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Archive for March, 2012
Was Benedict XVI Just Being Polite or Did He Really Mean to 'Debunk' Clericalism During His Trip to Latin America
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Clergy Sexual Abuse, Vatican, Voice of the Faithful on March 30, 2012
National Catholic Reporter's John Allen writes today in his article, Benedict's Gentle Debunk of Clericalism, that during his trip to Mexico and Cuba earlier this week "the pope offered a gentle, yet unmistakable, debunking of clericalism."
Allen's article goes on to state that expressions of "clericalism include:
- Clergy see themselves as political powerbrokers, playing a direct role in affairs of state.
- The church projects an image of power and privilege, with its preferred spiritual imagery emphasizing God as a cosmic monarch.
- The role of the laity is conceived in largely passive terms — "pay, pray and obey."
- Little premium is placed on evangelization or faith formation, with pastoral care understood largely in terms of administering the sacraments."
Voice of the Faithful similarly defines clericalism as the attitude on the part of the clergy that they are different than, separate from and above others and therefore exempt from rules and consequences that apply to everyone else in society. VOTF has stated that clericalism lies at the heart of the clergy sexual abuse scandal.
In October of last year, after an internal committee study, VOTF trustees released the committee's conclusions on the John Jay College Report on the causes and context of the Catholic Church's worldwide sexual abuse scandal. In "The John Jay Report: Right Context, Wrong Conclusions," VOTF trustees faulted the John Jay Report most especially for describing but not naming clericalism as a major contributor to clergy sexual abuse.
Whether the Vatican makes a similar connection between clericalism and the abuse scandal, we can only guess, but we can see they know clericalism exists and is not a positive influence in the Church.
Bishop Wants Total Re-examination of Catholic Faith & Culture
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Catholic Bishops, Clergy Sexual Abuse, Voice of the Faithful on March 29, 2012
Retired Australian Bishop Geoffrey Robinson has been speaking recently in various U.S. cities about inherent problems he sees in the Catholic Church that have contributed to the clergy sexual abuse scandal. His latest stop was yesterday in Chicago. He cited several issues, such as the Church hierarchy's culture of secrecy and sensus fidei as recognized by the Second Vatican Council, that have been long-held tenets of Voice of the Faithful®.
As reported by National Catholic Reporter in Bishop: Total Re-Examination of Catholic Faith, Culture Needed, the bishop's talked was attended by about 150 city and state officials and, notably, archdiocesan priests. NCR said Los Angeles' archbishop Cardinal Roger Mahony had earlier denied Bishop Robinson permission to talk there, and Detroit's Archbishop Allen Vigneron had sent a letter to priests discouraging them from attending the bishop's Chicago talk.
Hosts for the bishop's talk in Chicago included Richard Sipe, Fr. Tom Doyle, local prominent Catholics and Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke. Justice Burke will be a keynote speaker at Voice of the Faithful's 10th Year Conference this fall in Boston.
Philadelphia Monsignor's Child Endangerment Trial Starts Today, Or Not
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Clergy Sexual Abuse, Voice of the Faithful on March 26, 2012
Philadelphia's sexual abuse scandal is complicated. As the trial of Msgr. William Lynn is about to start (or possibly be postponed because defense lawyers' are calling for a new jury), here is a Philadelphia Inquirer story, With Church Abuse Trial Set to Start, Tensions Abound, that may provide some perspective.
Disappointment at Elevation of Bridgeport's Bishop Lori to Archbishop of Baltimore
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Catholic Bishops, Clergy Sexual Abuse, Voice of the Faithful on March 20, 2012
Catholic Church reform movement Voice of the Faithful, which supports survivors of clergy sexual abuse, is disappointed at the elevation of Bridgeport, Conn., Bishop William Lori to archbishop of Baltimore, which the Vatican announced today.
Although Bishop Lori in many ways has acted to shore up child-protection policies and institute reforms in those policies, on the question of transparency he has fallen short.
Bishop Lori has supported measures to protect children from clergy sexual abuse, has instituted child protection measures in his Bridgeport diocese and was a key participant in the drafting in 2002 of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' national Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People. He also has apologized to those abused by priests.
Despite this, Lori for years opposed disclosure of sealed documents alleging clergy sexual abuse, refused to remove priests from ministry who lost civil suits in which the diocese paid settlements to victims and has been taken to task by SNAP (Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests) for not honoring his promises of full transparency about priests and deacons removed from ministry up to date.
"We will never rid our Church of the clergy sexual abuse scandal and all its effects until we have complete and total transparency and accountability," said Mark Mullaney, VOTF president. "We do not think elevating clerics whose actions demonstrate a preference for secrecy is the proper road toward healing."
Vatican II Priests — How are they faring 50 years after the Council?
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Vatican II, Voice of the Faithful on March 15, 2012
The 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council is this October. Columnists, bloggers, reporters and others already are reflecting on what the Council has meant to the Church. Dan Morris-Young of National Catholic Reporter has given us this week, "Vatican II Priests Still Embrace Council's Model Despite Reversals," a lengthy piece on Vatican II priests whom, he says, "predominantly embrace 'the spirit of Vatican II.'" That spirit lives in Voice of the Faithful amid the struggles outlined by the priests in Morris-Young's article.
Voice of the Faithful Sees Church Legal Pressure Crippling SNAP Efforts to Protect the Vulnerable
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Catholic Bishops, Clergy Sexual Abuse, Voice of the Faithful on March 13, 2012
Church reform movement Voice of the Faithful stood with SNAP (Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests) during a press conference in Washington, D.C., today, as SNAP continues its efforts against forceful disclosure of confidential information about sexual abuse victims.
The press conference was held in front of the U.S. bishops' conference headquarters, where bishops are holding administrative meetings, to express the view that the Church's recent legal attacks, according to SNAP, "are crippling our work to protect the vulnerable and heal the wounded."
Catholic Church lawyers defending clergy in child sexual abuse cases in Kansas City and St. Louis are demanding that SNAP hand over 23 years' worth of confidential information, even though SNAP is not a party to the law suits. VOTF agrees with law professor and victims' advocate Marci Hamilton, as quoted in today's New York Times: "If there is one group that the higher-ups, the bishops, would like to see silenced, it definitely would be SNAP. And that's what they're after. They're trying to silence SNAP."
