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Metz Milos 32S
- Good DVD playback via component, On-screen help menus
- Unusable DVI PC connection, annoying LED front panel display, overly complicated to use, Too expensive.
Bottom Line
If you are looking to spend large amounts of money on an underperforming LCD TV this is the one for you.
Price$ 4,499.00 (AUD)
Metz television has been in the industry since 1938 - even though most people probably haven't heard of them. They were the pioneers of the first 100Hz Cathode Ray Tube television sets and have been consistently producing high end TVs in their native homeland of Germany. In a giant push to move the company forward into the coming high definition era, Metz has now launched their first series of LCD flat panel televisions headed by its flagship model, the Milos 32S.
This isn't a television set you will find in a Harvey Norman or JB HiFi. Exclusive to specialist AV stores, the Milos is touted as being an extremely high end panel with a price indicative of its quality. Naturally, we were excited to get the Milos into the test centre as we had heard so much about it and supposed it to be a real contender for toppling the Sharp Aquos as our favourite LCD set. The reality however, was very different. The image quality of the Milos, while fairly good, does not stand up against the Aquos, Hitachi or Bravia and, in fact, struggles to compete with some of the lower priced models we have reviewed.
Aesthetically, the Milos is fairly attractive with hard lines meeting at curves on either end of the chassis. Primarily silver, the bezel is intersected with a glossy black band which sports a small panel of orange LEDs which can display the time, program information or the Metz logo. The stand is metallic and sturdy and comes packed in a separate box, so some assembly is required (though this isn't difficult). We found the LED display distracting, especially in a darkened room, as your eyes can't help but wander to the screen - an annoyance which can't be switched off.
Whether this LED issue is an issue at all will depend entirely on your own preference and is definitely influenced here by our own subjectivity. With the subjective element of our testing process behind us, we set upon the Milos with fervor, reveling in the chance to put the panel through its paces.
The first thing we tested was the menu system. One of the most unique features of this television is the on-screen help menu which is essentially the user manual at the touch of a button. The menu system was the first problem we found with this set and it was a frustrating problem to boot. The menu is terribly slow and unresponsive with a half second delay on each button press The menus also tended to be overcomplicated and arduous, a factor which we were soon to learn extended to many facets of the panel operation.
For some puzzling reason, none of the ports on the Milos have automatic signal recognition. When you plug a device in, if it has the same signal as the port default it will be displayed, however, none of our test devices worked on default connections. Our laptop did not work in the DVI slot; the Xbox 360 did not work on the component connection or with the DVI to component adapter. Our Denon DVD player didn't even work in the component or HDMI slots. After hours of trial and error we got all of our devices working but it was hours of pure rage and frustration.
When a device is plugged in, the user has to enter the menu system and set the device up. This involves first choosing an appropriate AV Channel and then the correct signal type. Once this is done, the user then needs to tell the panel to connect the device based on their settings. Automatic signal recognition would have been much easier and seems to be standard in most TVs we have tested. Why this expensive "high end" model doesn't have this basic feature is beyond our understanding. To make matters worse, the on screen help doesn't fully explain how to connect a device and the manual isn't much help either.
The Milos S series is set apart from other LCD TVs in the Metz range as it has two TV tuners as standard and higher quality speakers. As far as the speakers were concerned, we found them to be of an exceptional standard with good bass and crisp sound reproduction. However, we were slightly puzzled as to the volume settings. The volume bottoms out at 20% instead of 0%. Anything below 20% is inaudible and only really becomes useful in a lounge room environment at about 40%. 100% volume is rather loud and we were impressed with the clarity at those levels but still couldn't understand why 40% of the volume scale was unusable in a real world environment.
Having two tuner cards allows a wide range of versatility with television recording and picture in picture options and we found the tuners worked very well with no complaints. High definition digital television signals looked crisp while standard definition managed to avoid many of the up scaling problems of other sets.
We tested the regular component and component via DVI connection and both appeared to look the same. We were told by a Metz representative that the regular component connection would not support 480p, 720p or 1080i which we thought was a ludicrous for a HD capable panel. Eventually, we discovered that the regular component connection does, in fact, support those modes but the signal type needs to be set to "YUV (HD)". We connected the both the Xbox 360 and our Denon DVD player to the set via both the DVI component and regular inputs and found that the image quality was exactly the same for both. Therefore, our test results reflect both connection types with reference to HD signal reproduction.
