stunning but since I am not an experienced designer, I continue to use my rule that says when in doubt, go with the simplest solution and that was to keep the grout somewhat light and closer to the color of the tile than the dark brown would have been. The opinions in this thread that "invisible" grout was the best thing helped a lot. "No guts, no glory" I guess. The sample of the darker color looked good but I had visions of it increasing the "visual clutter" of the room and since my lower cabinets have visible striations which already will increase visual clutter, didn't want to add too much more with the floor. Even the herringbone is a bit risky but it looks so great, I think sometimes "visual clutter" is a good thing. |
Elphaba, your floor will be stunning with your cabinets. You know my bathroom herringbone is quite noticable, and my walls have some stacked and running bond going on, then a rather large crown rail on top of everything. There are times when I wonder if I have too much going on. Other times I look around and find it visually interesting. Especially in the AM when the east sun comes in and makes sun patterns on the wall and furniture. Deedles, the little 2x4" subway tiles are a marble mosaic from "The Tile Shop". We have a local one in central Iowa. The marble comes in a variety of colors. The top picture is of Landsdale Carrara Amalfi. The bottom set is called Hampton. Both came in a running bond pattern. So for the top installation I took them apart (on a whim) in 2011 and put them up for my kitchen backsplash, even when others told me "too difficult" (neighbor). Then this winter I did my bathroom with a listello of the Hampton. I was using the running bond, but I still took it apart so the tiles could be a little more exact in spacing and sizing. I noticed that a few tiles were not quite square, or a bit smaller. I could cull them out. |
elphaba: make sure to post pics, whichever way you go with the floor! enduring: I've ordered a sample of that tile... it's so pretty. Maybe it will work in my kitchen... |
- Posted by bmorepanic (My Page) on Sat, Aug 10, 13 at 22:09
You can fake your choices with paint. Take your color chart and get matches in tiny sizes. |
thanks bmorepanic - I find it hilarious that I have never thought of that! Too late for the floor, I will paste a picture sometime soon (just the floor in an empty room -kitchen won't be done for at least a couple months - maybe longer ). But I will definitely use this idea at some point because we still have several rooms to go. Thanks again. |
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