Earlier this year, VOTF joined nine other victims' advocacy groups and the Missouri Press Association in a friend of the court brief asking the court to deny defendants' requests to compel SNAP to turn over confidential information. The brief argued that anonymity and confidentiality are vital to the well-being of any sexual abuse victims' group in order to work successfully with victims. SNAP executive director David Clohessy has since been deposed in an apparent "fishing expedition" for information beneficial to the defense. A Kansas City court hearing April 20 will determine whether SNAP will be compelled to turn over subpoenaed documents.
"The Church, whether in the guise of a couple of bishops or several, seems to be bent on continuing its protection of the institution rather than emphasizing compassion for child victims who speak out as adults about how devastating abuse is, not only in their own lives, but also in lives of all around them," said Mark Mullaney, VOTF president. "The Church's assets are important to its mission and many charitable activities, but not at the expense of atonement for the perpetration and cover-up of crimes against children. We need to get to a constructive way of healing."
Voice of the Faithful Sees Victory for Laity in Vatican Reversal of Cleveland Church Closings
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Voice of the Faithful on March 9, 2012
The Roman Catholic Church reform movement Voice of the Faithful sees a clear victory for the lay voices in our Church in the Vatican's reversal earlier this week of church closings in the Cleveland Diocese.
Many resolute Catholic lay people in the Cleveland area have been battling the closing of 50 area churches in 2009 and 2010. Thirteen of the churches filed appeals with the Vatican, and the Vatican's decree this week, rare but not unprecedented, completely reversed Bishop Richard Lennon's order to close those churches. The Vatican ruled that Lennon had "erred procedurally and substantively" in issuing the closing order, according to an attorney representing some of the closed churches.
"We see this as a clear cut victory for the rights of lay Catholics who feel that their voices should count when the hierarchy makes decisions about their parishes. Parish churches, although they may not legally belong to parishioners, are certainly their spiritual homes, shelters for their faith, and part of their Catholic identity for themselves and for generations of family, friends and brothers and sisters in Christ," said Mark Mullaney, VOTF president.


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Just as we wrote earlier today that Mitch Moreland is really starting to hit his stride in what could be a make-or-break year for the veteran first baseman in Texas, the same could be said for center fielder Leonys Martin and his 2015 campaign.
Martin needs a big year in 2015 to give the Rangers faith in him that he can be their long-term center fielder as he hits his arbitration year this winter, and so far, he hasn't done much to give the Rangers any interest in keeping him around at what will be an increase from his current annual salary of roughly $3 million.
Martin is dealing with a wrist injury at the moment, and quite frankly, it's a bit surprising the Rangers just didn't make a move to put him on the DL when he'd already missed a handful of games instead of bringing him back at a limited effectiveness. All of that, and Delino DeShields is playing really well right now and can play in center field.
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Martin still makes boneheaded plays in the field and takes bad angles all the time. He also makes highlight-reel grabs and has a hose for an arm, so there are some redeeming qualities. The Rangers have waited for Martin to realize all of his potential, and with his unique tool set, there is a ton of it.
It needs to be this year, or the Rangers could find themselves moving on with Martin set to earn a raise this winter. And a .198 batting average with a .240 on-base percentage isn't going to cut it.


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Sonoma & Napa Valley Supplement 2018
As I look at the producers I regularly cover in Sonoma and Napa Valley, I am astonished by the number of wineries that did not exist just five years ago when I founded Vinous. Many of those that were around offer a wider range of wines today than they did back then. All of that makes keeping up with new releases from California a huge but also rewarding challenge. Most importantly, though, the number of new, high-quality wineries that continue to pop up is one of the main reasons I remain so excited about the future of California wine. Our Sonoma and Napa Valley Supplement mostly covers wines that for one reason or another I was unable to taste during the course of my focused regional tastings.
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Happy Halloween
by Robbie Burns, the Bard of Ayrshire
(Modern English)
Upon that night, when fairies light
On Cassillis Downans dance,
Or over the lays, in splendid blaze,
On sprightly horses prance;
Or for Colean the route is taken,
Beneath the moon's pale beams;
There, up on the cove, to stray and rove,
Among the rocks and streams
To sport that night.
Among the bonny winding banks,
Where the river Doon runs clear,
Where Bruce once ruled the martial ranks,
And shook his Carrick spear,
Some merry, friendly, country-folks,
Together did convene,
To burn their nuts, and pile their shocks of wheat,
And have their Halloween
Full of fun that night.
The lasses feet, and cleanly neat,
More strong than when they're fine;
Their faces happy, full sweetly show,
Hearts faithful, warm, and kind'
The lads say true, with love knots,
Well knotted on their garters,
Some surprisingly shy, and some with chatter,
Cause the girls' hearts to get startin'
Whiles fast at night.
Then, first and foremost, through the cabbage,
Their stocks of wheat are sought at once;
They touch their own, and grasp and choose,
For very strong and straight ones.
Poor fellow Will fell off the drift,
And wander'd through the cabbage,
And pulled, for want o' better shift,
A cabbage like a pigs-tail,
So bent that night.
Then, straight or crooked, earth or none,
They roar and cry all throughout there;
The very little children, toddling, run,
With stocks out over their shoulders;
And if the custard's sweet or sour.
With pocketknives they taste them;
Thereafter cozily, about the door,
With clever care, they've placed them,
To lie that night.
The girls steal away from among them all
To pull their stalks of corn:
But Rab slips out, and plays about,
Behind the very large thorn:
He grabbed onto Nelly hard and fast;
Loud screamed all the other girls;
But the grain at the top of her stalk was lost,
With him that night.
The old guidwife's well-hoarded nuts,
Are round and round divided,
And many lads' and lasses' fates
Are there that night decided:
Some kindly cosily, side by side,
And burn together trimly;
Some start away, with saucy pride,
And jumpout over the chimney
Full high that night.
Jean slips in between with careful eye;
What it was she wouldn't tell;
But this is Jock, and this is me,
She says in to herself:
He drunk over her, and she over him,
As they would never more part;
Till, puff! he started up the hide and seek,
And jean had a sore heart
To see't that night.