We used the tests on Digital Video Essentials to explore the visual capabilities of the panel. For the most part, it was quite good but it did suffer in a few key areas. In our grey scale tests the Milos performed exceptionally when displaying light grey but tended to show darker grey with a green tint. The blacks also had this problem but not as severe. In our white on black block tests the white areas on the edges of the black background displayed a yellow discolouration, something which shouldn't be present. This discolouration was also present in each corner of the screen in white areas too, the source of which we couldn't ascertain. Both test devices showed the same problems, we even tested with different cables to make sure it wasn't a source problem.
In the colour block tests and colour SMPTE pattern tests we found that the areas between each colour block would blend into the next colour creating another form of discolouration. These patterns are meant to have clearly defined edges between each colour block and this blending is highly irregular. Concerned that the image settings may have been incorrectly tweaked prior to us receiving the Milos, we set the panel to factory default settings and performed the tests again with the same result. In addition to these discolourations we also detected a small amount of noise in the red channel as well as signal fluctuation. However, in real world viewing this would be barely noticeable.
When viewing our DVD Kill Bill we found that the Milos did an excellent job of up scaling the image to 720p from its 576i source. Many televisions we have reviewed tended to have real problems with de-interlacing and up scaling. The Milos seems to have these problems under control. A unique element of the Milos design is the use of two digital processor chips. This is the first panel to incorporate this design feature and it seems to have done its job well. Normally one chip is used and it has to both up-scale and de-interlace at the same time. In the Milos, both chips are capable of doing both jobs on their own but the manufacturers chose to have a dedicated up scaling chip and a dedicated de-interlacing chip. The result is rather impressive. While the colour is not completely uniform across the entire panel, the usual artifacts and aliasing associated with up scaled DVD images are very slight and at times, barely noticeable.
When performing our HDMI tests, we discovered that the Milos is not YpBr compatible and will only work with RGB HDMI signals. The HDMI signal was flawless, for the most part but showed the same discolouration problems as the component tests. However, DVD playback was not as good in HDMI as many of the usual up scaling artifacts were apparent. Whatever technology was employed by the component processors has not been extended to HDMI or at least not to the same extent.
The most disappointing and input was easily the DVI PC connection. We used Display Mate Video Edition for our tests but found it almost useless as the DVI connection was not stable and did not perform as it should. The image was too dark and had poor colour reproduction. We ran the tests despite the appearance of the image and found geometry problems, colour definition problems and an assorted array of visual blemishes. We checked the settings over and over and tried everything we could to improve the image to no avail. The Milos failed almost every test we ran in PC mode. Even the RGB connection via RCA cable looked better than the DVI connection and considering every LCD TV ever made has problems with analog RGB signals, isn't a result that should be associated to a TV in the Metz price range.
If you intend to run a standard DVD player and HD Digital television broadcasts the Milos would be a good set for those purposes but there are plenty of sets on the market that will do that and more, at a higher caliber and which cost far less. If you are not tech savvy, the Milos will drive you crazy during set up but once you sort it out, providing you are not connecting a PC, all should be smooth sailing. At this price point Metz really should have offered a TV with automatic signal recognition, simple yet powerful calibration and menu options and unparalleled image quality. With the flaws it has, we found it to be an underperforming and overpriced television.
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Localising Human Rights: The Road to Human Dignity?
Localising Human Rights: The Road to Human Dignity?
Groups in the global south appeal to human rights when their human dignity is under threat. When and why do they do so, and what are their chances of success? Sessions on concepts and methodology will be combined with exchanges on findings from ongoing socio-legal fieldwork on the use of human rights by local groups, primarily in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
This is an interactive, interdisciplinary course that discusses the effectiveness of human rights in providing human dignity to users, particularly in the global south. It is based on ten years of ongoing research at the research group on law and development of the University of Antwerp in collaboration with partners in China, the DRC, India and Nicaragua.
The aim of the course is to share experiences with engaging in socio-legal fieldwork on the use of human rights, both from a methodological and substantive perspective. Course participants will be expected to contribute on the relevance of their own research and/or professional expertise to the general theme of the course.
Issues discussed will include:
- Local groups as the 'primary authors of human rights' (U.Baxi) - do we share an understanding of human rights?
- The complexity of interdisciplinary work.