Poor Willkie, with his little cabbage,
Was stuck with prudish Mallie;
And Mallie, no doubt, thought it rude,
To be thought a match for Willie;
Mall's nut leaped out with prideful fling,
And her own fit it, inpertinent;
While Willie laughed, and swore by jing,
'Twas just the way he wanted
To be that night.
Nell had the haystacks in her mind,
She puts herself and Rob in;
In loving bliss they sweetly join,
Till white in ashes they're sobbing;
Nell's heart was dancing at the view,
She whispere'd Rob to look for it:
Rob, stealthily, aprised her bonny mouth,
Full cosy in the nook for it,
Unseen that night.
But Merran sat behind their backs,
Her thoughts on Andrew Bell;
She leaves them chattering at their tales,
And slips out by herself:
She throught the yeard the nearest takes,
And to the fire goes then,
And in the darak grabbed for the box,
And in the blue-spell throws then,
Right afraid that night.
And yes she won it, and yes she swore,
It was what she made no joking,
Till something held within the pot,
Good Lord! but she was quaking!
But whether it was the devil himself,
Or whether it was a shadow,
Or whether it was Andrew Bell,
She did not wait on talking
To ask that night.
Small Jennie to her grannie says,
"Will ye go with me, grannie?
I'll eat the apple at the glass
I'll get free of Uncle Johnnie."
She puffed her pipe with such a column of smoke,
In anger she was so vapouring,
She noticed it not, an cinder burned
Her fine new worsted apron
Out through that night.
"You little scolding woman's face!
I dare you try such sporting,
As seek the foul thief any place,
For him to spy your fortune.
No doubt but you may get a sight!
Great cause you have to fear it;
For many a one has gotten a fright,
And lived and died delirious
On such a night.
"One harvest before the Sherramoor, --
I remember it as well as last night,
I was a young girl then, I'm sure
I was not past fifteen;
The summer had been cold and wet,
And stuff was very green;
And yes a merry harvest home we got,
And just on Halloween
It fell that night.
"Our chief reaper was Rob McGreen,
A clever sturdy fellow;
His son got Eppie Sim with child,
That lived in Achmacalla:
He got hemp-seed, I remember it well,
And he made little fuss of it;
But many a day was by himself,
He was so sorely frighted
That very night."
Then up got fetchin' Jamie Fleck,
And he swore by his conscience,
That he culd sow hemp-seed a peck;
For it was all but nonsense.
The old guidman reached down the bag,
And out a handful gave him;
Then asked him slip from among the folk,
Some time when no one would see him,
And try it that night.
He marches through among the stacks,
Though he was something frightened;
The dung fork he for a weapon takes.
And hurls it at the buttocks of his horse;
And every now and thee he says,
"Hemp-seed, I saw thee,
And her that is to be my lass,
Come after me, and draw thee
As fast this night."
He whistled up the Lord Lennox's march
To keep his courage cheery;
Although his hair began to stand on end,
He was so scared and eerie:
Till presently he hears a squeak,
And then a grown and grunting;
He over his shoulder gave a peek,
And tumbled with a stagger
Out of that night.
He roared a horrid murder-shout,
In dreadful desperation!
And young and old came running out
To hear the sad narration;
He swore it was hobbled Jean McCraw
Or hunchedbacked Merran Humphie,
Till, stop! she trotted through them
And what was it but a pig
A'stir that night!
Meg gladly would to the barn have fone,
To win three measures of nothing;
But for to meet the devil her alone,
She put but little faitht in:
She gives the herdboy a little nuts,
And two red-cheeked apples,
To watch, while for the barn she sets,
In hopes to see Tam Kipples
That very night.
She turns the key with quiet twist,
And ovre the threshold ventures;
But first on Sandy gives a call
The boldly in she enters:
A ratt rattled up the wall,
And she cried, Lord, preserve her!
And ran through gutter at the bottom of the dung hole,
And prayed with zeal and fervour,
Full fast that night;
They hoisted out Will with strong advice,
They promised him some fine handsome one;
It chanced the stack he fathomed three times
Was timber-propped for twisiting;
He takes a twisted, old moss-oak,
For some black grusome witch;
And let a curse, and drew a stroke,
Till skin in shreds came trailing
Off his fists that night.
A wanton window Lizzie was,
As cheerful as a kitten;
But, oh! that night among the woods,
She got a fearful settling!
She through the furz, and by the grave,
And over the hill goes careening,
Where three lords' lands met at a rivulet
To dip her left shirt-sleev e in,
Was bent that night.
While ovre a waterfall the river plays,
As through the glen it meandered;
While round a jutting rock it strays;
While in an eddy it dimpled;
While glittered to the nightly rays,
With bickering, dancing dazzle;
While hidden underneath the slope of a hill,
Below the spreading hazel,
Unseen that night.
Among the brackens, on the slope,
Between her and the moon,
The devil, or else an unhoused cow,
Got up and gave a moo!
Poor Lizzie's heart most leap out of her chest!
Near lark-height she jumped;
But mussed a foot, and in the pool
Out-over the ears she falls in,
With a plunge that night.
In order, on the clean hearth-stone,
The porrigers three are ranged,
And every time great care is taken,
To see them duly changed:
Old Uncle Johm, wanted wedlock joys
Since Mar's year (1715) did desire,
Because he got the empty dish three times,
He heaved them on the first fire
In anger that night.
With merry songs, and friendly tales,
I know they didn't weary;
And many tales, and funny jokes,
Their sports were cheap and cheery;
Set all their mouths a'stirring;
Then, with a social glass of liquor,
They parted off careening
Full happy that night.


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At night the village dropped its blinds,
Its shutters closed, its curtains drawn,
And pillows piled to drown the scrape
And rake and ratchet calls of crakes.
The meadows sweet with flower heads,
Alive with honey bees and hay,
Cut once by hand and dried in air:
The birds could find their shelter there.
The echo owls call out for hours,
And nightingales let flow their stars.
The village knew their world was right:
They tended, coppiced, nurtured flight.
The villages knew the summer nights
Were full of corncrakes, full of life.


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Taking stock of spatial planning aspects in the Thames Estuary.
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Forklift Truck Fatality (Britain)
An employee was using his forklift truck to load a lorry trailer outside his factory workplace when another lorry reversed into the side of his vehicle. The forklift overturned, killing him instantly.
Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that forklift truck drivers had regularly driven onto a public road to load lorries, without the company putting any safety measures in place.
The company had not carried out an adequate assessment of the risks to its employees or visiting drivers using the 'Goods Out' area. Drivers were also not given any information, instruction or training on how to load the lorry trailers safely, and there was poor supervision.
Speaking after the hearing, HSE Inspector Deborah Walker said:
"Our investigation revealed a chaotic and dangerous system, and sadly it was entirely foreseeable that someone was at risk of being badly injured or killed.
"Neither Mr Moran nor the lorry driver had any way of knowing they were both about to start operating their vehicles, and sadly Mr Moran did not have time to get out of the way when the HGV began to reverse.
"Following the incident, the company created a no-parking zone along the 'Goods Out' area by Davy Road which means there is now space for forklift truck drivers to load trailers without having to come out into the road. The firm also set up a booking-in system for vehicles delivering to the factory.
"If these simple measures had been in place at the time of the incident then Mr Moran's tragic death could have been avoided."
AAK UK Ltd, of King George Dock in Hull, was fined £140,000 and ordered to pay £22,657 in prosecution costs after pleading guilty to breach of Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.
Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 states: "It shall be the duty of every employer to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all his employees."
The HSE press release is here.
Gas Cylinder Fatality (Britain)
Safety failings led to the death of an experienced fire-fighter while he was moving a pressurised gas cylinder during work to clear out a number of disused shipping containers.
Britain's Health & Safety Executive (HSE) investigated the circumstances and identified that there was no assessment or consideration of the risk by the employer with regards to how the fire suppression system would be decommissioned safely.
As part of the process, a number of redundant gas cylinders, which were formerly part of a fire suppression system, needed to be removed. An earlier trial heard that the employee was attempting to move a large freestanding cylinder weighing 65kg when the gas in the cylinder discharged very rapidly. This caused the cylinder to spin round violently striking him on his head and body leaving him with fatal injuries.
The Court was then told 13 May that had the removal work been suitably assessed and managed the incident could have been avoided.
Kemble Air Services Ltd, of Cotswold Airfield, Kemble Nr Cirencester was fined £75,000 and ordered to pay £98,000 in costs after being found guilty of two breaches of Regulation 3(1) of the management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
Regulation 3(1) of The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 states that: "Every employer shall make a suitable and sufficient assessment of (a) the risks to the health and safety of his employees to which they are exposed whilst they are at work and (b) the risks to the health and safety of persons not in his employment arising out of or in connection with the conduct by him of his undertaking."
The HSE press release is here.
France Regions (enacted)
EHS in International Trade Agreements
Law suits to find actionable EHS rights in international trade law may be looking to:
– The North American Free Trade Agreement (NFTA).
Lone Pine Resources Inc v the Government of Canada is an example.
This claim uses NAFTA Chapter 11 to sue Canada for losses alleged to arise for Lone Pine due to "Quebec's arbitrary, capricious, and illegal revocation" of the company's "valuable right to mine for oil and gas under the St. Lawrence River." Chapter 11 of NAFTA allows private companies to sue governments (party to the agreement) when laws (later enacted) hurt their expected profits (investor protection).
– The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
TTIP is not yet agreed, the status of negotiations from the EU perspective is here.
These actions may be additional to those brought to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) under the World Bank ICSID Convention – information about the work of the ICSID is here.
Land Rights (Tribal and Indigenous Peoples) (Extractive Industries)
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR, Court) are the two principal and autonomous organs of the Organization of American States, whose mission is to promote and protect human rights in the American hemisphere.
IACHR document (30 December 2009) – Indigenous and Tribal Peoples' Rights over their Ancestral Lands and Natural Resources, norms and jurisprudence of the Inter-American Human Rights System is here.
The IACtHR press release of its decision (2012) in Sarayaku v Ecuador is here.
The IACtHR, Court decision (2007) in Saramaka v Suriname is here.
These judgements address the rights of indigenous peoples when faced with commercial projects on their ancestral lands.
In summary, the Inter-American human rights system addresses the rights of indigenous communities in the following manner.
The Inter- American Commission decides petitions on the merits, issues precautionary measures, holds thematic hearings, and publishes reports concerning indigenous peoples throughout the hemisphere.
It has also refers various matters to the Inter-American Court for binding resolution. In response, the Court issues provisional measures and judgments with respect to indigenous rights.
There is no Court derived definitive and exhaustive definition of indigenous peoples, although self-identification is stressed, and the Court identifies as significant (for the purposes of determining who if any will have rights): peoples who own "social, cultural and economic traditions different from other sections of the national community," who "[identify] themselves with their ancestral territories," and who "[regulate] themselves, at least partially, by their own norms, customs, and traditions." (Saramaka related to tribal peoples)
Saramaka's interpretations permit commercial projects that do not "fully extinguish" a way of life, or that do not endanger the "very survival" of a people. But observers identify this is at variance with the Court's radical affirmation of Article 21 (American Convention) as a self- determination principle "calling for [a people's right] to freely determine and enjoy their own social, cultural and economic development." They also conflict with earlier case law, which, inter alia, required special measures of protection to achieve a vida digna for indigenous populations.
In Sarayaku the State had granted a communal property title to the Sarayaku (Kichwa indigenous people of Sarayaku, Ecuadorean Amazon), but it had reserved a number of rights, including rights to subsurface natural resources. Ecuador then signed a contract with a foreign company to initiate oil exploration.
In this case, the Court found the State responsible for violating rights of the community of Sarayaku, their ancestral lands and cultural identity, for not granting effective legal protection, and for having placed their life and personal integrity in danger in the presence of seismic explosives within their territory.
The Sarayaku judgment key elements:
– Article 21 protects rights to communal property
– the indigenous community itself suffered the collective property violation
– the Sarayaku, as a group, experienced other rights violations as well.
NB: In previous judgments, the Court had only found violations "to the detriment of the [individual] members" of a community, even if the right to communal property was breached. Such a formulation recognized the Convention's Article 1, the central provision that obligates States Parties to respect and ensure the treaty's rights to "all persons subject to their jurisdiction"—"person" defined as "every human being."