- Why and how do human rights claims emerge? who decides (including gender and other power dimensions with groups) to formulate which claim? conflicts within groups;
- Human rights strategies developed by local groups - the importance of networks;
- Factors determining the response (accommodation, rejection) by the state as the conventional duty-bearer- are states in the global south different?
- Responses by non-state actors that are targeted in human rights claims.
- Defining an appropriate role for development partners.
- The UN Human Rights System from below: are local voices heard?
- An Enabling International Environment: how is the local impacted upon by the global?
- Success and Failure of the Use of Human Rights- and how to determine it.
Use will be made throughout of examples from field research on the right to water for slum dwellers in New Delhi; UNICEF's rights-based sanitised villages project in the Bas-Congo (DRC) and on the right to education of rural-urban migrants in Chongqing, China.
The course will consist of a mix of interactive lectures (mornings), workshops and presentations by participants (afternoons).
For further information on research supporting the course, please consult: https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/rg/law-and-development/research-topics/localising-human-rights/
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- Researchers who are embarking on, are engaged in: research on the use of human rights in a non-Western context. - Professionals who use, or wish to reflect on: human rights approaches to development.
Course aim
After this course you are able to:
- Critically reflect on the effectiveness of human rights in providing human dignity.
- Engage with lessons learned from your participation in the course in your own research or work.
- Connect to a research community practising interdisciplinary human rights work.
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EUR 490: The course fee includes the registration fee, course materials, access to library and IT facilities, coffee/tea, lunch, and a number of social activities.
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The Green Hotel Association (GHA) suggests using "printed towel rack hangers and sheet changing cards" in the bathroom of hotel rooms. The sign on the hanger mentions that guests do not have to have their linens changed (sheets, pillow cases) if they prefer not to; they can help the hotel save water -- in fact the GHA notifies the hotel guest that "millions of gallons of water are used to wash bed sheets" every day. So when the "sheet-changing card is left on the pillow, the room attendants" know to just make the bed but don't wash the sheets (Fostering Sustainable Behavior).
The obvious positive aspect of this is not just water savings but the electricity that it takes to heat the water and run the huge industrial clothes washing machines represents even more savings. There is no negative aspect to asking the room attendants to leave the same sheets on. In addition, a card in the bathroom asking people to put their towels on the rack and that will let the attendant know that he or she does not need to bring in fresh towels, another way to save water and energy. The Website Fostering Sustainable Behavior states that in the many hotels where these towel and sheet cards are placed the participation rate has been "70 to 90%," which translated into an overall savings to each hotel that does this of 5%. The Regal Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles has saved about 1,700 pounds of detergent and 375,000 gallons of water each year by placing the cards in the bathroom.
The only problem that could possibly relate to avoiding washing sheets, pillowcases and towels is that the person in charge of loading and unloading the washing machines might not have enough work to do (which frees him or her up for other green-related tasks!). Another example of saving energy in a green-inspired practice is the Lowry Hotel in Manchester, England. This five-star hotel has installed a "building management system" which automatically turns air conditioners and lights of in parts of the hotel that are empty and unused (Walmsley, p. 84).
Not only does it reduce energy use, the Lowry Hotel's investment in a building management system saves the hotel about $55,000 annually -- and moreover, the Lowry is reducing its carbon emissions by 350 Tons a year, Walmsley explains (p. 84). Another hotel that is using green strategies to reduce greenhouse gases is the Strattons Hotel in Norfolk, UK. This is a boutique hotel that offers a 10% discount to guests if they arrive by public transportation (in other words, they don't show up in a rental car or their own car). The staff at the Strattons received bonuses related to their environmental performances.
The Ontario Restaurant, Hotel and Motel Association believes that when energy efficiency is truly practiced in hotels by using green technologies and equipment, there can be a savings of 20% in energy costs (Walmsley, p. 84). Motel 6, the largest chain in North America, is redesigning their rooms using fluorescent lighting and "wood-effect flooring made from unused industry scraps" (Walmsley, 85). Motel 6 is also installing solar panels on the rooftops of their motels, and installing "high efficiency laundry equipment," Walmsley explains.
In conclusion, the pros far outweigh the cons when it comes to investing in energy-saving strategies and green policies in hotels. Probably the most practical eco-friendly plan that this paper has reviewed is the idea of printed towel rack hangers and sheet-changing cards that guests can put on their pillows, letting the attendants know they don't need their sheets changes. Some of the other ideas suggested and reported in this paper are far too expensive for a small hotel or for a hotel that is already undergoing infrastructure renovation; for example, installing a building management system like the Lowry Hotel did would be financially prohibitive for many hotels. However, putting in place options that people can use like asking that attendants not change the sheets saves detergent, water, electricity -- and helps the hotel be environmentally responsible as well as saving the hotel money.