In this sharp break with the past, the Sarayaku Court has apparently adopted a wider definition of "person," following the views of bodies such as the U.N. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
– Article 1 of the ICCPR and ICESCR (international treaties in the area) no longer serves as a reference point, despite the fact that Ecuador had already ratified both treaties. NB: the Court avoided the term 'self-determination' altogether.
– The judgment acknowledged Saramaka's three safeguards: effective participation, reasonable benefits, and the impact assessment.
NB: it did not examine the concept of benefits, also the Court's standard on consent was ignored. Saramaka had held that, in specific circumstances, the "effective participation" of the indigenous community actually required the group's consent for a project to move forward.
– Sarayaku devoted a great deal of attention to the baseline of effective participation: the state obligation to consult indigenous populations before projects begin. Saramaka had already asserted that this constituted a "right to consultation" for communities whose traditional lands were threatened. The Court in Sarayaku noted that Ecuadorian law "fully recognized this right." Sarayaku then surveyed regional law on this subject, and recognized its status in international instruments such as the ILO No. 169. The Court's assessment sought to establish the right to consultation not only as a norm protected in the American Convention, but also as a "general principle of international law."
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Planning Policy Guidance (Wind Farms) (England & Wales)
Written Ministerial Statement 9th April 2014:
The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Mr Eric Pickles): This coalition Government have reformed the planning process so that communities themselves have the opportunity to influence the decisions that affect their lives. We have abolished regional strategies, and their top-down renewable energy targets, and are encouraging local councils to work with their communities to set out in their local plan where developments for renewable energy should and should not take place. We have also been very clear that the views of local communities should be listened to.
We have published planning guidance to help ensure planning decisions on green energy get the environmental balance right in line with the national planning policy framework. The guidance is designed to assist local councils in their consideration of local plans and individual planning applications. In publishing the guidance, we have been quite clear that the need for renewable energy does not automatically override environmental protections and the planning concerns of local communities. We have also introduced a new requirement for compulsory pre-application consultation with local communities for more significant onshore wind applications—that is, of more than two turbines or where the hub height of any turbine exceeds 15 metres. This requirement took effect in December.
PP Guidance is here.
The compulsory pre-application consultation legal obligation is in Article 3A of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2010.
Subscribers to the paid-for Cardinal Tailored EHS Legislation Registers have the consolidated TCP (DMP) Order included as standard in the Land Management Register.
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Jack Nicholson Photo Double needed for Columbia Pictures feature film in Philadelphia
Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film "John Carter of Mars" casting information
Walt Disney Pictures is in pre-production for the live-action feature film "John Carter of Mars", which is an adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs 11-volume Barsoom book series. "John Carter of Mars" is part one of a film trilogy, and will be based on just the first novel. Filming will begin in January, 2010, and will take place in Utah, Texas (Austin), and the UK.
Casting Call for eco-makeover reality show Wa$ted Season 3
The casting directors from the same production company that brought you "Cash Cab" are currently casting families, homes and businesses in the New York tri-state area for the third season of WA$TED on Planet Green.
Online Open Casting Call for feature film "Vengeance: A Love Story"
Casting Directors Nancy Green-Keyes and Matthew Barry are currently looking for two adult twenty-something male leads to co-star in the upcoming feature film "Vengeance: A Love Story". The film is about four rapists who escape conviction, and a police officer that seeks vengeance on behalf of the victim. The film already has signed on Samuel L. Jackson, Abigail Breslin, Dianne Wiest, and Heather Graham.
Casting Female Models for 5th Annual NFL San Fransisco 49ers Mansion Party
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Distributed thermal utility systems have much in common with any other mechanical system: they require planning, sizing, and may someday need to be expanded. However, the large capital costs associated with these renovations or expansions is what sets them apart. Replacing large chillers, pumps, or boilers, or upsizing failed or undersized distribution piping is typically not something that can be done "at the last minute". Most campuses with distributed thermal utility systems can simply not afford to forge ahead without a plan for the future. EEA has worked with both higher education and municipal customers to develop plans for their thermal utility systems. These plans are occasionally developed as part of a broader campus master planning effort.
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Found this to be one of her best. Interesting story that has its twists and turns. Interesting read.
Disappointing, since The Right Time is another instance of an author writing about a writer's life. However, it made me realize that there is a subset of readers who prefer their fiction to be written by men. I just thought this was a singular hang-up of one of my acquaintances.
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Just like her heroine, Alex Winslow, Danielle Steel may have found her touch again. I did not particularly care for the last few Steel books I read but this one struck a chord. Alex is orphaned at fourteen but not before her father bequeathed a love of mystery thrillers. Alex is a born writer and becomes a successful writer albeit under a pseudonym since she is convinced only men can write thrillers - another legacy of her father's beliefs. She gets a thriller published under the pseudonym A. Green when she is still in college and it is a runaway success. Only her friends the nuns at the convent she lives in, her editor, and her agent know the true identity of A.Green. Despite this she is unlucky in men- -from a TA at college to a successful magnate she meets in London everyone is threatened by Alex. Will she ever find true love? A book worth reading to find out.
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The statistics are startling.
In California alone, an estimated 84% of all regional center consumers with autism are under 22, the age when services from their local school districts end.
What will the job picture look like for this burgeoning population? According to Dr. Scott Standifer, author of Adult Autism & Employment: A guide for vocational rehabilitation professionals, the future of employment for adults with autism is more hopeful than you would think:
Since I first created the Autism Works conference in 2008, three other groups have "adopted" the same name. Who they are and what we are each doing to advance autism employment is a nice sampling of the different, vibrant approaches to this important field. (And we all get along).
The office for which I work at the University of Missouri provides training and consultation to State Vocational Rehabilitation (voc rehab) agencies in Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, & Kansas. Across the US, state voc rehab agencies help people with disabilities find career-based jobs in their communities. A few years ago I became aware of a profound lack of information about autism in the voc rehab community, and about voc rehab in the autism community. I ended up writing a reference guide and starting my Autism Works National Conference.
The Autism Works National Conference is focused on two goals: 1) building better relationships between these two groups and 2) acting as a clearinghouse for all the inspiring, innovative, and energizing things that are happening around autism employment.
About 6 months after I started the conference, I got a call – from Autism Works.