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Albright, Evan. The Book on Going Green. Raleigh, NC: LuLu.com. 2008.
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Ted Kooser
Ted Kooser (born 25 April 1939) is an American poet. He served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004 to 2006.[1]
Personal life[edit]
Ted Kooser was born in Ames, Iowa, on April 25, 1939. Kooser earned his BS at Iowa State University in 1962 and MA at the University of Nebraska in 1968. Kooser is the author of twelve collections of poetry. He is former vice-president of Lincoln Benefit Life, an insurance company, and lives on land near the village of Garland, Nebraska.[2] Kooser owned a book publishing company, Windflower. Currently, Kooser teaches as a Presidential Professor in the English department of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Kooser has lived most of his life in the Midwest, preferring a more rural lifestyle, as he's chosen to live on an acreage in Nebraska. Kooser is married to Kathleen Rutledge, former editor of the Lincoln Journal Star. Ted and Kathleen have one son, Jeff. Jeff's two kids, Ted's grandchildren, are named Margaret and Penelope .[3][4][5]
Kooser attended Ames Public Schools and worked various jobs including wrapping gifts at Younkers and making posters for Ames Carnegie Library. When Kooser went to Ames High School, his interest diverted from the library and went to cars. He joined the Nightcrawlers Car Club and became secretary of the group in 1956. His motivation for writing in high school can be in part credited to one of his teachers, Mary McNally, who encouraged him to continue writing essays and poems that reflected his life. Kooser decided as a teenager that he was going to be a famous poet for three reasons: glory, immortally and to leave the bohemian lifestyle behind.
He graduated from Ames High School with a class of 175 students and enrolled at Iowa State University, the alma mater of his uncles. Kooser began writing short nonfiction stories for the Iowa State student literary magazine. He also joined the Iowa State Writer's Round Table, which he credits for fine-tuning his writing skills; Iowa Senator Tom Harkin was also apart of the group. In 1961, Kooser moved to Marshalltown, Iowa, to student teach English classes. The following year he graduated with a BS in English education from Iowa State University and moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to live with his parents.[4] He was offered a graduate readership opportunity at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and in 1963, he and his wife moved to Lincoln, Nebraska. After winning the Vreeland Award for poetry in 1964, he soon after lost his graduate readership from the University for his poor GPA. In order to pay for college, he decided to become a correspondent for Bankers Life, an Insurance company in Lincoln; he quickly flourished at the insurance company and was promoted a year later. In 1967, he received his MA from Nebraska.[6]
On August 12, 2004, he was named Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry by the Librarian of Congress to serve a term from October 2004 through May 2005. In April 2005, Ted Kooser was appointed to serve a second term as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. During that same week, Kooser received the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his book "Delights and Shadows"[7] (Copper Canyon Press, 2004).
Kooser lives in Garland, Nebraska, and much of his work focuses on the Great Plains. Like Wallace Stevens, Kooser spent much of his working years as an executive in the insurance industry, although Kooser sardonically noted in an interview with the Washington Post that Stevens had far more time to write at work than he ever did.
He hosts the newspaper project "American Life in Poetry."[8]
Awards & Honors
Two writing fellowships for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA): 1976 & 1984. Pushcart Prize: 1984, 2005, 2009 & 2012. Named United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry: 2004 & 2005. Delights & Shadows named as "Best Book of the Year": 2004. Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (Delights & Shadows): 2005. The Best American Essays: 2005. University of Nebraska Presidential Professorship: 2005, 2006, 2007. Selected on the three-person jury for Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: 2006 & 2011. Dedication of Ted Kooser Elementary School: 2009. New York Times Best Illustrated Book, for House Held Up By Trees: 2012. Mark Twain Award from The Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature: 2013. Independent Publisher's Gold Medal Award for The Wheeling Year: 2015.[9]
Midwest Poetry Renaissance[edit]
Ted Kooser was part of the Midwest Poetry Renaissance in the 1960s and 70s. The Midwest Poetry Renaissance drew on elements of Rural America through a five state swath of the Great Plains region. Poets of the midwest were respected among artists throughout the country due to being informed of larger societal forces, such as the distrust of a media-driven culture of that time.
More small presses opened up in that time, and Midwestern poets began publishing more work. Warren Woessner regards the catalyst of the MPR to be the anthology Heartland in 1967. The movement began to develop after that point, along with the works of Ted and other poets such as Victor Contoski, Mak Vinz, David Steinglass, Gary Gildner, James Hazard, Greg Kuzma, Judith Minty, and Kathy Weigner (as well as many others) who exemplified the rural subject matter and conversational tone. Most of the poets were in their twenties or early thirties and published their first books.
Ted was in his late twenties and thirties during the decade the Midwest Poetry Renaissance occurred. He published his first book through the University of Nebraska Press at age 30, titled "Official Entry Blank." Ted's first full-length book was already out of print by the early 70's, at which time he became more of a small press poet like many other poets in the Midwest at that time. Ted continued to receive publication of individual poems within anthologies, and published several more books on small presses. He also began to edit The New Salt Creek Reader, which had six anthologies by 1974.
According to a Warren Woessner, a poet during the Midwest Poetry Renaissance, the movement ended in 1975 with the publication of Heartland II.[10]
- Kooser, Ted (1969). Official entry blank.
- Grass County. (1971).
- Twenty Poems. (1973).
- A Local Habitation and a Name. (1974).
- Not Coming to Be Barked At. (1976).
- Sure Signs: New and Selected Poems. (1980).
- One World at a Time. (1985).
- The Blizzard Voices (1986).
- Weather Central. (1994).
- A Book of Things. (1995).
- Riding with Colonel Carter. (1999).
- Winter Morning Walks: One Hundred Postcards to Jim Harrison. (2001).
- Braided Creek: A Conversation in Poetry. (with Jim Harrison) (Copper Canyon Press, 2003).
- Delights and Shadows. (Copper Canyon Press, 2004)
- Local Wonders: Seasons in the Bohemian Alps (2004)
- Flying At Night : Poems 1965-1985 (2005)
- Lights on a Ground of Darkness: an evocation of place and time. (2005).
- The Poetry Home Repair Manual: Practical Advice For Beginning Poets (2005).
- Valentines (2008)
- Bag in the Wind (2010)
- The House Held Up by Trees (2012)
- Splitting an Order (2014)
- The Bell in the Bridge (2016)
List of poems[edit]
|First published
|Kooser, Ted (Fall 1978). "Carrie". Prairie Schooner. 52 (4). p. 256.
|Kooser, Ted (1980). "Carrie". Sure Signs. University of Pittsburgh Press.
|A Birthday Card
|Kooser, Ted (November 1983). "A Birthday Card". Poetry. p. 70.
|The Mouse
|Kooser, Ted (November 1983). "The Mouse". Poetry. p. 72.
|Lobocraspis Griseifusa
|Kooser, Ted (May 1995). "Lobocraspis Griseifusa". Poetry. p. 86.
|New Moon
|Kooser, Ted (July 1995). "New Moon". Poetry. p. 86.
|The Early Bird
|Kooser, Ted (May 2003). "The Early Bird". Poetry Magazine. p. 75.
|At the Cancer Clinic
|Kooser, Ted (May 2004). "At the Cancer Clinic". Delights and Shadows. Copper Canyon Press.[7]
|Kooser, Ted (2012). "At the Cancer Clinic". The Writer's Almanac. 2012.
|Kooser, Ted (May 2004). "Father". Delights and Shadows. Copper Canyon Press.[7]
|Kooser, Ted (2004). "Father". The Writer's Almanac. 2012.
|Kooser, Ted (May 2004). "Skater". Delights and Shadows. Copper Canyon Press.[7]
|Kooser, Ted (2004). "Skater". Shenandoah. 65 (1).
|Kooser, Ted (June 2003). "Tattoo". Poetry. p. 150.
|Kooser, Ted (May 2004). "Tattoo". Delights and Shadows. Copper Canyon Press.
|Flying at Night
|Kooser, Ted (January 2005). "Flying at Night". Flying at Night.[3]
|Kooser, Ted (Fall 2011). "Lantern". The Kenyon Review. 33 (4). Retrieved 2015-04-01.
|Kooser, Ted (2013). "Lantern". In Henderson, Bill. The Pushcart Prize XXXVII : best of the small presses 2013. Pushcart Press. p. 339.