This one was in San Mateo, California. It was a project of Community Gatepath, a "Community Rehabilitation Provider" (CRP). CRPs are independent businesses which voc rehab agencies hire to provide specific, hands-on training, job hunting, and job coaching services for voc rehab clients. Tracey Fecher of this Autism Works explained that the California Department of Rehabilitation had given them a grant to launch this special program tailored to serving adults with autism. In the last few years, more and more established CRPs have begun such programs. Tracey and I had a very nice chat and she ended up hiring my colleague Chris Simler to help train her staff.
Another 6 months later I found another Autism Works online – this time in Minneapolis, MN.
The mission of this non-profit group extends beyond employment to include supports for life planning and independent living. It was founded by Melissa King-Davis, who is the parent of a young adult with autism. This puts her in the vanguard of the growing parent advocate movement in autism employment. She is in great company here. Two exciting new autism employment outreach projects from corporate America were started by such parent advocates – Randy Lewis at Walgreens and Heather Davis at TIAA-CREF. In Kansas City, parent advocate Kate Duffy is running job-seeking courses for young adults with autism and has co-written a book on employment with Temple Grandin. I have heard from many others exploring interesting strategies across the country. I was delighted to have Heather Davis, Kate Duffy, and Melissa King-Davis at our Autism Works conference last March.
A few months after I found the second, I found a THIRD one – Autism Works UK.
This group is part of a business movement spearheaded in the U.S. by Aspiritech in Chicago. These businesses hire adults with Asperger's to do software testing. It turns out that when creative, innovative software programmers get done creating the Next Big Thing, they usually don't feel like going through the drudgery of checking every function, exploring every input possibility, to check for mistakes. So they hire software testers. For us neurotypicals, software testing is boring – endless lists, documentation, repetition, etc. But for Aspies, routinized work like this is often appealing and easy. Aspiritech and Autism UK don't market their services saying "Please help these poor young people." They say "Our unique workers do a better job than anyone else". WOW!
Peter MacDonald is the director of Autism Works UK. He and the folks from Aspiritech in Chicago, Specialisterne in Denmark, and Passwerk in Belgium are the leaders of this autism-equals-quality-testing model. They have all agreed to be on a panel at our conference next March.
So even though each of our projects picked the same name, we are doing different and complementary things. And discovering each one has taught me interesting new things about what is possible in building better career options for autism.
Lately I've had the feeling that somewhere, someone else is getting ready to "steal" the Autism Works name again and use it for some new kind of autism employment project.
I can hardly wait.
Dr. Scott Standifer is an adjunct assistant professor for the Disability Policy & Studies office (DPS) at the University of Missouri. He is the author of Adult Autism & Employment: A guide for vocational rehabilitation professionals, and the organizer of the Autism Works National Conference, March 6 & 7, 2012 in St. Louis, MO. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Registration information for the Autism Works National Conference is available by contacting Joy Bergeron of Classic Events, 800.296.5954.
Scott's article about Heather Davis and the Fruits of Employment Project is available here.
Are you thinking of getting an iPad for your child with autism? Have one already and have no idea what to do with it?
Shannon des Roches Rosa and Danielle Samson are the iPad for autism experts and will talking this coming Saturday at the the Morgan Autism Center's AUTISM INTERVENTIONS Conference. I have seen these ladies in action–they are good and YOU TOO will be an expert by the end of their talk.
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The first colour is meant to represent a strength or weakness, mine was feeling secure. The second colour is your subconscious speaking, my colour was ambition and finally the third colour is your aspiration, something you already do well and will help to achieve what your subconscious desires. My third colour was decisive, which is something I would need to achieve my ambition which I'd chosen for my second colour! We then got to try out the colours we had chosen, it was fabulous trying them out. I am very impressed with the liquid lipstick, you only need one dip of the applicator and the pigment is so strong its amazing!
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On Monday, I wrote about Anna (Carnes) Forrester. Today's spotlight is on her daughter, Mary Lourania (Forrester) Ward, my great-great-grandmother. This is the woman that my grandmother refers to as Grandma Ward.
Mary was born on July 7, 1864, near the end of the Civil War. She probably was born in Fannin County, Georgia and as far as I know, she lived there all her life. As a girl, she lived with her parents Anna and Coleman Forrester; she appears in their household in the 1870 and 1880 censuses.
She married William H. Ward in Fannin County on September 9, 1888, at the age of 24. Their first son, my great-grandfather, Newton Coleman Ward, was born two years later. They had seven more children by 1910, but only six of their children were living. I only have names for seven of their children – all were boys.
Like most of my female ancestors, Mary was a farmer's wife. She is listed as a farm laborer on the 1910 census and the homemaker on the 1930 census. I'm sure that both those roles applied to her all her adult life.
She died in 1944, three months shy of her 80th birthday.
This post was written for Women's History Month. To see all posts in this series, click here.


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Lunch Break
We had been seeing each other for a year and discussed where do we go from here? We had talked about rings, but had not done any shopping or serious discussion about what we would want.
One Saturday we were out shopping all day, we ended up at my favorite jeweler's store and we looked around. Nothing was really said as we looked at the rings. I was trying on many different types and then one really caught both of us. I tried it on and it had that wow factor. It was too big and John said, "Is that the one you like?" I said, "Yes," and the jeweler measured my ring size and John purchased the ring. A couple of weeks went by and he said, "I will pick up the ring in a couple of weeks." I was getting excited. I usually go home for lunch, as I only live minutes away from work. I was eating and John stopped by. He had never been over before on my lunch hour. So, I continued eating, and he went to the couch and threw a pillow on the floor and proceeded to get on his knees and propose. I was blown away.
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The 48 Laws Of Power By Robert Greene
The Auckland Regulation College invitations functions for positions at any stage from Lecturer to Professor, relying on the skills and experience of the profitable applicant. Yes, folks pull the trigger – but weapons are the instrument of dying. Gun control is critical, and delay means extra demise and horror. This degree is a pathway to additional qualifications as well as a range of profession paths. You will develop abilities and information to take into administration, research, advertising and marketing, educating, counselling and recruitment. Man can dwell and fulfill his wants only by ceaseless labor; by the ceaseless application of his faculties to pure assets. This process is the origin of property.
UNB's Institute of Biomedical Engineering is a world-renowned research facility and one of the oldest solely devoted to this subject. It was prompt that ferrets pose a hazard to individuals, and that they might escape and roam by means of the partitions of residences. Such claims are easily confirmed false. The animals are legal in all different states besides Hawaii and California (though they're stored illegally there in high numbers), and negative incidents involving them aren't reported…either as an ecological menace or one which injures children. The identical actually cannot be said for dogs.
I've executed tons of research on the difference in psychopath and sociopath. Psychopath has more of a tendency to be violent. A sociopath can feign feelings for appearance and personal acquire. A psychopath sees emotions as having no worth,due to this fact they merely do not care about them or about 'keeping up appearances'. Tit for tat, I know, but I have quite a lot of these folks in my life…narcissism character issues are also parallel with these two. I am making an attempt to determine if they will help it or not.
As you all must definitely know by now, I am a bit OBSESSED with images. I am pretty certain I take 1000's of pictures of the children each month, and while I will publish a number of to Instagram and use a few on the blog, the vast majority of them keep trapped on my pc till I get around to doing one thing with them. I am currently within the technique of updating all the photographs on the partitions in our home and it has been really enjoyable trying back at my favorites and getting them out the place we can all see them and discuss them. I've additionally been printing a couple of here and there to present to Mac for college tasks and to place in his bed room. Over the previous few years he is been more and more reluctant to let me take his picture and he fights me more and more over it. Yet, lately he's been asking me to take photos of him and I think it's as a result of he likes having and seeing photographs of himself on our walls and printed out.
For authorized reasons, as I mentioned in the earlier blog put up, the suspension has to be primarily based on blaming a Member State for inadequate management of its exterior borders. Clearly, the Commission has named Greece. But it surely has warm words for Greece's efforts in the previous few months, and flights to and from Greece to the Schengen zone is not going to be affected. This reasonably measured and proportionate strategy contrasts with the Commission's asylum proposals – to which we now flip.


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The Microsoft Exchange mail system has evolved into one of the most used mail platforms in the world. The latest version of MS-Exchange has grown into a very stable and resilient messaging system. It integrates with the latest communication platforms and is available as 'cloud-based' platform.
More and more, companies move their infrastructure to 'the cloud'. Enterprises and 'smaller' companies, as well as sole-proprietors, choose for less hassle and higher availability. Cloud-providers offer an infrastructure that is highly available and accessible from any place on earth.
Companies are more and more aware that information security is key to business processes. Not only do they have the risk of getting hacked and loose information of clients to criminal organizations. They also face the threat of losing good faith and real money. Information security has become a multi-million dollar business.
The IBM domino platform is used by enterprises as an application platform. Many of these companies have built their applications and web-applications on this system, which offers document management, workflow and messaging.
Internet presence to most businesses is vital. Many companies have websites to show products or services. Other companies use their websites to sell their products in webshops. A large number of service providers offer full-service of building and upkeep of your web presence. I use Open Source CMS systems.
The open source business software system Odoo is one of the best software solutions for Small and Medium Size companies. For just about any sized business, ranging from five to hundreds of employees and from one location to multiple factories. It can all be administered in one simple solution.
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Steve has been perfecting his grilling skills for more than 40 years. In 2017 he finally perfected his "Killer Sauce" and is now ready to share it with the world. There is nothing more All-American than a humble hot dog, specially when it is grilled and topped with Steve's Killer Sauce.
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Hope these quanzhou pedicab rides video blogs could be a part of your research on Quanzhou.
Ride the pedicabs in Quanzhou to get a feel of the city's hutongs or alleys. Don't worry if you can't speak the language, do "sign language" and you'll be clearly understood.
Here are quick tips on doing the Quanzhou pedicab rides:
To sum it up - heed the advice above, before having your 'buttocks' seated on hard wood : )
TIPS PLAYING BACK THE VIDEOS:If you're short on time you could do some 'experiments' and play the videos 'back-to-back'. If you're studying Mandarin or Min Nan, wear an earphone, and pay attention to the language/dialects spoken, to hear and distinguish the tones. Do it while you sip coffee or 'puff' your stuff ; )
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Story of Rev. Dykal Highlights Accomplishments of Polish Americans
Vol. 4, No. 41
October is Polish American Heritage Month, first celebrated in 1981 by the Polish American Cultural Center in Philadelphia. It is an opportunity to call attention to the accomplishments of the roughly 9.5 million self-identified Polish Americans in the United States. In Orleans County, the Poles found employment in the local sandstone quarries scattered along the Erie Canal, just as countless other immigrant groups had in prior years.
I was given this photograph of an unidentified priest several years ago and through a bit of luck was able to identify him as Rev. Leonard F. Dykal of Albion. Dressed in his cassock and wearing the liturgical biretta, the three-peaked hat common of Roman Catholic clergy prior to Vatican II, Dykal appears to be relatively young. I would presume that this image, printed on a postcard, was taken around or shortly after his ordination.
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One of the reasons behind yesterday's record oil spike and close at $138.54 was attributed to remarks made to an Israeli newspaper by Shaul Mofaz, Israel's deputy Prime Minister. Mofaz said that "if Iran continues with its program for developing nuclear weapons, we will attack it. The sanctions are ineffective. Attacking Iran in order to stop its nuclear plans will be unavoidable." Mofaz said in the Yediot Aharonot interview that such an operation by Israel could only be done with US support.
Traders began connecting the dots since Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had just visited President Bush at the White House two days ago. At their meeting, the President declared "Iran is an existential threat to peace." Olmert said "the international community has a duty and responsibility to clarify to Iran through drastic measures, that the repercussions of their continued pursuit of nuclear weapons will be devastating." White House press secretary Dana Perino tried to tone down the rhetoric at yesterday's press briefing by emphasizing the need to solve Iran's nuclear situation "diplomatically."
A strike against Iran by Israel backed by the US could result in Iran retaliating by blocking the flow of oil from the Middle East. I have written multiple posts* that raise the potential of conflict involving Israel, Iran, and the US. In these posts I raised the most likely times of conflict could occur around the June 10 First Quarter Moon, the June 18 Full Moon, and the June 26 Last Quarter Moon. Beyond the June dates I've previously written about, August could also be a tense time between the three nations. Certainly the August to early September timeframe looks to be particularly challenging for the Iranian people.