- ^ "Poet Laureate Timeline: 2001-present". Library of congress. 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- ^ Various (14 April 2011). Good Poems, American Places. Penguin Group US. p. 237. ISBN 978-1-101-47619-2.
- ^ a b Department, UNL | English. "Ted Kooser | Home". www.tedkooser.net. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
- ^ a b Department, UNL | English. "Ted Kooser | About". www.tedkooser.net. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
- ^ Kooser, Ted (2007-03-01). The Poetry Home Repair Manual: Practical Advice for Beginning Poets. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0803259786.
- ^ Stillwell, Mary (2013). The Life and Poetry Of Ted Kooser. Lincoln: Bison Books. pp. 1–60.
- ^ a b c d https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/pages/browse/book.asp?bg={5DB744E9-E4AB-4314-A21F-C4C84A317273}
- ^ American Life in Poetry
- ^ Network, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Web Developer. "Ted Kooser | Department of English | University of Nebraska–Lincoln". www.unl.edu. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
- ^ Woessner, Warren (2005). "Let Us Now Praise Rusty Tractors-- Ted Kooser and the Midwest Poetry Renaissance". Midwest Quarterly. 6: 5 – via EBSCO.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Ted Kooser: Online Resources from the Library of Congress
- American Life in Poetry, Kooser's syndicated newspaper feature
- Author interview in Guernica Magazine (Guernicamag.com)
- Ted Kooser biographical summary
- Linton Weeks, Washington Post, "Poet Laureate's Prized Words", April 5, 2005, page C1
- A review of Delights & Shadows by Ted Kooser.
- Fresh Air radio interview – 4 April 2005
- Television Profile of Ted Kooser - NET Television


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Hammurabi's Code Of Laws
Hammurabi, King of Babylonia (from: 1795- 1750 BC
), was the greatest ruler of the Babylonian dynasty. During his reign, he extended his empire northward from the Persian Gulf through the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys (the present day Iraq) and westward to the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Apart from his considerable achievements as a military leader and administrator, he is primarily remembered for his codification of the laws governing Babylonian life. "The Code of Hammurabi" is a collection of the laws and edicts of Hammurabi, the earliest legal code in consolidated form as yet known to man. This paper traces the discovery of Hammurabi's Code of Laws, describes its main contents and discusses how important the Code is in giving us an insight into the social structure of the Babylonian society as well its governmental and justice systems.
Discovery of the Code
The Code of Hammurabi was unearthed by a team of French archaeologists led by M.J. de Morgan at Susa, Iraq, formerly ancient Elam, during 1901 and 1902. The stele containing the Code was found in three large fragments. When fitted together, the pieces formed a column of black diorite measuring 7 ft. 41/2 in. In height and 6 ft 91/2 in. In circumference at the base. The top portion of the Stele of Hummarabi, shown in the photograph at right, depicts Hammurabi with Shamash, the sun god, who is presenting a staff and ring (symbolizing the power to administer the law) to Hammurabi. Below the carving, the stele was covered with forty-four columns (over 3800 lines) of text in beautifully cut cuneiform Semitic script. The stele was most likely engraved for the temple of Shamash at Sippar, and another copy of the Code was placed in the temple of Marduk in the city of Babylon. The stele was carried away from Sippar, in around 1120 B.C. By Shutruk-Nahhunte, King of Elam, who set it in his capital as a trophy of his victory. It is now placed in the Louvre Museum, Paris. (Suavay)
A Collection and Redaction of Older Codes
The archeologists and historians agree that Hammurabi's Code is not a series of Laws invented by the King himself, but a collection and redaction of old partial or local codes and of customs, usages, and decisions of priests and judges. (Hertzler, 87) Before Hammurabi, the Babylonian region consisted of small city-states, each having its own laws, which they administered according to their age-old customs. The region had seen the ascent of the Akkadians, the Sumerians and other Semitic invaders. Each had been influenced by the people they came in contact with. Hence, while the waves of Semitic invaders brought their own nomad law and culture with them, they also incorporated the customs of the local populace and the old Akkadian ways into their way of living. Hammurabi's code of laws, therefore, is a combination of the Sumerian and the Semitic traditions that reflect elements of the Akkadian and Sumerian legal systems. (Hertzler, 87-88)
Parts of the Code
The code consists of three parts, the prologue, the body of law, and the epilogue. In the prologue Hammurabi describes (rather boastfully) the good deeds he had done and the considerable benefits he had conferred on the people, cities, and gods of Babylonia. He starts the prologue by mentioning that it was the gods themselves who had conferred on Hammurabi ("the exalted prince who feared God") the task of bringing about the rule of righteousness in the land, to destroy the wicked and the evil-doers so that the strong should not harm the weak, enlighten the land, and further the well-being of mankind. In a sense, therefore, Hammurabi's "mission statement" was to promulgate a set of laws that would ensure justice in the land and protect the weak from the strong and to promote prosperity for his people. The prologue of the Code then goes on to enumerate a number of other notable acts performed by Hammurabi such as increasing abundance in the land under his rule, the restoration of cities, rebuilding of temples, promoting of agriculture, building water-supply systems, and subduing invaders. As if to emphasize his role as protector of the oppressed, Hammurabi closes the prologue with the words, "When Marduk
sent me to rule over men, to give the protection of right to the land, I did right and righteousness in . . ., and brought about the well-being of the oppressed." (Translation by L.W. King)
The next part is the main body of the Code that lists out Hammurabi's laws numbered 1 to 282.