When I examine planetary cycles I am looking at potential influences as the future is not written in stone. Cycles can manifest in many different ways. As their "interpreter," I have to determine the most likely possibilities these potential influences might bring. I have continued to emphasize in the Weekly Forecast that with Mercury retrograde from May 26 to June 19, people need to carefully consider what they're being told, as it can be difficult to distinguish truth from propaganda. Financial markets tend to operate in a choppy to volatile fashion with no clear sense of direction. Issues from the past resurface.
Beyond planetary cycles is the need to analyze the motivations of the players involved in this geopolitical drama. President Bush and Vice President Cheney are no doubt eager to "take care" of Iran's nuclear threat and their time is running out. Russia is against a new round of UN sanctions. At the same time, the US military is stretched thin and any type of engagement with Iran can further destabilize Iraq. Bush and Cheney should take oil traders' reaction to the potential of attacking Iran as a message for the US to step aside from direct engagement.
Mofaz's remarks need to be put in the context of Israeli politics. Prime Minister Olmert is under pressure to resign over a bribery scandal. Olmert is accused of accepting over $150,000 in cash from American businessman Morris Talansky, who co-founded the New Jerusalem Fund with Olmert. Mofaz was the former defence minister and armed forces chief of staff. He is vying with foreign minister Tzipi Livni to become Prime Minister and head of the centrist Kadima party if Olmert steps down. Mofaz is trailing Livni in the polls, and is campaigning that he is tough on protecting Israel. Although elections are not scheduled until November 2010, transiting Neptune (scandal) is currently challenging Israel's Taurus Sun (the leader).
As I have previously written, there are many factors fueling oil prices. Oil is in a bubble. But it is a bubble that is based on global supply and demand issues. Speculators enter the oil trade as protection against the weak US dollar and the effects of inflation. The Federal Reserve's monetary policies have played a starring role in escalating energy and commodity prices. Even without the nuclear threat of Iran, the best quality crude and the easiest sources of extraction are located in the most geopolitically unstable areas.
*Related Posts:
"Mars in Leo Fuels World Leaders Egos" (5/1/08) see Geopolitical Influences section.
"Gemini New Moon Cycle" (5/31/08) see First Quarter Moon section.
"Phoenix to Rise from the Ashes on Mars" (5/20/08) see final paragraph.


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Worldcup #2 Cairns
The second round of the UCI MTB Worldcup was held in "Down Under" in Cairns in the province of Queensland. The physicaly really demanding 5.1 km long track through the tropical rainforest was fun and all seemed good.
On friday I had a really good start into the weekend with the Eliminator race, where I could made it into the final heads with the second best time and got 8th in the end. I was really happy about that especially because the focus was on sundays Cross Country.
But the Cross Country race on sunday was over for me just before it really started. Just after the start I got down pretty hart to the gravel and still now I don't know why. My bike and me got an hart impact and I just tried to finish to the 80% rule to get some UCI points. At least those UCI points are an real small comfort compared to this disappointment.
The Worldcupleader Absalon won the race ahead of Flückinger and Marotte.


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In 2013, the ICAA and the Latin American Art Department published two exhibition catalogues and one much awaited anthology of readings. Beautifully illustrated and with insightful essays, Intersecting Modernities: Latin American Art from the Brillembourg Capriles Collection celebrates the superb collection of Venezuelan collector Tanya Capriles de Brillembourg. Intersecting Modernities is the companion book to the eponymous exhibition held from June 20 to September 2, 2013 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. On view from November 10, 2013 to January 26, 2014, Antonio Berni: Juanito and Ramona was curated by Mari Carmen Ramírez, Wortham Curator of Latin American Art and ICAA Director, and Marcelo E. Pacheco, Chief Curator at MALBA-Fundación Costantini. The accompanying publication represents the first comprehensive survey of the acclaimed Juanito Laguna and Ramona Montiel series. With more than 250 color images, Antonio Berni brings together nearly two decades of the artist's experimental works, often made with found, everyday objects, through perceptive analyses of some of the leading scholars of Latin American art. Untangling the Web: Gego's Reticulárea, an Anthology of Critical Response captures the most prominent essays written about Gego's Reticulárea, a massive netlike sculptural installation first presented at the Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, in 1969. With texts in both English and Spanish, Untangling the Web brings together images as well as documentary materials and primary texts written by artists, writers, and Gego. Please visit out Publications page for more information about these three books as well as past publications.


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We hate to hear that we need to be protected, especially when us Women so strongly believe we are on equal playing fields with our counterparts. But ladies, let's face it, when it comes to driving alone, it is crucial that we know how to protect ourselves. Here are a few helpful safety tips every woman should know:
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2. Always make sure your car is serviced on time and well maintained.
This is important! The last thing we want is to break down unexpectedly at night, by ourselves. Cellular signal is not always something we can rely on, so a well-running vehicle is crucial for safety.
3. Get into the habit of hiding all valuables.
With theft being an issue, never leave your handbag on the front seat, stow away all valuables in the boot, and lock all doors immediately upon entering your car.
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It is always best to pull over to the nearest petrol station or public area before opening your window or door for anyone. Do not let yourself be distracted by anything but the road!
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Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology, Brown University
Faculty, The Jonathan M. Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship, Brown University
Associate Professor of Management, University of Massachusetts
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Banu Ozkazanc-Pan examines the intersections inclusion, technology and entrepreneurship. She focuses on how entrepreneurial mindsets and leadership can foster innovation ecosystems and support creative thinking to address the challenges of tomorrow. In her class, she asks her students to consider how building and fostering entrepreneurial thinking across the organization can support the development of innovations and provide new opportunities for growth.
Ozkazanc-Pan is interested in innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems and how social, cultural and technological forces intersect to produce such systems. By examining the various institutions, structures, and organizations of ecosystems, she provides insights for policymakers, organizational leaders, start-ups and entrepreneurs to formulate strategies and develop practices to lead inclusive, sustainable innovations. She has published numerous articles and books and her research has appeared in various media outlets including NPR All Things Considered, CBS Boston, and The Conversation among others. Beyond Brown, Ozkazanc-Pan is an associate professor of management at the University of Massachusetts and a grantee with The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
PhD, Organization Studies, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts
MBA, International Management, Loyola College, Maryland
BA with Honors, Psychology, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland
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