There is no consistent theme of classification of the laws throughout the body of the Code, although regulations relating to the same theme are generally grouped together. At times, laws are grouped together because they deal with similar crimes or legal questions, but more commonly because they concern the same class or profession. (Hertzler, 90)
In the epilogue, Hammurabi once again enumerates his accomplishments and advises the "oppressed" who has a case at law to "come and stand before this my image as king of righteousness" and read the laws in which he shall find the justice he is looking for. He also advises the future rulers of the land to observe the laws inscribed by him which would be good for the ruler as well as his subjects. The epilogue also contains a long list of curses on the rulers who do not follow the laws as set forth by him, alter or deface the laws.
Main Contents of the Code
Hammurabi's laws are quite clearly a collection of a civil code and contain no religious or ceremonial regulations. Crime is considered to be an offense against the state, and is punishable with merciless but impartial justice. In punishments, the Code follows the principal of "an eye for an eye,"
although the severity of punishments is not uniform for all classes. It prescribes the death penalty for a wide range of offenses including various forms of theft, brigandage, disorder, shirking of state service, and criminal negligence. An intriguing aspect of the Code is its severe punishment for carelessness, neglect, and inefficiency. For example, Code # 55 specifies that the careless farmer has to pay for damages if water floods the fields of his neighbor while he is watering his own fields. The mistakes of a surgeon are punishable with heavy fines or even the loss of his hands (# 215~218); and the careless builder of houses pays dearly if the building collapses (# 229).
A significant portion of the Code (almost one-fourth) deals with the institution of marriage and the family. Marriage is treated as a commercial and financial contract in which appropriate dowry and settlements apply, wherever applicable. For example, one of marriage laws specifies that "if a man wish to separate from a wife who has borne him children: then he shall give that wife her dowry, and a part of the field, garden, and property ... " A long list of laws lay out the rights and obligations of the husband and the wife in different situations. Adultery and incest, for instance, are punished according to the circumstances and degree of relationship. The Hammurabi Code also gives the right of divorce to women.
Laws relating to property, its sale, lease, rental, deposit or pledge are extensively covered in the Code. Proper documents, supported by oath of witnesses are required for all such transactions. Although most property laws favor the landlord rather than the tenant, they are not totally one-sided.
The subject of inheritance of property is also given due importance and some of the inheritance laws are remarkably similar to present-day laws in the Western World.
In short, the laws laid out in the Code are harsh and severe in some respects, but are not devoid of humanitarian considerations. In the words of Hertzler (102), "the code is characterized by a despotic, and yet on the whole beneficent, paternalism."
Babylonian Society
Perhaps the most important aspect of Hammurabi's Code to students of history, is the invaluable glimpse it provides of the ancient Babylonian society.
The secular characteristic of the Code indicates that the government in Hammurabi's time was also secular in character, although the influence of religion and priesthood was very much evident in the society. Hence, Hammurabi found it necessary to claim in the Code that he had received authority from the gods and, therefore, become the ruler by divine right. The form of government was monarchy in which succession to the throne was determined by birth and apparently there were no constitutional bodies that restricted the powers of the monarch. (Chamliss, 20,21)
The principle of lax tallion (law of equal retaliation) was followed in law to satisfy the yearning of revenge in human nature. However, the Babylonian conception of justice was not based on the democratic ideal of personal equality before the law as several laws in the Code specify severer penalties for committing the same offense against persons of higher…[continue]
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Because Justinian attempted to keep portions of the Mosaic law because of his own Christianity, Hammurabi's code, which influenced Mosaic law, continued to influence the legal system of cultures even into the Christian era. All three laws legislated both public and private life, including sexual life and family relations, and prescribed death as a punishment for a variety of crimes, including adultery (Norsoto). One major difference between the laws
One of the largest sections of Hammurabi's Code focuses on the family and the best ways that a family can protect and maintain itself. Another large section of the code deals with commerce and from this, the code looks into such issues as debt, interest, and default. What we learn from these sections is that the Babylonian society was one that was somewhat sophisticated and it attempted to deal with
Hammurabi Comparing the Code of Hammurabi with U.S. Law The Code of Hammurabi dates back to the second millennium BC (approximately 1772 BC). Consisting of 282 laws, Hammurabi's Code became the rule for ancient Babylonians, just like today's Americans look to the Constitution for their rule. Although separated by thousands of years, Hammurabi's Code and the laws of the United States actually have some similarities. They are also, of course, different in
Code of Hammurabi Hammurabi, the king of Babylonia in the eighteenth century B.C., developed an extensive legal system that came to be known as the Code of Hammurabi. The code covered topics such as military service, family life, and commercial and criminal law ("Hammurabi" 1). The King stated that the laws had been given to him by the Sun God and the God of Justice, Shamash, for him to carry out.
A rich accuser was more likely to escape with a fine when a poorer person committing the same crime could be put to death. Ownership was considered sacrosanct. Even if a person lost his property because he was part of a losing battle, on return his property would be restored, failing that, it would be restored to his progeny. Loss in battle in interestingly described in the literal translation as
If the purpose of law is to maintain the order of society yielding the best possible circumstance for each individual man, woman, and child, then the argument arises as to whether such direct revenge is actually conducive to preventing further disorders. Revenge can easily run in endless cycles, and fear of punishment may not in and of itself be any deterrent at all, in particular if the act which is
Hammurabi, Agricultural Revolution, Zoroastrianism Hammurabi, Agriculture, Zoroastrianism The Code of Hammurabi Justice and the law is not a new concept, though throughout the millennia, both have evolved to what is today our modern political system, namely that of the municipal courts and the branches of government involved within nations. It is clear, however, that many of the concepts and ideas that are still being used today have stemmed from a much older doctrine,


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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwired) -- 07/15/14 -- Oracle Mining Corp. ("Oracle Mining" or the "Corporation") (TSX: OMN)(FRANKFURT: OMC) announces that all items put forward by the Board of Directors and management were approved by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting of shareholders held in Vancouver earlier today.
The six director nominees listed in the management information circular dated June 11, 2014 were elected as directors, with the voting tabulated as below:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Director Nominee Voting Results --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominee Shares voted for (%) Shares withheld (%) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Edwards 21,965,962 (99.7%) 53,528 (0.2%) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin Drover 21,965,988 (99.7%) 53,502 (0.2%) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Tardif 21,966,388 (99.7%) 53,102 (0.2%) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Douglas Silver 21,972,388 (99.7%) 47,102 (0.2%) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Xuanren (Joe) Wu 21,967,038 (99.7%) 52,452 (0.2%) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cong Bin Liu 21,967,038 (99.7%) 52,452 (0.2%) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
The biographies of directors and further details about Oracle Mining's corporate governance practices are available in the Annual Information Form dated March 31, 2014, on SEDAR and at the Corporation's website. Oracle Mining's shareholders also re-appointed Deloitte LLP as the company's auditor.
A total of 22,623,035 voting shares were voted at the meeting, representing 46.1 per cent of the votes attached to all outstanding shares. For a description of the resolutions approved at the meeting, please refer to the company's report on voting results filed on SEDAR.
About Oracle Mining Corp.
Oracle Mining Corp. (TSX: OMN)(FRANKFURT: OMC) is a Vancouver, Canada-based corporation that is the sole owner and operator of Oracle Ridge Mining, LLC and the Oracle Ridge copper project located 24 km northeast of Tucson, Arizona. Oracle Mining is managed by an experienced team of mining professionals with extensive operating and financial experience.
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